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God respects me when I work, but God loves me when I sing. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
God respects me when I work, but God loves me when I sing. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
HYDERABAD, INDIA September 20, 2021 (Deccan Chronicle): Devotees poured out into the streets on Sunday to join a joyous, raucous processions to immerse thousands of statues of the elephant-headed Deity at designated water bodies in the twin cities. The spotlight, as ever, was on the 40-feet Khairatabad Ganesha statue and the one from Balapur. The energy pent up over the…
I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.
CHENNAI, INDIA, September 13, 2021 (Deccan Chronicle): Hailing Tamil as the “Language of Gods,” the Madras High Court has said temple consecrations across the country should be done reciting Tamil hymns composed by saints like the Alwars and Nayanmars, besides others like Arunagirinathar. A bench of Justice N. Kirubakaran, since retired, and Justice B. Pugalendhi, in a recent order also…
UNITED STATES, July 11, 2019 (Worth, by Joon Yun): I started with a simple question: Does consuming food containing stress hormones affect our bodies? After all, we are what we eat, and I was curious if the stress imparted on our foods—starting from when they are farm animals and plants all the way to when they end up on our…
The Eternal Religion, the religion of the rishis, has been in existence from time immemorial and will exist eternally. There exists in this Sanatana Dharma all forms of worship—worship of God with form and worship of the impersonal Deity as well. It contains all paths—the path of knowledge, the path of devotion and so on. Other forms of religion, the…
VARANASI, INDIA, September 16, 2021 (Hindustan Times): The well-known and historic Ramlila of Ramnagar will not be staged in Varanasi this year for the second consecutive time after the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country in March 2020. The royal family of Kashi, the organiser of the Ramlila, decided to postpone the 200- year-old event keeping in mind the fallout of…
UDUPI, INDIA, September 13, 2021 (Deccan Chronicle): A small statue of Sri Uma Maheshwara, dating back to the 11th century, has been discovered at Sanyasibettu in Udupi district. “While leveling a mound, a beautifully carved miniature of Uma Maheshwara has been discovered. It probably belongs to the 11th century. The sculpture made out of green schist is about 3.5 inches…
UNITED STATES, January 21, 2021 (Worth): Does eating food that contains too many stress hormones—cortisol in meats, ethylene in plant-based foods, and other related hormones—trigger stress and inflammation in our bodies? To date, scientists have overlooked the possibility that consuming stress hormones through food may be affecting our health. However, we make the case that food-borne stress hormones may be…
When you teach a wolf to meditate, he becomes aware wolf.