Source DAMAK, NEPAL, June 28, 2013 (NY Times by Vidhyapati Mishra): Before my family was expelled from Bhutan, in 1992, I lived with my parents and seven siblings in the south of the country. This region is the most fertile part of that tiny kingdom perched between Tibet and India, a tapestry of mountains, plains and alpine meadows. Our house…
Source Silence is the highest eloquence.— Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), South Indian mystic
Source LONDON, ENGLAND, July 5, 2013 (The Daily Mail): Vegetarians are to be offered cheaper life insurance because, it is claimed, they are healthier and less likely to die early. The AFI insurance agency has devised the Vegetarian Term Life policy to reward non meat-eaters with lower premiums. The company claims that the wider industry has failed to catch up…
Source Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.— Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)
KAUAI, HAWAII, July 2, 2013 (HPI): Hinduism Today has been asked to locate contacts in the Kashmir Pundit community both in the US and India for the purposes of better understanding the community’s situation today, years after so many were expelled from the Kashmir Valley. If you can help with contacts, especially for pundits located in Delhi itself, kindly email…
Source DENPASAR, BALI, July 3, 2013 (Khabar Southeast Asia): Hindu leaders and scholars from more than 21 countries called for enhancing tolerance during the second World Hindu Summit (WHS), held in Bali from June 13th to June 17th. “We happily announce to the world that harmony and tolerance shall prevail and that acceptance is the basic principle of our relationship,…
Source To define God is grinding what is already ground; for He is the only being we know.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), founder of the Ramakrishna Mission
Source BELGIUM, June 29, 2013 (Hindu Human Rights): HPI Note: Following is the introduction to Dr. Elst lengthy and insightful analysis of the 2005-2006 fight over the portrayal of Hinduism in the 6th grade textbooks in use in California schools. Already the younger generation asks what the California textbook affair was. Now that California has been endowed with a Hindu…
Source LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, July 1, 2013 (LA Times): A San Diego Superior Court judge Monday rejected a claim by parents in the Encinitas elementary school system that teaching yoga in the schools is an improper attempt at religious indoctrination. The ruling by Judge John Meyer, who heard the case without a jury, means that the Encinitas Union School District…
Source Enquire: ‘Who am I?’ and you will find the answer. Look at a tree: from one seed arises a huge tree; from it comes numerous seeds, each one of which in its turn grows into a tree. No two fruits are alike. Yet it is one life that throbs in every particle of the tree. So, it is the…