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www.hinduismtoday.com Like a tortoise withdrawing five limbs into its shell, those who restrain the five senses in one life will find safe shelter for seven. Tirukural 126
Kauai Aadheenam On Facebook
www.facebook.com KAUAI, HAWAII, April 12, 2009: Facebook is one of the most popular modern social networking platforms on the web today. It has 200 million active users, more than two-thirds of which are outside of college. It is enormously successful not only as a way for friends and family to keep in touch with each other, share news, photos and…
In Turin, A Mahayagna Heats Up a Museum
www.turismotorino.org TURIN, ITALY, April 9, 2009: According to La Repubblica newspaper, Italian museum Fondazione Merz in Turin will host an exhibition of Wolfgang Laib. A German artist, Laib’s work is characterized as “Land Art.” He employs natural materials, such as beeswax and rice, and uses nature to point towards philosophical concepts. For this installation, Laib will draw from Hinduism and…
Chinmaya Mission West Announces 2-week Dharma Sevak Course in California
www.chinmayamission.org CALIFORNIA, USA, April 12, 2009: Chinmaya Mission West offers its two-week Dharma Sevak Course every summer at Krishnalaya, its northern California retreat center. This intensive course is aimed at, but not limited to, participants who will share their knowledge of Vedanta by conducting study groups and lectures. H. H. Swami Tejomayananda, the head of Chinmaya Mission world-wide, will conduct…
Daily Inspiration
www.hinduismtoday.com The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so. Renunciate sannyasini Ma Yoga Shakti Saraswati, has taught yoga and dharma worldwide for over thirty years
Is It Cool To Say The World Is Cooling Down?
dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com NEW YORK, USA, April 3, 2009: The year 2008 was cooler than 2007. Is that a good sign for global warming? A group of climate skeptics has even coined the term “ßlobal cooling”†since the 1998 peak in global temperature.br /br /But Scientists have verified that a relative drop in the average yearly temperature, as seen in the last few…
Daily Inspiration
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)
Yoga Is Much More Than Postures, Visiting Swami Tells Americans
“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…
Interview with Swami Atmasthananda, President of the Ramakrishna Mission
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…
April/May/June Issue of Hinduism Today Available Online
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…