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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: 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: epaper.hindustantimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 13, 2009: Countless tourists descended to enjoy the serene surroundings and stupendous architecture of the Akshardham Temple every month, but the average Delhiite, when not on the occasional pilgrimage, stayed away from it just because it took long to get there. But now things will be different “With a metro station right at our…

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: Religion News Service ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, November 7, 2009: [HPI note: Yoga in the West has long been taught stripped of its spiritual roots, however possible that might be. But that causes some unforseen developments.] On November 1st, Missouri became the only state to enforce a sales tax on what many see as a spiritual pursuit — the practice…