Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Expressing Devotion To Lord Shiva With A 54-Foot Long “Kanwar”
Source: blog.taragana.com PATNA, INDIA, July 15, 2009: A group of “kanwarias”, devotees of Lord Shiva, are drawing wide public attention for carrying a 54-feet long kanwar –a wooden carrier fitted with water pots on both ends of the pole — in Patna city. Hundreds of thousands of devotees take an arduous on-foot religious journey to express their devotion for Lord…
Hindu Schools, A Source of Pride in Trinidad and Tobago
Source: HPI TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, July 12, 2009 (By Dr. Kumar Mahabir): Most Hindu primary schools in this Caribbean country were established in the early 1950s by Bhadase Sagan Maraj. He created schools on private lands that were donated by altruistic individuals and organizations. The cost of renovations, refurbishments and furniture was borne by the community. Today, these schools are…
Efforts at Regulation Have Yoga Teachers Bent Out of Shape
Source: www.nytimes.com UNITED STATES, July 11, 2009: Ten years ago, in an attempt at self-regulation, US yoga teachers banded together to create a voluntary online registry of schools meeting new standards for training instructors. That list has now become the key document in an attempt by state governments to regulate yoga instruction, and regulators in some states have begun to…
A Car To Overcomes All Obstables
Source: www.artdaily.org SAN DIEGO, CA, USA, July 14, 2009: Stephen Huyler loves India. His car, the Ganeshmobile, is a 2008 Prius decorated with the design of a nineteenth century Indian paisley shawl, with images of the Remover of All Obstacles, Lord Ganesha. The hood ornament is a bronze sculpture of Ganesha dancing. Stephen Huyler, Ph.D., cultural anthropologist, art historian, photographer,…
Hard Times Are Jamming U.S. Ashrams
Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, July 16, 2009: SHORTLY after Steven Odnoha lost his job at Intel, he drove three days from Rio Rancho, N.M., to the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pa. For months, Mr. Odnoha had been wondering how he could get the time off to join a yearlong meditation program at the nonprofit yoga retreat. His pink slip,…
Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com You are not your mind, because you can control your mind with your will. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Hard Times Are Jamming U.S. Ashrams
Source: www.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, July 16, 2009: SHORTLY after Steven Odnoha lost his job at Intel, he drove three days from Rio Rancho, N.M., to the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pa. For months, Mr. Odnoha had been wondering how he could get the time off to join a yearlong meditation program at the nonprofit yoga retreat. His pink slip,…
Producing Priests
Source: www.frontline.in [HPI note: This article is unabashedly critical of traditional Hindu sciences being taught in Indian Universities. In doing so, it exemplifies common criticism against these Hindu initiatives in India, and it is also informative of the extent of such studies in Indian universities.] INDIA, JULY 4, 2009: As India’s material prosperity increases, so does her demand for priests,…
Producing Priests
Source: www.frontline.in [HPI note: This article is unabashedly critical of traditional Hindu sciences being taught in Indian Universities. In doing so, it exemplifies common criticism against these Hindu initiatives in India, and it is also informative of the extent of such studies in Indian universities.] INDIA, JULY 4, 2009: As India’s material prosperity increases, so does her demand for priests,…