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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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,…
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,…
Source: www.zeenews.com CHANDIGARH, INDIA, July 12, 2009: 1.4 million pilgrims from various parts of the country and abroad are expected to take a holy dip in the Sarovar waters at Kurukshetra during the solar eclipse fair on July 22. “This will be the longest duration eclipse of the 21st century. We are expecting more than a million pilgrims to visit…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com SARDANA, INDIA, July 12, 2009: This temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district doesn’t have a murti or a priest, and devotees don’t make floral offerings. Instead, they offer liquor to the deity — a saint who lived in the area around 150 years ago and was said to enjoy his drink in the evenings and had a knack…
Source: religionclause.blogspot.com ISTANBUL, TURKEY, July 7, 2009: Istanbul-based television station Kanal T. Reuters last Friday reported that a planned show, “Penitents Compete,” will feature a rabbi, an imam, a priest and a Buddhist monk, each of whom will try, on camera, to convert ten atheists. Each convert will win a trip to his or her new religion’s holy site– Mecca,…