Source NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 6, 2015 (India Today): Diwali, a festival every Indian looks forward to throughout the year. It is considered to be a Festival of Lights that eradicates all darkness and despair of the world. Diwali is celebrated differently in different cultures across India and even abroad. People from different communities and regions observe Diwali in their…
Source KUWAIT, November 8, 2015 (Kuwait Times, By Meshaal Al-Enezi): Eleven Indian nationals remain in detention after being arrested for celebrating a puja (Hindu religious ceremony) without having a permit. Noise from the puja reportedly attracted the attention of several citizens who filed a complaint with police. The Indian Embassy in Kuwait has reached out to authorities regarding the men…
Source As long as there is searching, Parasiva has not been found, for searching is two, while It is one.— Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source UNITED STATES, November 2, 2015 (RNS): They can be found on the battlefield, at a chicken-processing plant and behind the locked gates of a prison. They are chaplains, and as a two-hour, two-part documentary airing on some PBS stations beginning Tuesday (Nov. 3) points out, they minister to people of all religions and none in places where they work…
Source UNITED STATES November 4, 2015 (NCCIH): People who practiced yoga or took natural products (dietary supplements other than vitamins and minerals) were more likely to do so for wellness reasons than to treat a specific health condition, according to analysis of data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Yoga users reported the most positive health benefits, compared…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, October 30, 2015 (Yogadork): San Francisco, Dallas, Burlington… even Helsinki! Airports all over the world are adding yoga to their passenger-soothing amenities, which, for the most part, has really only been shopping and boozing. Today we welcome London’s Gatwick to the growing list of airports with special yoga rooms. Inspired by the yoga program at San Francisco…
Source DELHI, INDIA, November 1, 2015 (The Hindu): In a rebuff to the government, Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Academic Council has rejected a proposal for introduction of short-term courses in Indian Culture and Yoga for propagating spiritual and mythological traditions and establishing Indian values in the world. The proposal was mooted by the varsity administration following communications from UGC and HRD…
Source Free will is not free–it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect–but there is something behind the will which is free.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Source The way to freedom is a way of silence–of silent resolve and silent service.— Sadhu Vaswani, (1879-1966) founder the Sadhu Vaswani Mission
Source GERMANY, October 30, 2015 (RNS): One of Germany’s largest Protestant regional churches has come under fire from other Christians for speaking out against efforts to convert Muslims just as tens of thousands of refugees from the Islamic world are streaming into the country. Germany expects to receive 800,000 to 1 million asylum seekers this year, mostly Muslims from Syria,…