Source: www.hafsite.org WASHINGTON, DC, November 27, 2009: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) described the mass slaughter of animals at the Gadhimai Temple in Nepal, which began on November 24, 2009, as grotesque and nearly unrecognizable in the practice of mainstream Hinduism today. While “yagna,” the ritual of sacrifice in which oblations are offered to the Divine Agni (fire), is acknowledged…
Source: lite.epaper.timesofindia.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 4, 2009: Taking grandmas home remedies to a grander level, ayurvedic cooking – all about the right mix of spices and foods is the new buzz in the kitchen. Cooking the ayurveda way is sheer chemistry: Food properties, what type goes with which spice, how to snap the time, temperature and mix right and…
Source: www.chicagotribune.com CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, November 29, 2009: Newer research from the University of Wisconsin shows a meditation habit can strengthen the body’s immune function, plus increase brain performance in the form of electrical activity. It validates the mind-body dynamic of meditation. To gauge immune function, the researchers measured antibodies in the blood that fight flu and other infections. Volunteer subjects…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Devotion must not be like the flood of the rainy season in which all get washed away. Devotion should be like the river that retains water even in the hottest season. Saint Kabir (1440-1518)
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk LONDON, ENGLAND, November 30, 2009: BBC Radio 4 is reviewing its programming in an attempt to increase its appeal to ethnic minorities following criticism that it is ‘too white’. Managers at the station are preparing to introduce a range of measures to address the lack of black and Asian listeners. These include commissioning more material with a distinctly…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com O Mother! Let all my speech be your prayer; let all my crafts and technology be your worship and be the mystic gestures of my hand, adorning you. May all my movements become your devotional circumambulations. May everything I eat or drink be oblations to you. Let my lying down in rest and sleep be prostrations to you.…
Source: www.hafsite.org MINNEAPOLIS, MN, November 5, 2009 (by Dr. Aseem Shukla): The mandate for health care reform is writ large on our national landscape and few issues are more pressing than universal access from my vantage as a practicing physician. But when I witnessed the surreal protests about the so-called “death panels,” in many ways, I saw a drift into…
Source: www.theage.com.au MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, December 5, 2009: Smacking children should be made illegal throughout the world, a British child rights activist told the Parliament of the World’s Religions yesterday. Christine Dodd said corporal punishment infringed children’s rights and dignity, taught them that violence was a proper way to solve conflict and was on the same continuum as serious abuse. Ms…
Source: www.voxy.co.nz WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, December 5, 2009: The Hindu Council of New Zealand (HCNZ) will organize the Wellington Regional Hindu Conference on Saturday, February 27, 2010, in Lower Hutt, Wellington. The theme of the conference is “Community Development – A Hindu Perspective”. HCNZ believes in the ideal of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (the world is one big family). Hindu New Zealanders…
Source: www.nytimes.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 30, 2009: When 7-year-old Shiva Ayyadurai left Mumbai with his family nearly 40 years ago, he promised himself he would return toIndia someday to help his country. In June, Mr. Ayyadurai, now 45, moved from Boston to New Delhi hoping to make good on that promise. An entrepreneur and lecturer at theMassachusetts Institute of…