Source: www.hinduismtoday.com What I feel right now is just bliss. Daily life tires the soul as well as the body. This one day, this one bath, is like a new birth for my soul. Vivek Ananda Shastri, 28, teacher, after bathing at the January 2001 Kumbha Mela
Source: www.breitbart.com AHMEDABAD, INDIA, May 10, 2010: An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent seven decades without food or water has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period. Prahlad Jani spent a fortnight in a hospital in the western India state of Gujarat under constant surveillance from a team of…
Source: epaper.timesofindia.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 11, 2010: A 600-year-old statue of Lord Nataraja, estimated to be worth around US$1 million in the international market, was seized by the police in south district from two persons who were allegedly trying to sell it. The accused were arrested near Vikas Sadan in Kotla Mubarakpur on Sunday. “We have seized the antique…
Source: www.hindustantimes.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, May 11, 2010: More than 20,000 Hindus are expected to attend the consecration ceremony of Sri Maha Mariam man Temple in Malaysia. The 105-year-old temple in Puchong, a suburb, is being reconstructed at a cost of more than US$885,000. Temple chairman A. Sevaguru said preparations were being undertaken to ensure the temple would be ready…
Source: www.bloomberg.com INDIA, May 4, 2010: Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati stands on the banks of the Ganges, India’s holiest river, urging his fellow Hindu priests to oppose hydropower dams the nation needs to curb blackouts and drive economic growth. “Without electricity, you can survive. One can’t survive without water,” Saraswati tells a gathering of holy men in the Himalayan foothills where the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Source: www.bloomberg.com INDIA, May 4, 2010: Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati stands on the banks of the Ganges, India’s holiest river, urging his fellow Hindu priests to oppose hydropower dams the nation needs to curb blackouts and drive economic growth. “Without electricity, you can survive. One can’t survive without water,” Saraswati tells a gathering of holy men in the Himalayan foothills where the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If our senses conveyed the whole truth to us, we would see the Earth as rivers and glaciers of electrons, each speck of dust as a rolling mass of light. Paramahansa Yogananda
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Source: www.hafsite.org UNITED STATES, May 5, 2010: Last year, the Hindu American Foundation called the Yoga Journal magazine to question why it rarely writes the term “Hinduism” when describing the Bhagavad Gita or the Vedas. “Honestly, Hinduism just has too much baggage,” said the receptionist who answered the phone, confirming our suspicion: Yoga Journal was intentionally avoiding mention of “Hinduism”…