www.acmi09.org USA, February 28, 2009:The Association of Christians Ministering among Internationals (ACMI) will hold its annual conference on May 29-31, 2009. “ACMI 09” be held at Azusa Pacific University (http://www.apu.edu), in Azusa, California, 20 miles west of Los Angeles. The conference will include discussion on evangelizing to Indian and Asian students in USA and Canada. Dr. Jairam Vanamala, a “Hindu…
www.hinduismtoday.com Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor. Sri Anandamayi Ma
www.gallup.com KAUAI, HAWAII, USA, February 28, 2009: Heaven, angels, a malignant devil and even hell? Yes. God? Not so sure. A series of polls available at Gallup’s website (link above) reveals aspects of America’s complex spirituality. In the last 17 years, the number of people who say that religion is a “very important” part of their lives remained stable (56…
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www.guardian.co.uk INDIA, February 22, 2009: India has licensed 200,000 local treatments, almost all ayurvedic, as “public property,” free for anyone to use–thus becoming the first developing country to prevent multinational companies from patenting traditional remedies and selling them as a “brand.” Concerned about increasing levels of “bio-prospecting,” investigators found that least 5,000 patents have been issued to date. “More than…
www.hinduonnet.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, February 23, 2009: “This is a Shivaratri gift. It is absolutely incredible,” an elated Resul Pookutty said after his triumph at the Oscar awards for sound-mixing Slumdog Millionaire. Resul Pookutty (born 1971) is an Academy Award and BAFTA Award winning Indian film sound designer and mixer. Pookutty is from Vilakkupara, Kollam in Kerala. He is the first…
www.sciam.com USA, February 22, 2009: In recent decades reports have confirmed the efficacy of biochemically inert treatments in nearly all areas of medicine. Placebos can help not only to alleviate illnesses with an obvious psychological component, such as pain, depression and anxiety, but also to lessen the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and inflammatory disorders. Occasionally, placebos have shrunk tumors. Today,…
www.hinduismtoday.com Eternal, pure, groundless, death-and-birth free, pervasive, ever immaculate, distant, near, enveloping effulgence of void, the support of all, the fullness of bliss, the consciousness-form beyond thought and speech, That which thus stood, the expanse vast that generates bliss, let us contemplate. Tayumanavar (1706-1744), South Indian devotional poet
timesofindia.indiatimes.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, February 25, 2009: Nepal’s last king, 62-year-old Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, left Nepal Wednesday to visit New Delhi, accompanied by his wife, former queen Komal, and sister, former princess Shobha Shahi. This is Shah’s first trip outside Nepal since his fall from power. The former god-king, now plain Mr Gyanendra Shah, left Nepal as a commoner, apparently…
www.myrepublica.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, February 23, 2009: The number of sadhus (holy men) visiting Pashupatinath temple from India during the Shivaratri festival this year has gone down dramatically. Officials at Pashupatinath’s Goshwara Guthi Office, entrusted with hospitality for the visiting sadhus, said only about 1,650 sadhus turned up for Mahashivaratri, down from about 2,500 last year. Until two years ago, the…