Daily Inspiration

www.hinduismtoday.com Many think of God only after receiving blows from the world. But blessed indeed is he who can offer his mind, like a fresh flower, at the feet of the Lord from his very childhood. One should practice renunciation in youth.    Sri Sarada Devi (1853-1920)

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Pre-Angkor Hindu Civilization Found in Malaysia

www.duniyalive.com KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, March 6, 2009: Archaeologists in Malaysia have discovered the main site of an ancient Hindu kingdom that predates the Angkor temples of Cambodia by some 900 years and could be the oldest civilization in the region. The find, made last month in northern Kedah State, could lead to a rewriting of the history books. Archeological team…

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Vatican Relying on India and Africa For New Priests

RNS [HPI note: These Vatican statistics are relevant to Hinduism because they show the Catholic Church’s need for conversion and aggressive proselytism in India.] VATICAN CITY, March 2, 2009: The number of Catholic priests rose slightly in 2007, but only because of dramatic growth rates in Africa and Asia, according to new statistics released by the Vatican. “The number of…

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Chinmayananda Announces Hindu Youth Retreat This Summer

www.chinmaya-chicago.org CHICAGO, IL, USA, March 2, 2009: From June 30 to July 5, Chinmayananda Yuva Kendra (CHYK) at Chicago will be holding their tenth annual Hindu youth camp for college students and young professionals. The week will be filled with wonderful and fulfilling experiences to help today’s Hindu youth reconnect with their culture and religion and rediscover some of those…

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Daily Inspiration

www.hinduismtoday.com In the great teaching of the Vedas, there is no touch of sectarianism. It is of all ages, climes and nationalities and is the royal road for the attainment of the Great Knowledge.    American philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

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Prince Charles Visits Hindu Temple During Holi

www.sindhtoday.net LONDON, ENGLAND, March 5, 2009: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles visited the massive Swaminarayan temple in northwest London Wednesday to celebrate Holi with all the color, music and dance of the festival. The royal couple watched as white-robed students at the nearby Neasdon school celebrated Holi by throwing colored powder and water at each other while Indian…

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Astrologic Auspiciousness for Govinda Dwadashi

www.hindu-blog.com INDIA, March 5, 2009: Gobinda Dwadasi (Govinda Dwadashi), considered highly auspicious by Vishnu devotees, falls on the 12th day during the waxing phase of the moon in Phalguna (Falgun) month. This year it falls on March 8, and Hindu astrology indicates a situation that last occurred in 1961, 48 years ago. This rare combination in Hindu Almanac associated with…

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Buddhist Temples Target Smoking

www.yomiuri.co.jp TOKYO, JAPAN, March 6, 2009: An increasing number of famous temples that attract large numbers of visitors have banned smoking throughout their premises, echoing antismoking measures adopted by public facilities in recent years. Some temples have merely restricted smoking to designated areas inside their grounds; but at the Sotoshu sect’s Koganji temple in central Tokyo–popularly known as Toge-nuki Jizo-son–a…

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Daily Inspiration

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 circumambulating. May everything I eat or drink be oblations to you. Let my lying down in rest and sleep be prostrations to you. Mother!…

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