Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com In one stroke, one can destroy a rock but not a pillow, even so a humble man can never be destroyed, though the man with ego can be! Swami Sadananda Saraswati
Raimon Panikkar, Theology Rebel, Dies at 72
Source: HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, August 26, 2010: Raimon Panikkar embodied endless contradictions, though he saw none. He was a devout Christian, who said he had become a Hindu and later a Buddhist. He was a Roman Catholic priest who used zealous reason to pursue the unfathomable mysteries of faith. He married at age 70, but continued to think of himself…
Indian Clerk Fulfills Australian Woman’s Last Wishes
Source: www.monstersandcritics.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, August 3, 2010: An Australian woman had her last wishes fulfilled when a clerk in the northern Indian state of Haryana travelled hundreds of miles to scatter her ashes in the Ganges River. Jill Villers was born in 1945 in Lahore, a city in pre-partition India which now lies in Pakistan. She passed away at…
Pakistani Flood Spares Places of Worship, Villagers Say It is a Miracle
Source: pakistannewsblog.com KARACHI, PAKISTAN, August 22, 2010: Divinity triumphed over disaster, claimed the people of Ghouspur after seeing what they called a miracle. One temple and one mosque were completely unaffected amid the ravaging flood that hit Ghouspur. The town in Kashmore district is completely submerged. However, local residents report that floodwater could not reach the Hindu temple and the…
Hindu Temple Honored On Postage Stamp, a First in Malaysia
Source: www.malaysianmirror.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, August 22, 2010: The Sri Maha Mariamman temple, the oldest functioning Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur, has been given the honor of being the first ever temple portrayed on a postage stamp. The stamp was launched Saturday by MIC president Datuk Seri S.Samy Vellu to commemorate the temple’s sixth consecration ceremony to be held tomorrow.…
An Etiquette Guide To Tourists in India
Source: www.hindustantimes.com INDIA, August 22, 2010: A new website set up by the Common-wealth Games Travel Office, incredibleairindiapackages.org, provides social cues to foreigners planning to visit India during the Games. A kiss on the cheek while greeting a female acquaintance is “just not done” when you are in India. Tourists should, however, discuss politics. Most Indians love to talk politics…
Why Do So Many Catholics Believe in Reincarnation?
Source: www.bakersfield.com USA, August 20, 2010 (by Stafford Betty, professor of religious studies at Cal State Bakersfield): A recent poll conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life revealed that 28 percent of American Catholic adults believe in reincarnation. Why have so many adopted the belief? What attracts them to it? In the course of teaching Asian religions…
Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com O God of mercy who performs the dance of illimitable happiness in the hall of inconceivable intelligence! The Rig and the other Vedas are thundering forth in words, announcing to us that all are thy slaves, all things belong to thee, all actions are thine, that thou pervades everywhere, that this is thy nature. Such is the teaching…
Why Do So Many Catholics Believe in Reincarnation?
Source: www.bakersfield.com USA, August 20, 2010 (by Stafford Betty, professor of religious studies at Cal State Bakersfield): A recent poll conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life revealed that 28 percent of American Catholic adults believe in reincarnation. Why have so many adopted the belief? What attracts them to it? In the course of teaching Asian religions…
Upgrading the Care For Temple Elephants
Source: www.deccanherald.com CHENNAI, INDIA, August 8, 2010: Over 100-odd captive elephants kept in various famous temples of Tamil Nadu are plagued by one ill-health or the other. Woken up by a recent study by researchers of the Wildlife Science Department of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University here that found nearly 90 per cent of the temple elephants…