timesofindia.indiatimes.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, January 9, 2008: Hundreds of people cried and sang in jubilation on Thursday as Hindu devotees began a victory march to celebrate the return of Indian priests to Nepal’s 17th century Pashupatinath temple and the pledge by the humbled Maoist government not to interfere in its management. “It is a victory for Hindus worldwide,” said Bharat Jangam,…
www.ptinews.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, January 9, 2008: Unhappy with the Maoist bid to interfere into the Pashupatinath temple management, the aides of priests today demanded that instead of the Prime Minister, the President should be made patron of the body overseeing the affairs of Nepal’s most revered Hindu shrine. In the past, the King as the head of the state used…
www.sewausa.org USA, January 6, 2008: Population in Bhutan mainly consists of two communities, Drukpas and Lhotshampas. In 1985 conflict between these two communities resulted in a mass exodus of Lhotshampas, who are Hindus, to Nepal. Since then till 1994 more than hundred thousand Lhotshampas took refuge in UN camps in Nepal living in very poor condition. In 2008 Bhutanese refugees…
www.hinduismtoday.com If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman? Mahatma Gandhi in Young India, 10/4/1930
www.dnaindia.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 7, 2009: Hindu organizations will soon launch a unique rath yatra to pressure the Indian government to impose a complete ban on cow slaughter. Announcing this at a press conference here on Tuesday, Jagadguru Swami Raghaveshwar Bharati, the Shankaracharya of Gokarna Pitha, Karnataka, said efforts should be made to declare cow a national animal and…
Religion News Service CALIFORNIA, USA, January 5, 2009: [HPI note: This is important news for any religious institution in the U.S. about property rights. Under U.S. law, the term “church” can be given to any properly established religious group, so Hindu institutions can qualify as churches, receiving special legal protection and benefits.] The Episcopal Church claimed a major legal victory…
www.hinduismtoday.com No emphatic statement can be made about Hinduism that cannot be contradicted; it truly is a religion of opposite and complementary forces that embraces an extraordinary diversity. Stephen Huyler, from his book, Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion
www.tribuneindia.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, January 8, 2009: Bending down before the mounting pressure, Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday scrapped the appointment of new priests at the revered Pashupatinath Temple. Addressing the Legislature-Parliament session that resumed after three weeks, Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist) chairman Dahal said the priests’ appointment issue at Pashupatinath had aroused waves in “Nepal as…
www.amherstbulletin.com NORTHAMPTON, USA, January 2, 2009: Students at the Lander Grinspoon Academy in Northampton are mixing their Torah with yoga these days. The monthly “Torah yoga” class, taught by yoga instructor Amy Reed and religious educator Judi Wisch, explores Jewish concepts through classic yoga poses, prayer, passages from the Old Testament and themes from the Jewish calendar. In the third…
www.hinduismtoday.com One who is established in a comfortable posture while concentrating on the inner Self naturally becomes immersed in the Heart’s ocean of bliss. Siva Sutras III, 16