Source: www.hinduismtoday.com KAPAA, HI, USA, March 2, 2010: The April-May-June edition of Hinduism’s flagship spiritual magazine, Hinduism Today is now available on bookstores and newsstands everywhere and also in digital format. This issue brings you a new installment of our acclaimed Hindu History for Children insight and a feature on the power and magic of Hindu festivals. In this issue…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com/festivals/ KAPAA, HI, USA, March 2, 2010: Hinduism Today is reaching out with accurate and uplifting information about Hinduism for Hindu communities and your local newspapers. And you can help. Imprecise information, unflattering photos and an obsession for the bizarre are common when the media features our faith. For most Hindus, there seems little or nothing that can be…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Prayer is not asking, it is yearning of the soul for communion with God. Swami Sivananda (1887-1963)
Source: www.nytimes.com SINGAPORE, February 3, 2010: The Ramayana has been one of the great epic poems of Indian culture for centuries. It has also captured the imagination of many other cultures beyond its origins in India. In Southeast Asia, scenes from the Ramayana can be found in places ranging from Prambanan, a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in Yogyakarta in central…
Source: www.omaha.com OMAHA, NEBRASKA, February 21, 2010: An orthodox Hindu ashram opened Saturday in Omaha. Frank Morales, 46, its spiritual director, described it as the first of its kind in the area. The Center for Dharma Studies, 13917 P St., will offer classes on topics such as yoga, Hindu scripture and spirituality, Morales said. The ashram is designed to be…
Source: www.nytimes.com UNITED STATES, February 22, 2010: Psychologists have long studied the grunts and winks of nonverbal communication, the vocal tones and facial expressions that carry emotion. A warm tone of voice, a hostile stare — both have the same meaning in Terre Haute or Timbuktu, and are among dozens of signals that form a universal human vocabulary. But in…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com “I think it would be a good idea.” Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) when asked what he thought of Western civilization
Source: www.nytimes.com YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA, February 24, 2010: ILast August when the private Islamic University of Indonesia decided to build a library next to the mosque. In the two decades the university had occupied its 79-acre campus outside Yogyakarta, no temple had ever been found. But chances were high that they were around. By Dec. 11, a construction crew had already…
Source: www.thehimalayantimes.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, February 21, 2010: The Free Students’ Union (FSU), Balmiki Campus, today demanded that Nepal be declared a Hindu state. Issuing a press statement, FSU demanded that ancient religions, norms and values of the Nepali society be preserved. “We’ll not be able to accept secular state,” the statement said, adding that the culture of the country is…
Source: www.expressbuzz.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 17, 2010: The Supreme Court has directed all the State Governments and Union Territories to come out with a clear policy with regard to the demolition or regularization or relocation of religious structures in public places, public parks, play grounds, roads, etc within six weeks. A Bench comprising Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice K.…