Source UNITED STATES, June 21, 2019 (Industry Leaders Magazine): Yoga’s share in the fitness industry becomes apparent in the sheer number of yoga practitioners around the world. According to a 2016 research by Yoga Alliance, there are 300 million Yoga practitioners around the world with 36 million practitioners in the US alone. Yoga Alliance also noted that in 2016, there…
Source YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA, June 21, 2019 (Deccan Chronicle): It is widely known that Indonesia was once ruled by a Hindu kingdom. However, centuries after the fall of that kingdom, the values of Hinduism are still being preserved by locals in the region. In many parts of the country which has a predominant Muslim (approximately 83 per cent) population, Hindu temples,…
Source Aim high, aim at the highest, and all lower aims are thereby achieved. It is looking below on the stormy sea of differences that makes you sink. Look up, beyond these and see the One Glorious Real, and you are saved. — Ramana Maharishi (1879-1950), Indian guru
Source WALDEN, NEW YORK, June 17, 2019 (Vertical Response): Students and young professionals from the tri-state area and as far as Washington, D.C., Boston and Chicago, came to attend Hindu Students Council (HSC)’s annual camp during the Memorial Day weekend at Shanti Mandir, in Walden, NY. Now in its 29th year, the camp helps young Hindus form a community and…
Source SINGAPORE, June 19, 2019 (Channel News Asia): Representative bodies of Singapore’s key religious communities have affirmed their commitment to safeguard religious harmony in the country. More than 250 organisations have put their names to the commitment, including the Catholic Archdiocese, Hindu Advisory Board, Islamic Religious Council of Singapore, National Council of Churches of Singapore, Sikh Advisory Board, Singapore Buddhist…
Source Realize the truest reality, the real power, that you are; Infinite you are, above all danger and difficulty. — Swami Rama Thirtha (1873-1906), Hindu teacher and lecturer
Source SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, June 13, 201 (Somos Pueblo, translated from Spanish) Education Minister Antonio Pena Mirabal insisted on his opposition to reading the Bible in schools because there is religious diversity in schools. “In the public schools of this country there are thousands of Haitian students who practice in voodoo. So, what are we going to do with…
Source GEORGE TOWN, MALAYSIA, June 14, 2019 (Free Malaysia Today): The only Hindu temple on Penang Hill here is set to become a grand tourist attraction after undergoing major restoration work as part of its 12-year consecration ceremony culminating today. The 150-year old Sri Aruloli Thirumurugan temple has been painted a myriad of colors in a unique “mambalabaram” style, the…
Source QUEBEC, CANADA, May 30, 2019 (The Hindu by Priyamvada Sankar): It has been a saga of 50 years as I adopted the country, which gave back to me generously. Within a few weeks of my arrival in North America, as a new bride, thanks to the contacts of my father Dr. V. Raghavan, I was invited by the Syracuse…
Source Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realize that they know nothing. — Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886), famed guru of Swami Vivekananda