www.sambodh.us KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, USA: The Sambodh Society, Inc., and the Sambodh Center for Human Excellence will celebrate the 7th Annual Rudrabhisheka and Chandi Homa program on Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17, 2009. Swami Bodhananda Saraswati, Founder and Spiritual Director of the Center, will preside over the occasion. The religious ceremonies will be conducted by Sree Aswath of Columbus,…
www.hinduismtoday.com I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will really be happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. Albert Schweitzer(1875-1965)
www.hinduismtoday.com It is a gift of God to see ourselves as others see us. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
www.rttnews.com PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA, May 8, 2009: The Malaysian government gave signs it plans to release three leaders of a banned ethnic Indian protest group along with 10 others who have been held without trial. “If they (Hindraf) want us to reconsider the status, they have to make an appeal. When they do make the appeal, I will reconsider the status,”…
en.wikipedia.org USA, May 12, 2009 [by the HPI Staff]: It’s time for a quiz. Which country is more Hindu, by percentage, than Mother India? Which twelve countries have more than 500,000 Hindus? Which eight have more than a million? Which five have more than two million? Even the most knowledgeable Hindu scholar might find his view of Hinduism’s global presence…
www.reuters.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, June 18, 2008: Based on a small study, US researchers say that comprehensive lifestyle changes, including a better diet and more exercise, can quickly cause dramatic changes at the genetic level. As reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers tracked 30 men with low-risk prostate cancer who had decided against…
www.hinduonnet.com LONDON, UK, May 8, 2009: After years of campaigning and legal wrangling, a 70-year-old UK-based devout Hindu man on Friday lost a court bid to be cremated on a traditional open-air funeral pyre, a test case for the community in Britain. The British High Court rejected the bid of Davender Ghai, from Gosforth in Newcastle, saying that pyres were…
On the eve of US President Barack Obama completing 100 days in the White House, Hindu Collective Initiative (HCI), a network of Hindu temples and religious organisations in New Jersey, said that during his presidency the relationship between India and the United States would grow further. The appointment of Indian Americans like Preeta Bansal, Neal Katyal, Sonal Shah, Kalpen Modi,…
twitter.com USA, May 11, 2009: The Hindu American Foundation is using Twitter to deliver Hindu news. It can be followed at the link above. [HPI note: For the benefit of HPI readers who are not familiar with the latest lightening-speed form of communication on the web, Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to…
www.hinduismtoday.com As a dog, let loose after being tied up for some time, is energetic and active, so one, who learns to remain summa, or still, gets increased energy which can be put to good use. Yogaswami of Jaffna (1872-1964)