Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Draw on God for the solution of all your problems. Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), founder of Self-Realization Fellowship
Producing Priests
Source: www.frontline.in [HPI note: This article is unabashedly critical of traditional Hindu sciences taught in Indian Universities. In doing so, it exemplifies common criticism against Hindu initiatives in India, and it is also informative of the extent of these studies in Indian universities.] INDIA, JULY 4, 2009: As India’s material prosperity increases, so does her demand for priests, astrologers and…
Company Removes Lord Ganesha’s Image From Beer Bottle, Apologizes
Source: www.samaylive.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 5, 2009: An American beer company has apologized for using the image of Lord Ganesha to sell beer. It has removed the image from its beer labels and from its internet advertising. Lost Coast Brewery had printed Lord Ganesha’s image on the label of their Indica Pale Ale beer, depicting Him holding one bottle…
The State of Hindu Temples in Pakistan
Source: www.metransparent.com PAKISTAN, July 7, 2009: Of the 300 Hindu temples that Pakistan inherited in the 1947 partition, hardly three dozen have managed to survive. Many of these are in ruins and will eventually disappear if not maintained; but for unknown reasons, the Pakistan government is not allowing local Hindus to look after their desolate temples. After the historic Babri…
Priests With A University Diploma
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,…
Burger King Apologizes for Ad Offensive to Hindus
Source: news4u.co.in WASHINGTON, DC, USA, July 11, 2009: Burger King, a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants in more than 70 countries, has apologized for running an advertisement in Spain that offended Hindus. “We are apologizing because it wasn’t our intent to offend anyone,” Denise T Wilson, spokesman of Burger King said. The print advertisement in Spain that depicts…
Amarnath Yatra’s Altitude Challenges
Source: www.guardian.co.uk UK, July 7, 2009: Over 20 pilgrims from India have died in the past two weeks during the Amarnath Yatra, in Kashmir, one of the holiest pilgrimages a Hindu can make. Devotees trek to above 4,400m to reach a cave featuring a naturally formed ice Shiva Lingam. Up to 10 pilgrims from across south Asia also died in…
The Ganesha Artist
Source: www.merinews.com INDIA, June 23, 2009: Rajan Ramakrishnan started drawing on school black boards at the age of five. Plenty of sketches that he drew during school and college days were just given away to his friends. After graduation in Maths from Vivekananda College in Chennai, one day he drew a Ganesha. His friends got interested and nudged him on…
“How to Live with God,” A Book on Sri Ramakrishna
Source: www.vedantastl.org USA, July 11, 2009: Sri Ramakrishna is one of the giants of modern Hinduism. His brilliant and eloquent disciple Vivekanda might be more famous in the West, but the pupil himself spared to praise for his guru. For over thirty years Swami Chetanananda has researched the details of the life of Sri Ramakrishna. In a new book, reminiscences…
Daily Inspiration
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life–it will be the solace of my death. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher and writer.