Daily Inspiration
Source When individuals change for the better, then society will change, and when society changes, then the country will change.— Pramukh Swami Maharaj, fifth guru of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha
California’s Instructional Quality Commission Recruiting New Members
Source CALIFORNIA, U.S., August 21, 2018 (CDE): The State Board of Education is seeking applications to fill three vacancies on the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC). The Invitation for Application to the IQC and the online application is available on the SBE Application Information webpage at “source above”. The IQC is responsible for advising the SBE on matters related to curriculum…
Consecration of Kasi Viswanath Temple: Where North and South Merged
Source INDIA, July 27, 2018 (The Hindu): News of the Mahakumbabishekam of Sri Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi came as a surprise. And it was happening after two centuries, 238 years to be precise. History has it that Rani Ahalyabai Holkar of Indore built the present temple and dedicated it without much fanfare in 1780. Ever since no consecration has been…
Daily Inspiration
Source That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal Religion because it embraces all others.— Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950)
New Law Being Drafted to Protect Interests of Hindus
Source GEORGE TOWN, MALAYSIA, August 15, 2018 (Free Malaysia Today): Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy said a draft law to oversee interests of Hindus in the country will be presented to the country’s top leadership so that it can be enacted in Parliament. Ramasamy said the proposed federal law will see the creation of Hindu Endowment Boards (HEBs)…
The Mauritius Declaration Against Conversion
Source MAURITIUS, July 20, 2018 (Bharata Bharati, World Hindu Foundation): We proclaim and affirm our acceptance of the unity of life and the relationship of all beings as divine and the Dharmic way of life as the way to tranquillity of the individual, family, community and world. The Dharma Shastras of Sanatana Dharma recognize that divinity resides in the heart…
Daily Inspiration
Source One who is established in a comfortable posture while concentrating on the inner Self naturally becomes immersed in the Heart’s ocean of bliss.— Siva Sutras III, 16
Philosophically Astute Book Reviewer Sought
KAUAI, HAWAII, August 15, 2018 (HPI): Hinduism Today is seeking a philosophically astute book reviewer to undertake writing a 1,200 word review of the newly released book by Swami Paramtattvadas of the Swaminarayan Fellowship. It is a scholarly work that presents the unique Vedanta of BAPS in an idiom the author developed at Oxford. A modest remuneration and full attribution…
What Was the Spoken Language of Ancient India if Sanskrit Was Never Spoken By the Masses?
Source INDIA, April 16, 2018 (Quora, by Ram Abloh): Sanskrit was the spoken language of ancient India, in spite of what the modern miscreants would like you to be indoctrinated with. The feature that distinguishes a spoken language from a purely literary or artificially constructed language is that the former quickly develops variants, whereas the latter is frozen forever. All…
Japanese Town near Tokyo Named After Hindu Goddess Lakshmi
Source BENGALURU, INDIA, August 12, 1018 (Yahoo News): Speaking here on Sunday to students and faculty of Dayanand Sagar on their graduation day, Takayuki Kitagawa, Consul General of Japan, stated, “You will be surprised to know that the town near Tokyo has its origin from Lakshmi temple. Kichioji means Lakshmi temple in Japanese.” Recalling the influence of India on Japanese…