Source: news.bbc.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, December 2009: The BBC’s Tom Burridge dines out at a Swedish fast-food chain that is trying to discourage people from eating too much meat by publishing the carbon footprint of each item on its menu. The number includes it all ,from the methane produced by the cows, to the machinery used on the farm, through to…
Source: jaibihar.com DEOGHAR/PATNA, INDIA, December 6, 2009: Swami Satyananda Saraswati, the founder of the world famous Bihar School of Yoga (Munger), took Mahasamadhi on Saturday at Rikhia Dham in Deoghar. According to the tradition for Paramahansas, ashodashi puja (sixteen day ritual) will be observed at Rikhiapeeth for Paramahansaji which will culminate in the final puja on December 22. Swami Satyananda…
Source: Press Release MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, December 9, 2009: Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda was invited to give a keynote address at the Parliament of World Religions in Melbourne, Australia. Swamiji led Mantras and spoke to the Hindu Convocation of Spiritual Leaders, a gathering of most eminent Swamis and Hindu scholars from all over the world. Swami Maheshwarananda said: “If we…
Source: www.indcatholicnews.com LONDON, ENGLAND, November 23, 2009: (HPI note: Our December 12 report on the visit of the Catholic Archbishop to Naesden Hindu temple from a conservative blog of the Telegraph paper in UK failed to convey the noncontroversial nature of this much appreciated outreach and meeting of two great religious traditions. Following is a more balanced report from the…
Source: www.nytimes.com USA, December 13, 2009: The cremation rate has been on a brisk rise in the United States, in part because cremation is cheaper than burial and saves land. But powering a crematorium requires an enormous amount of gas and also sends carbon dioxide and other pollutants skyward. Enter resomation, an alternative to cremation for the eco-conscious cadaver. Resomation…
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Source: www.asiantribune.com WASHINGTON, D.C., December 08, 2009: December: The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee report, a bipartisan endeavor, on Sri Lanka released December 07 was a thorough review of the failed U.S. policies and approach toward Sri Lanka in recent years and recommends that the U.S. needs to adopt a fresh approach to this South Asian nation declaring “the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com This body is a world, a universe just like the one outside, and that is why great beings all say to look there, inside. If you look outside of yourself, you won’t find anything. But what is it that has its eternal source in God? Certainly not the body. The scriptures talk of the angustha purusha (thumb-sized body)…
Source: Sadhu Vaswani Mission MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, December 2009: The Parliament of World Religions, at Melbourne, in Australia, where Dada J. P. Vaswani was invited as one of the Speakers, was also the venue for the launch of the book, “Many Paths: One Goal”, authored by Dada J. P. Vaswani. Revered Dada firmly believes: “Religions came to unite, to reconcile, to…
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com Many such students flock to the gurdwaras in Southall for free food. The documentary, broadcast on Sunday, quoted Nitin Walia, a student who has sought refuge at the gurdwara, as saying, “I can’t afford to rent a room, I’m borrowing money from relatives at home just to buy my bus fare to college. I will only be able…