Source UNITED KINGDOM, July 1, 2018 (Standard): The Swaminarayan School, the only independent Hindu school in Europe, will close its doors by 2020, it was announced this week. Heads at the US$16,000-a-year faith school in Neasden, which include a prep and senior school, announced the news with a “heavy heart”, blaming “increasing regulatory requirements” and the competition from free state-funded…
Source Only in the depth of pure silence can we hear God’s voice. Silence is like an upright empty glass that is capable of being filled with, and retaining, the water of knowledge.— Mata Amritanandamayi Ma, India’s Kerala-based “hugging saint “
Source JAMMU, INDIA, June 27, 2018 (Deccan Chronicle): Unperturbed by the looming terror threat, pilgrims who set out on the Amarnath Yatra on Wednesday said their unflinching faith in Lord Shiva and the security forces had motivated them to undertake the journey to the cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. The first batch of nearly 3,000 pilgrims left the Bhagwati…
Source HYDERABAD, INDIA, June 21, 2018 (The Hindu): The Department of Archaeology and Museums (DAM) has roped in Endowments Department (ED) officials to ensure that the State’s rich temple heritage spanning more than 1,000 years is protected. “We wanted an integrated approach. One way to aid the ED officials in doing their job would be to enlighten them about temple…
Source There is something beyond our mind which abides in silence within our mind. It is the supreme mystery beyond thought. Let one’s mind and one’s subtle body rest upon that and not rest on anything else.— Maitri Upanishad
Source YUGOULIANG, CHINA, June 24, 2018 (New York Times): As the top Chinese official in this village, Lu Wenzhen had a problem. The young people had all moved away. The elderly farmers left behind were ailing. His aging hamlet needed money. Life. A spark. Then, two years ago, he watched a 60-year-old woman sit cross-legged for about half an hour…
Source HAMM, GERMANY, June 24, 2018 (WDR, autotranslated from German): According to the police about 13,500 Hindus peacefully celebrated the temple festival in Germany’s largest Hindu temple in Hamm on Sunday (24/06/2018). The highlight of the two-week temple festival is the procession in honor of the Goddess Kamadchi, after whom the temple is named. A statue of the Goddess is…
Source It is the unique and all-encompassing nature of Hinduism that one devotee may be worshiping Ganesha while his friend worships Subramaniam or Vishnu, and yet both honor the other’s choice and feel no sense of conflict. The profound understanding and universal acceptance that are unique in Hinduism are reflected in this faculty for accommodating different approaches to the Divine,…
Source UGANDA, June 24, 2018 (Uganda Radio Network): Sanatan Dharam Mandir, (SDM), a Hindu temple in Jinja district is embarking on a campaign to sensitize school going children on the importance of yoga exercises in their daily lives. Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice whose origins are traced to ancient traditions in India and the Himalayan Shamans in…
Source MUMBAI, INDIA, June 22, 2018 (Hindustan Times): Several Hindu outfits in Maharashtra have opposed the state government’s move to take control of the Shri Shaneshwar Devasthan at Shingnapur in Ahmednagar district. These outfits allege that the move is “anti-Hindu” and aimed at getting control over the huge donations given by devotees. “Why should a secular government manage Hindu temples?…