Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Consistency is the key to the conquest of karma. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Stolen 12th-Century Emerald Shiva Is Recovered
Source: sify.com TAMIL NADU, INDIA, October 26, 2009: A special wing of Tamil Nadu police has recovered a stolen emerald murti of Lord Shiva worth over US$10 million. “This emerald Deity is very precious one which could be valued around 500 million rupees in the market was stolen from Tiruturaipundi temple and yesterday a special team has arrested the main…
Department of Homeland Security Amends Uniform Policy For Sikhs
Source: Religion News Service UNITED STATES, October 24, 2009: The Department of Homeland Security has amended its uniform and grooming policies after a Sikh man lost his job for wearing a turban and refusing to shave. Federal standards had required security guards to be clean-shaven and to wear a specified uniform and hat, two things that conflict with Sikh requirements…
The Conversion To Intolerance
Source: www.swans.com INDIA, September 8, 2009: [HPI note: this is an opinion piece by Raju Peddada dealing with the serious side effects that unethical conversion has in Indian villages. ] I distinctly remember the smells and sounds of the remote south Indian villages. In those innocent years, you could hear mothers calling out to their kids to come home for…
Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Sitting in a state of meditation, you must be more alive and alert than a tightrope walker suspended without a net on a taut cable three hundred feet above the surface of the Earth. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Devotees Pray To Setting Sun On Riverbank
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 25, 2009: The festival of Poorvanchalis, Chhath was celebrated with much fervor in the city. The banks of the Yamuna were reverberating with devotional Bhojpuri folk songs on Saturday. Thousands of devotees thronged the ghats to offer prayers to the setting sun. After fasting the entire day, people offered Chhath Sandhya Arghya to the…
University Hosts ‘Mystic India’ Exhibit For Fall Arts Celebration
Source: www.mlive.com ALLENDALE, MICHIGAN, October 4, 2009: Tales of romance, war and salvation constitute a fraction of the dozens of ancient Indian epics explored in “Mystic India, Land of Color and Tradition: Folk Art and Miniature Paintings” opening Monday inside the art gallery of the Grand Valley State University of Michigan. The exhibit features more than 60 pieces of Indian…
Turmeric’s Curcumin Effective Against Cancer
Source: news.bbc.co.uk LONDON, UK, October 28, 2009: An extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer cells, scientists have shown. The chemical — curcumin — has long been thought to have healing powers and is already being tested as a treatment for arthritis and even dementia. Now tests by a team at the Cork Cancer…
World Monuments Foundation (correction)
Source: www.wmf.org KAUAI, HI, USA, October 27, 2009: The article “Forgetting Hinduism When Preserving the Past,” from the October 24th edition of HPI, incorrectly listed the monuments on Indian soil that the World Monuments Foundation is protecting. The main point of the article, however, remains unchanged: none of the selected monuments in India are relevant to Hinduism. The correct list…
Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com India was the motherland of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages. India was the mother of our philosophy, of much of our mathematics, of the ideals embodied in Christianity… of self-government and democracy. In many ways, Mother India is the mother of us all. Will Durant, American Historian (1885-1981)