Source: www.irrawaddy.org PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, June, 2009: Thailand has returned seven 12th-century treasures to Cambodia and both countries have pledged to prevent further smuggling of antiquities. The Angkor-era statues, which included six heads of the Hindu God Siva, were handed to Cambodian officials during an official one-day visit by Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Widespread looting of Cambodia’s ancient temples…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com JAISALMER, INDIA, September 10, 2009: In the past four years, thousands of Hindus have crossed over from Pakistan, some never to return–abandoning their homes and sometimes even their families. They say they had no choice: they had to flee the Taliban. Official figures state that 392 Hindus crossed over in 2006, 880 in 2007, 1,240 in 2008 and…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose. Eknath Easwaran
Source: www.samaylive.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, September 16, 2009: Buckling under pressure, the Maoists have opened the locks of the office of the trust that manages Nepal’s famous Pashupatinath Temple, two weeks after they padlocked it protesting against the appointment of Indian priests in the Hindu shrine. The Maoist-backed Struggle Committee that has padlocked the office to protest against the appointment of…
Source: www.theasiannews.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, September 16, 2009: The National Hindu Students Forum (UK) is hosting its annual national conference titled “Hindu Times” which will explore myths and misconceptions about the Hindu faith. Around 500 delegates from all over the UK including high-profile politicians and guest speakers will be attending to discuss and debate a wide range of current and controversial…
Source: www.boston.com MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, September 13, 2009: I (journalist Michael Paulson) moderated a panel on Hinduism in America featuring three experts on the subject, Anantanand Rambachan, the chairman of the religion department at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, who gave an overview of American Hinduism; Khyati Joshi, an education professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, who talked about…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com If silence is silver, then to speak of God is golden. His Divine Holiness Pramukhswami Maharaj, spiritual head of Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com One party says thought is caused by matter, and the other says matter is caused by thought. Both statements are wrong; matter and thought are coexistent. There is a third something of which both matter and thought are products. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source: www.indopia.in CHENNAI, INDIA, September 15, 2009: (HPI Note: This short report, the first we have of the court action, does not present the side of the temple priests who appealed the takeover.) The Madras High Court today upheld a 1987 Tamil Nadu government order appointing an Executive Officer (EO) for managing the endowments and vast immovable property of the…
Source: www.ndtv.com BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, September 13, 2009: Human rights activists have appealed to the priests in Puri and the Orissa government to allow physically challenged devotees to enter the Jagannath temple on wheelchairs. The priests do not currently allow wheel chairs to enter the temple, possibly because of concerns about cleanliness: while ordinary devotees remove their shoes before entering the…