HPI KAUAI, HAWAII, May 27, 2009: [HPI note: An HPI reader, Ashok Chowgule, took a close look at the Dalit Solidarity Network mentioned in an article of yesterday’s edition of HPI. He made the following comments:] The Dalit Solidarity Network is one of the many missionary front that operates in non-Christian names, organizations which are also politically influential in the…
www.hinduismtoday.com Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose. Eknath Easwaran
fijidailypost.com NADI, FIJI, May 27, 2009: Nadi is fast becoming the spiritual hub for Hindus in Fiji following the construction of a second magnificent temple in the district. The one million dollar Gayatri Shaktipith Temple built by the Gayatri Pariwar of Nadi is all set to open its doors for devotees and visitors with a colourful three day inauguration ceremony…
www.himalayanacademy.com KAUAI, HI, USA, May 27, 2009: Hinduism Today magazine’s celebrated “Ten Questions” educational supplement is now available in Tamil. It addresses in clear and thoughtful terms the questions that Hindus are asked the most by strangers, friends or even one’s own children. And, sometimes, these are questions we may ask ourselves. Hinduism, in all its glorious complexity, may have…
www.himalayanacademy.com KAUAI, HI, USA, May 27, 2009: Hinduism Today’s insight on Parenting with Love has been translated to French. It teaches how to raise children with a positive self-concept, to be confident and disciplined individuals, bypassing corporal punishment and its pernicious effects on a child’s future psyche. You can download the French version at Source above or read the English…
www.idsn.org May 27, 2009: The very informative Annual Report of the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) has recently been released at source above. The report contains chapters on the results of IDSN’s work to make e.g. the United Nations, the European Union and the Private Sector act stronger on the issue of caste discrimination worldwide. It also gives an overview…
hamaraphotos.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 10, 2009: A finger bone believed to belong to the founder of Buddhism was enshrined earlier this month in a 148-meter-high stupa, the world’s highest, in the ancient Famen Temple in northwest China’s Shaanxi province. The bone, concealed in a golden pagoda-shaped container, was carried past a crowd of 20,000 by senior monks and was…
www.hinduismtoday.com The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man. To know that what is impenetrable for us really exists and…
www.nzherald.co.nz NEW ZEALAND, May 23, 2009: The number of Indian women reporting dowry abuse has nearly doubled in the past year in new Zealand. The Shakti foundation, which runs four women’s refuges, says an increasing number of callers to its crisis line are from women of Indian origin – and two of every three reports made by these women involved…
www.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, May 16, 2009: America’s Public Broadcast System stations may finally begin enforcing one of public television’s basic commandments: Thou shalt not broadcast religious programming. For decades, a few public stations have broadcast local church services and other faith-oriented programs despite the prohibition. Next month the Public Broadcasting Service’s board will decide whether to strip the PBS…