www.freshplaza.com PAKISTAN, October 27, 2008: Hindus in Pakistan, just like everywhere else, have been preparing to celebrate Diwali. All the preparations have been completed; families have renovated their houses and cleaned their neighborhoods. On Tuesday evening, Maha Laxmi or Lakhshmi Pooja (worship of the Goddess of wealth, Laxmi) will commence and houses and temples will be decorated with lights. This…
www.hinduismtoday.com Of all the scriptures in the world, it is the Vedas alone that declare that even the study of the Vedas is secondary. The real study is that by which we realize the Unchangeable. And that is neither reading, nor believing, nor reasoning, but superconscious perception, or samadhi. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
p class=”source”/p p class=”summary”br /The 2001 census showed Kandhamal with a Christian population of 117,950, up from 75,597 a decade earlier. According to District Collector Krishnan Kumar, “The Christian growth rate in the district is 66% as against 18.6% for the overall population growth in the district.”br /br /Kumar said that the Orissa Freedom of Religion Act, which took effect…
The eight men and two women from the banned Hindu Rights Action Force, who had been protesting the continued detention of five of their leaders under Malaysia’s Internal Security Act, were freed on bail just before Monday’s Hindu Diwali festival of lights celebrations. Police say they were released on humanitarian grounds, to enable them to celebrate Diwali. According to the…
Cameron removed his shoes before entering the temple as a customary mark of respect, and was decorated with a tilak, the red dot on the forehead which is worn by Hindus.
www.buddhapia.com KOREA, October 30, 2008: As HPI readers may know, South Korea was after World War II nearly all Buddhist. It became the special focus of Christian missionary activities for the next several decades, with great success. It is a success story that missionaries hope to repeat in other countries, specifically India. This article, “Buddhism Under Siege 1982-1996” details various…
By Rajiv Malik, HPI Correspondent, India/South Asia (HPI note: The announcement below run on the October 24th edition of HPI but mistakenly stated Swami was 86. We reproduce the article with Swamiji’s correct age.) NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 20, 2008: His Holiness Sri Swami Vimalananda, 76, a senior monk of the Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, has been elected as the…
www.hinduismtoday.com You may develop a thousand virtues and be reckoned as the greatest in the land. But the lotus of your heart will not blossom until you receive the grace of the Guru, the grace of God! Dada Sadhu Vaswani
HPI DELHI, INDIA, October 27, 2008: According to Pandit Ananda Shankar Vyas of Ujjain, a Vedic scholar, astrologer, priest and advisor to the famed Mahakal Temple, the coming dates for the Kumbha Mela are: Haridwar: March/April, 2010 with the main bathing day on April 14. Prayag: January 27 to February 25, 2013. Nashik: August 15 to September 13, 2015. Ujjain:…
www.rediff.com COIMBATORE, INDIA, October 29, 2008: Democratic presidental candidate Barack Obama has found an unexpected ally in Coimbatore. An Ayurvedic hospital chief has been conducting special homas since September 26, seeking the blessings of the Gods to ensure a smooth win for Obama in the US presidential election. Krishnakumar, managing director of the Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, visited America recently. Studying…