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Source ISRAEL, March 5, 2020 (newsweek.com): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about the spread of coronavirus in Israel at a Wednesday press conference, suggesting that Israelis forego the normal greeting ritual of shaking hands and instead adopt the Indian meeting tradition of the Namaste. Netanyahu claimed the Namaste may help to slow the person-to-person spread of coronavirus on Israeli…

Source In thinking “This is I” and “That is mine” one binds himself with himself, as does a bird with a snare.— Krishna Yajur Veda, Maitreya Upanishad 3.2

Source INDIA, April 13, 2020 (Swarajyamag): A new statue of Lord Hanuman has been installed at the makeshift Ram Janmabhoomi temple site here. The old statue was damaged but could not be replaced till now due to the Supreme Court directive for maintaining “status quo” owing to the pending case on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. The old statue has…

Source BALI, INDONESIA, April 13, 2020 (Sunrise Read): The first Hindu university has been opened in Indonesia in the name of Sugriva, a character from the Ramcharit Manas. Indonesia has converted an institute in Bali into the first Hindu university in the country. Under the Presidential Regulation, Hinduism State Institute of Denpasar, Bali has been made the first Hindu State…

Source KATMANDU, NEPAL, April 13, 2020 (Brownsville Herald): In this photo, a Nepalese volunteer carries a sack of corn to feed pigeons at Pashupatinath temple, the country’s most revered Hindu temple, during the lockdown in Kathmandu, Nepal. Guards, staff and volunteers are making sure animals and birds on the temple grounds don’t starve during the country’s lockdown, which halted temple…

Source KOLKATA, INDIA, April 13, 2020 (Deccan Herald): Over 200,000 Hindu priests in West Bengal have become jobless as various social functions, rituals and religious festivities have either been cancelled or postponed to prevent public gatherings in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, a pandits’ organization spokesperson said on Monday. “If there are no pujas and other religious functions in…

Source I felt great need of a holy pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.— Saint Kabir (1440-1518)

Source HAWAII, U.S., April 13, 2020 (Himalayan Academy): As the name suggests, the digital course was created to help uplift and inspire everyone and anyone who might be feeling the impact of the current global situation. Families are in lockdown, unable to visit their local temple, ashram or yoga studio. There is a need for a digital diet that is…

Source One should go beyond relative knowledge and abide in the Self. Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world. Seek the seeker.— Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950), South Indian mystic

Source KOLKATA, INDIA, April 12, 2020 (Indian Express): The nationwide lockdown imposed on March 25 to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has left Hindu priests in the city in distress as their earnings have dried up. In normal times, they earn a relatively significant amount of money in March and April, when several religious festivals and weddings are held.…