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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…

Source VARANASI, INDIA, December 16, 2019 (Inditales): Indic Academy and Bharat Adhyayayan Kendra of Banaras Hindu University came together to organize a first of its kind Indica Yatra Conference on 15-17th November 2019. The conference was held at the prestigious Banaras Hindu University here. It aimed to bring limelight on the ancient Indic tradition of travel, including the concept of…

Source To define God is grinding what is already ground; for He is the only being we know.— Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), founder of the Ramakrishna Mission

Source SINGAPORE, December 16, 2019 (Straits Times): The Sri Layan Sithi Vinayagar Temple in Chinatown held a consecration ceremony yesterday. The event, conducted every 12 years, marks the re-energizing of the 94-year-old temple and the Deity within. The ceremony also marked the end of seven months of renovation and maintenance works that cost about US$738,000. Facilities were upgraded, including 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 Everyone has willpower. It is inherent to the makeup of the physical-astral-mental-emotional body. The center of willpower is the manipura chakra, located at the solar plexus. Unlike other energies, the more willpower we use, the more willpower we have to use. This happens when we work a little harder than we think we can, do a little more than…

Source The practice of yoga is not for ourselves alone, but for the Divine; its aim is to work out the will of the Divine in the world, to effect a spiritual transformation and to bring down a divine nature into the life of humanity. It is not personal ananda, but the bringing down of the divine ananda, the Satya…

Source INDIA, December 10, 2019 (India Legal): There’s nothing like religion to inflame passions. That is precisely what the ruling BJP government is facing in Uttarakhand after its latest edict. The hill state boasts of over 50 temples, including the Char Dham–the four revered shrines at Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri. They will now be brought under the state government’s…