Source WASHINGTON, D.C., November 1, 2012 (HAF): When hate crimes and domestic terror strike, individuals, families, and communities suffer immeasurably. The unfortunate reality is that such attacks may not be preventable or predictable, but temples, community centers, and other institutions can implement protocols to better prepare and protect its members in the event an attack does occur. On this page…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, October 31, 2012 (thisissussex.co.uk): A religious festival of lights was celebrated by all the children at a Broadfield school. School classrooms were turned into temples, with rows of lights scattered across the floor, last Wednesday and Thursday. Pupils at Seymour Primary School got to dress up in traditional Hindu clothing, try new food and learn about Diwali…
Source It is said that children are a man’s real wealth, and that this wealth is determined by his deeds.— Tirukkural
Source UNITED STATES, October 28, 2012 (Huffington Post): Understanding where consciousness comes from could solve mysteries such as what happens to the “soul” during near-death experiences, or when a person dies. In a video that recently aired on “Through the Wormhole” narrated by Morgan Freeman on the TV channel Science, Dr. Hameroff claims, “I believe that consciousness, or its immediate…
https://docs.google.com/a/hindu.org/document/edit?id=1ggtXUpEo1i_G_anuaKgPngU6Lw2TfgJFTrTK0rqetVk GEORGIA, U.S., October 19, 2012 (docs.google by Sanjay Pandya): Jyotirath a glimpse of Mother Goddess Umiya’s Divine form, in a symbolic form, has made its way to Umiya Mataji Mandir, Macon, Georgia. The Pranpratishta celebration of moving the statue of Mother Goddess Umiya, a one of its kind, took place in the month of August, 2012. Many devotees from…
Source Those from a religious background who believe that “There is only one life and when it’s over, it’s over ” generally cry and have a very unhappy time over the departure of a loved one. This is very disturbing to the loved one from where they are in the inner world wondering, “Why the grief?” Because they are fine.…
Religion News Service UNITED STATES, October 2012 (RNS): With their “True Love Waits” jewelry, conferences and T-shirts, Christians may be the face of the abstinence movement, but Muslims and Hindus are more likely to abstain from premarital sex. That’s the conclusion of a new study in the American Sociological Review, which also found that Muslims and Hindus — at least…
Source ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA, October 23, 2012 (ABC News): Parents in a southern California community are considering legal action over the constitutionality of a form of yoga being taught to their children, which they claim is introducing religion into public schools. Last month, half of the students attending classes in the Encinitas Union School District K-6 elementary schools in San Diego…
Source FAIZABAD, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, October 26, 2012 (BBC): Tension prevails in Faizabad town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh after two people were killed in religious violence on Thursday. The town was put under curfew for the entire day after rioters burnt several shops and vehicles. Curfew was lifted on Friday morning, but few people are out…
Source Things that are real are given and received in silence. God has been everlastingly working in silence, unobserved, unheard, except by those who experience His Infinite Silence.— Meher Baba (1894-1969)