Source KATHMANDU, NEPAL, December 9, 2015 (Asia News): A dozen young people will be baptized on Christmas Eve in Kathmandu’s Assumption Cathedral. Many reasons are behind their decision they told AsiaNews [a Catholic website], ranging from discriminatory Hindu traditions to the Missionaries of Mother Teresa who “care for the needy.” San Shrestha Sharma and Sonika B.K. are two of them.…
Source CAMBODIA, December 9, 2015 (Gizmodo): A new excavation on an iconic Cambodian temple reveals who worked there, how they lived, and how they may have been conquered. The Temple at Angkor Wat is an icon, both within Cambodia and around the world. Even people who don’t know anything about it often recognize the image. Today, the temple is a…
Source CAMBODIA, December 11, 2015 (Canindia): Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat Temple, originally built as a Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Vishnu, posted a revenue of US$53.5 million from ticket sales to foreigners during the January-November period this year, the authority managing the 12th century temple complex said on Tuesday. In November alone, the temple welcomed 200,085 tourists. Angkor Wat Temple,…
Source To enter into the spiritual life is a rare blessedness, it is a great good: to take it seriously and engage in active spiritual sadhana is a second blessedness and a still greater good: but to persevere in the spiritual life, to be ever progressive and ceaseless in one’s spiritual life, is the greatest good, the crowning blessedness.— Swami…
Source WASHINGTON, USA, Dec 1m 2015 (Indo-Asian News): An Indian-American couple has gifted $4.4 million to the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) of Berkeley to establish and endow the first Center for Dharma Studies in the US. Ajay and Mira Shingal chose the GTU for their historic gift because “this is a school that incorporates both deep scholarship and interest in…
Source ENGLAND, December 11, 2015 (Christian Post): The Church of England is calling out U.K. cinemas for what it says is hypocrisy and “double standards,” after theater chains rejected the Lord’s Prayer ads, but now are playing animations it believes are promoting Hinduism. “There is an unfortunate combination of double standards and hypocrisy on display in this decision making process…
Source DHAKA, BANGLADESH, December 11, 2015 (Today On Line): Two people suffered gunshot wounds and seven others less serious injuries in a bomb and gun attack on December 10 at a Hindu temple in northern Bangladesh, a senior police official said. Humayun Kabir, deputy inspector general of police for the northern region, told Reuters that three unknown attackers had arrived…
Source Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. Proneness to exaggerate, to suppress or modify the truth, wittingly or unwittingly, is a natural weakness of man and silence is necessary in order to surmount it.— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Indian spiritual leader
Source HOUSTON, TEXAS, December 8, 2015 (Chron): Shri Shri Sugunendra Theerta Swamiji, pontiff of the Shri Krishna Vrundavana branch of the international Hindu group Shri Krishna temple, recently attended the inaugural ceremonies for the Shri Krishna Vrundavana temple in Sugar Land. The new location for the temple still looks like what it once was – an event hall for hosting…
Source INDIA, December 8, 2015 (Bollywood Helpline): Chinmaya Mission has dedicated the upcoming year to a celebration of spirituality and its various nuances. Chinmaya Ananda Utsav from December 13 to 20 is a part of the year long celebrations. Chinmaya Ananda Utsav begins with “Spirit of India” organized by Chinmaya Mission Mumbai as a musical evening on December 13, 2015…