“The word yoga means ‘uniting’ – uniting us with the whole cosmos, uniting us with nature,” says Paramahamsa Nithyananda. “One part of it is physical postures, helping us to keep our health and mental wellness. Somehow in many countries, yoga is understood just as postures. It is much more than that.” Swami Nithyananda is just 31, but has two million…
www.telegraphindia.com INDIA, April 6, 2009: Swami Atmasthanandaji Maharaj, the 15th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, spoke recently on a wide range of topics. Click on the source above for excerpts of his views. Topics include his decision to become a monk, and his family’s reaction; how to improve the educational system; Bhakti and Karma Yoga; how to work…
www.hinduismtoday.com KAUAI, HAWAII, USA, April 7, 2009: The Hinduism Today staff are pleased to announce the release of our latest edition on PDF, available online. This April/May/June issue contains a remarkably lucid eight-page “Introduction to Hinduism” by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. This issue’s center section is on “Affirmations: Mantras to Remold the Mind” bringing you powerful tools to change your life…
www.fibre2fashion.com INDIA, April 07, 2009: [HPI note: This intriguing press release announces clothing with drawings of Hindu Gods on them, made of small crystals. They will be sold in London, New York, Shanghai and Austria.] Swarovski is delighted to announce an exciting new collaboration with award-winning Delhi-based designer Manish Arora. This scintillating partnership sees India’s best-loved and most prolific design…
www.telegraph.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM, April 3, 2009: The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) said schools should be free to celebrate Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and Sikh religious festivals every few weeks instead of staging a daily assembly and singing hymns. Under existing legislation, all state schools in England and Wales are supposed to have daily worship of a “broadly Christian…
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voices.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, April 6, 2009 (with RNS): The White House today announced ten more members of the council that will advise the president on faith-based and other key issues, such as fatherhood and poverty. The additions bring the council’s ranks to 24 religious and secular leaders. The office is meant primarily to support faith-based groups, including by helping…
RNS WASHINGTON, DC, USA, April 6, 2009: Advisers tapped to help guide the White House’s revamped faith-based office say their role is still evolving as the initiative expands its portfolio and tries to find its footing in the young Obama administration. While some viewed the Bush administration’s efforts mostly as a one-way directive on how to expand the reach of…
HPI/Paras Ramoutar TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, April 9, 2009: Hindus in Trinidad and Tobago will join in the international observance of Lord Hanuman Jayanti, the day He took human form on earth. Lord Hanuman or the “Monkey God” is credited as being the ideal and model servant in any civilization. He is the personal confidante of Lord Rama, the major player…
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