www.huffingtonpost.com USA, May 7, 2008: Last month, the United Nations published a report on livestock and the environment with a stunning conclusion: “The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.” It turns out that raising animals for food is a…
www.hinduismtoday.com Though many people use God as a spare wheel, but we need God in each and every moment of our life. His Divine Holiness, Pramukh Swami Maharaj, spiritual head of Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Puroshottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
sify.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, May 2, 2008: Nepal’s newly elected constituent assembly will hold its first meeting next month and officially begin the process of abolishing the Hindu king’s 239-year-old crown and turning him into a commoner. “The people have mandated us to transform Nepal into a federal democratic republic and end the feudal monarchical system,” Maoist lawmaker and winner of…
www.speaksanskrit.org SAYLORSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, May 5, 2008: Samskrita-Bharati USA will conduct “Shraddhaa 2008” the second annual East Coast spoken Sanskrit residential camp for youth (ages 12-16), from June 22 to June 28, 2008, at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Saylorsburg. The camp conducted by the youth and for the youth will involve teaching to speak in Sanskrit through interactive workshops. Even activities like…
www.youtube.com USA, May 6, 2008: The Hindu American Foundation has launched a video to explain Hinduism and the activities of the organization. You can see it on YouTube by clicking on the link above. HPI recommends seeing this well-made presentation.
www.hinduismtoday.com Be happy with your achievements, which are done with willpower. That will help accomplish your goals and, further, give you confidence to carry out more tasks. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
www.hinduismtoday.com He creates the Universe and then reveals Himself to us and in us. He made Himself manifest. Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture
www.hindu.com TIRUNELVELI, INDIA, May 3, 2008: For the first time, an internationally acclaimed journal on modern medicine has published an elaborate article on the efficacy of Siddha medicine, the traditional system of Tamil Nadu, in curing skin diseases. The article was written by J. Joseph Thas, a qualified allopath and Siddha practitioner from Kanyakumari district and formerly professor of Postgraduate…
www.hindu.com CHENNAI, INDIA, May 2, 2008: In recent excavations in Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu, megalithic pottery with graffiti symbols that have a strong resemblance to a sign in the Indus script have been found. Indus script expert Iravatham Mahadevan says that what is striking about the arrow-mark graffiti on the megalithic pottery found at Sembiyankandiyur and Melaperumpallam villages is…
www.hindu.com KADAPA, INDIA, May 3, 2008: Tallapaka village in Rajampet mandal, the birthplace of saint-lyricist Annamacharya who scripted 32,000 sankeertanas in praise of Lord Venkateswara, will be developed into a religious tourist and spiritual centre. An Annamacharya Aradhana festival will be held with grandeur there starting next year, on the lines of Thyagaraya Aradhana festival at Tiruvayur. TTD was making…