Source JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, December 30, 2019 (Randburg Sun): North Riding residents were informed how the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) temple will be built and addressed their concerns at a public meeting held on 28 November. Architect Anil Parshotom, who has been involved in building religious structures and community centers for over 30 years, said that the…
Source There are three kinds of devotees. The inferior devotee says, “God is out there” and thinks God is different from His creation. The mediocre devotee says, “God is antaryami, the inner guide who dwells in everyone’s heart;” thus the mediocre devotee sees God within. But the superior devotee sees that God alone is everything, for He has become the…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, December 15, 2019 (HPI): It’s that time of year again when we appeal to all our readers to support our Hindu Press International and the many other free on-line services of Hinduism Today magazine, Himalayan Academy and the Hindu Heritage Endowment. The following is a message from our publisher, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami: Namaste, and welcome to our…
Source UNITED KINGDOM, October 17, 2019 (The Guardian, by Jane Sill): My friend and teacher Swami Shivapremananda, who has died aged 94, was a monk and yogi who spread the teachings of Sivananda yoga throughout the world. A regular visitor to the British Wheel of Yoga’s annual congress, he led many retreats and yoga seminars in the UK and also…
Source KUALA LUMPUR, December 26, 2019 (edgeprop.my): In keeping with tradition, Hindu temples in the country remained closed during the hours of the annular solar eclipse yesterday. “In Malaysia, the time of the eclipse was from 11.15am to 3.11pm. Thus, the noon prayers in the temples were put on hold,” said Malaysia Hindhudhrama Maamandram president Sri Radhakrishan Alagamalai. After the…
Source The sages, being filled with universal love for all beings, did not want to keep their enlightenment to themselves. They declared to all: “O mortals, striving and struggling upon this Earth plane, weeping, wailing, buffeted by the vicissitudes of life: we have come upon a great discovery. There is something beyond these appearances, these vanishing names and forms that…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, December 21, 2019 (HPI): Hinduism Today is looking for a translator to bring our Publisher’s Desk two-page editorial into Gujarati. Our long-time translator has moved and can no longer do this. It is four times a year. We want to add Gujarati back, to join our other eight languages: Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian and…
Source NEPAL, November 13, 2019 (Persecution International Christian Concern): HPI Note: This report is from a Christian organization. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) reports that Nepal’s anti-conversion and blasphemy law is restricting the religious freedom rights of the country’s citizens, especially Christians. According to the law, an individual could be punished with five years in prison for…
Source Hindu sages have told us that to live the spiritual life, no matter how hampered it might be, no matter with what limitations, is infinitely superior to having a mental grasp of things Divine. They have taught us that until we have woven these things into our lives, one by one and step by step, we would not be…
Source KAUAI, HAWAII, December 17, 2019 (HPI): For nearly thirty years Gurudeva and a team of two monks met each day between 3 and 6 or 7pm. He called it “the editing team” and loved to work near the ocean with the whales and green turtles just offshore. They would drive down each afternoon, park the Winnebago recreational vehicle (specially…