Daily Inspiration
Source He who is called Brahman by the jnanis is known as atman by the yogis and as Bhagavan by the bhaktas. But even That disappears when the aspirant reaches nirvikalpa samadhi. — Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)
Malibu Hindu Temple Safe for Now
Hindu Temple Society of Southern California LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, November 11, 2018 (bulletin from Nadadur S. Kumar): “Against all odds, I managed to visit the Temple along with my wife this morning. We were quite astonished to see the Temple standing as tall as always in the middle of many other structures destroyed in and around the Temple. The only…
Why the Hindu Spiritual Tradition of Vegetarianism Is Getting a Fresh Start
Source LANHAM, MARYLAND, November 9, 2018 (RNS) At 4 a.m. on a recent Saturday, two specially trained Hindu cooks arrived at the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. They took a quick look at the menu and got to work preparing four kinds of rice, alongside masala vada, a crispy lentil pancake; sambar vada, a kind…
Daily Inspiration
Source Offer oblations in love, light golden lamps. Spread incense of fragrant wood and lighted camphor in all directions. Forget your worldly worries and meditate. Worshiping thus, there is nothing that you cannot attain. Worshiping thus, you shall inherit the wealth of Indra, heaven’s king. Worshiping thus, you shall gain miraculous powers. Worshiping thus, you shall attain moksha. — Tirumantiram,…
Daily Inspiration
Source We are all bubbles in the ocean. The bubble is in the ocean; the ocean is in the bubble. — Satguru Siva Yogaswami, (1872-1964) Sri Lankan mystic
Meat Has a Replacement but No One Knows What to Call It
Source UNITED STATES, November 7, 2018 (Bloomberg): Lab-grown. Cell-based. Clean. In vitro. Cultured. Fake. Artificial. Synthetic. Meat 2.0. These are all terms that refer to the same kind of food, one that’s not even on the market yet. But the companies making it have already raised hundreds of millions of dollars worth of investor cash and earned the close attention…
Nepal’s Kukur Tihar Festival Honors Their Dogs
Source NEPAL, November 7, 2018 (Pretty 52): Nepal celebrated our fluffy four-legged friends in its Kukur Tihar–Day of the Dogs–on Tuesday, and it looked incredible. The five-day Nepalese Hindu festival of Tihar kicked off earlier this week, and the second day is dedicated entirely to dogs. Pooches are given flower garlands and are blessed with a Tika, which is a…
Daily Inspiration
Source Being upset reflects the lack of a strategy. — Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today
Moringa, the Next Superfood?
Source DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, October 9, 2018 (Washington Post): There’s nothing super-looking about moringa (drumstick, Tamil murungai). It’s skinny and sparse in foliage. Its fragile branches sprout puny white flowers and droop with long twisted pods knobby with seeds. But if plants were superheroes, then moringa would be Iron Man. “If there were a top ten list of plants that are…
Dakshineswar Temple Gets Skywalk for Devotees to Walk Straight from Rail Station
Source KOLKATA, INDIA, November 5, 2018 (Newsmen): On the eve of Kali Puja, the world famous Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Kolkata today got a gift in the form of a skywalk that has been built by the state government. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the US$8.225 million Rani Rashmoni Skywalk that connects Dakshineswar railway station to the main gate of…