Source: wheels.blogs.nytimes.com UNITED STATES, November 11, 2009: A United States District Judge has struck down a Christian-themed license plate that had been approved by the South Carolina Legislature, reports the BBC. Judge Cameron Currie ruled that the plate was a violation of the First Amendment, which prohibits Congress from making a law “respecting an establishment of religion.” The South Carolina…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com According to karma yoga, the action one has done cannot be destroyed until it has borne its fruit; no power in nature can stop it from yielding its results. If I do an evil action, I must suffer for it; there is no power in this universe to stop it or stay it. Similarly, if I do a…
Source:¬†http://www.expressb uzz.com/ BHADRACHALAM, INDIA, November 3, 2009: Almost 60 temples in Bhadrachalam division of Khammam district are all set to have archakas to conduct the daily poojas. It is estimated that more than 80 temples, some more than 100 years old, have been lying unattended, due to a lack of priests to look after them and conduct the daily poojas.…
Source: HPI MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, November 12, 2009: Spiritual teacher, Mother Maya (Swami Mayatitananda) comes to Australia this November & December, as the guest of honor at the Parliament of World Religions in Melbourne, where the publisher of Hinduism Today, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, is also a key speaker. Swami Mayatitananda is acknowledged as one of the “12 Living Saints of India.”…
Source: www.nytimes.com LONDON, ENGLAND, November 8, 2009: The questions before the judges in Courtroom No. 1 of Britain’s Supreme Court were as ancient and as complex as Judaism itself. Who is a Jew? And who gets to decide? On the surface, the court was considering a straightforward challenge to the admissions policy of a Jewish high school in London. But…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Make the mind always remain poised, like a hummingbird over a flower, so that you begin to live in the eternal now constantly, permanently. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
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Source: www.kalingatimes.com KENDRAPARA, ORISSA, INDIA, November 12, 2009: State forest department today registered a case against the head of a Hindu mutt under animal welfare legal provisions. That is because A soft-shell-Gangetic fresh water turtle, parts of which bears resemblance with Lord Jagannath (a form of Lord Vishnu), was taken to the mutt to be worshiped. The case was registered…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk What happened? Juliet Gellatley, director of the vegan and vegetarian group Viva, is clear on the issue of whether fish eaters can use the term vegetarian. “They cannot. The definition is very clear. It’s someone who doesn’t eat anything from a killed animal. It does cause confusion if someone who calls themselves a vegetarian goes into a restaurant…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com As the bee takes the essence of a flower and flies away without destroying its beauty and perfume, so let the sage wander in this life. Dhammapada 50