Source NEW YORK, NEW YORK, April 15, 2019 (New York Times, by Erin Griffith): As an Aquarius, David Birnbaum is naturally skeptical of astrology. But as an investor, he has zero doubts about the business potential of the $2.1 billion “mystical services market.” It’s an area that he has been trying, unsuccessfully, to invest in for nearly two decades. Now…
Source LONDON, ENGLAND, April 16, 2019 (Press release from Hindu Forum of Britain): On April 8, the Government Ministry of House, Communities and Local Government issued their response to the Crematoria Provision and Facilities consultation. As a result of this response and the consultation which had been carried out earlier in 2016, the Ministry has presented a series of measures…
Source The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world. Cotton made into various clothes we call by various names. Gold made into various ornaments we call by various names. But all the clothes are cotton and all the ornaments gold. The one is real; the many are mere names and forms.…
Source UNITED STATES, April 13, 2019 (CNN): For the first time “No Religion” has topped a survey of Americans’ religious identity according to a new analysis by a political scientist. The non-religious edged out Catholics and evangelicals in the long-running General Social Survey. Ryan Burge, a political scientist at Eastern Illinois University and a Baptist pastor, found that 23.1% of…
Source PURI, INDIA, April 10, 2019 (Odisha Bytes): In the wake of Supreme Court’s proposal to hand over the management of the Jagannath temple to the Shankaracharya of the Gobardhan Peeth in its recent hearing, the latter is of the view that from the spiritual and religious perspective, the management of the temple should remain in his charge. “There will…
Source Should the perfect virtue of perfect men ever diminish, this mighty Earth would bear our burdensome weight no more. — Tirukural 990
Source UNITED STATES, April 13, 2019 (Forbes): The world has focused first on energy in its effort to stop greenhouse gas emissions, but former Energy Secretary Steven Chu puts agriculture at the top of his list of climate challenges–particularly animal agriculture. The Nobel Prize winning physicist surveyed the world’s carbon-polluting industries in a lecture at the University of Chicago, and…
Source INDIA, April 11, 2019 (CNN by Dr. Sanjay Gupta): As an Indian kid growing up in the States, my parents did everything they could to create a little feeling of their ancestral land in our small Midwestern town. And, although neither of my parents was a doctor, they often treated me and my little brother with home remedies passed…
Source Can he rectify false weight whose own scales are uncertain? Can you enlighten your neighbor while you yourself have no light? — Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886), 19th-century mystic and guru to Swami Vivekananda
Source INDIA, April 9, 2019 (DNAIndia): The Supreme Court Monday asked as to why should government officials manage religious places and temples in the country while taking note of the fact that several devotees visiting the Jagannath temple in Puri were being harassed. A bench of Justices SA Bobde and SA Nazeer observed this while hearing a plea which has…