Daily Inspiration
www.hinduismtoday.com In life, to handle yourself, use your head, but to handle others, use your heart. Swami Chinmayananda (1917-1993), writer, lecturer and Hindu renaissance founder of Chinmaya Mission International
Hinduism Today’s Video of The Latest Edition Is Online!
www.youtube.com KAUAI, HAWAII, USA, April 18, 2009: Hinduism Today brings to life its April/May/June, 2009 edition in our new summary video. Opening the video this time is a Wordcloud, a visual technology used to grasp the table of contents in a colorful graphic message. Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBH_hJ21K0I&feature=channel_page to see the video. We suggest that users with high bandwidth watch the HD…
Sydney Veda Patasala Celebrates its First Anniversary
Press Release SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, April 14, 2009: The first anniversary of Sydney Veda Patasala was grandly celebrated with more than 150 people attending to hear, participate and appreciate Vedic chanting. An initiative of Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia, the Sydney Veda Patasala was started in 2008 under the guidance of Swami Vigyananand, Joint General Secretary, VHP. Children from four Patasala…
Hindu Temple Burglaries in Trinidad Continue
By Paras Ramoutar, HPI Correspondent PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, APRIL 15, 2009: Thieves have again broken into a Hindu Temple in Trinidad and Tobago. This is most recent in a series of raids which have affected the Hindu places of worship here over the last years. Police reported that devotees returned to the Mon Plasir Road Hindu Temple on Monday…
Daily Inspiration
www.hinduismtoday.com Man’s freedom is not in being saved troubles, but is the freedom to take trouble for his own good, and make the trouble an element in his joy. Rabindranath Tagore
Amid Turmoil, Fiji Prime Minister Vows To Protect Hindu Temples
www.nytimes.com FIJI, April 11, 2009: Fiji’s president revoked the nation’s Constitution on Friday, and called for fresh elections by 2014. He also abolished the judiciary. Fiji’s Court of Appeal had declared illegal the interim government of Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who became prime minister after leading a bloodless coup in 2006. Fiji’s international relations were already strained because Prime Minister Bainimarama…
Sikhs Ask to Serve in US Army, Despite Rules on Attire
RNS ARLINGTON, VA, USA, April 14, 2009: Two Sikh men say they want to report for active duty in July even as they refuse to comply with the Army’s demands to cut their unshorn beards and hair and remove their turbans. “I am willing to lay down my life for America,” said 2nd Lt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan, one of the…
Pundit To Parents: “Become Your Children’s Best Friend”
HPI CAPARO, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, April 12, 2009: Pundit Seereeram Maharaj, spiritual leader at Shiva Kailash Temple in Caparo, urged parents to become their children’s best friends. Addressing over 300 devotees Thursday night at the Lord Hanuman Jayanti celebrations, he also emphasized that children should place their confidence in their parents. “Trinidad and Tobago continues to be appalled at the…
“Indian View for Global Peace” Conference at Dharamsala
www.newstrackindia.com DHARAMSALA, INDIA, April 6, 2009: A conference on world peace in Dharamsala happened on Sunday, organized by the voluntary group India Splendour. It focuses at the Indian View for Global Peace.’ Hindu spiritual leader, the Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Divyanand Teerthji Maharaj of Bhanpura Peeth, Buddhist leader Gyalwang Karmapa Orgyen Drodul Trinley Dorje, and many others attended the conference. The…
In Kerala, A Thin Line Between Church and State
blogs.reuters.com KERALA, INDIA, March 27, 2009: Catholic churchgoers in Kerala receive, in addition to the communion, an appeal on their political choices. The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council has issued a pastoral letter to be read out in Catholic churches, urging parishioners to vote for those who uphold secularism and fight terrorism, according to a report in the Indian Express paper.…