Source CANADA, April 4, 2017 (Angus Reid Institute): Canada is often held up as the paragon of a diverse society. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has proclaimed that “diversity is Canada’s strength.” A new study from the Angus Reid Institute finds not only support for, but also limitations to that narrative when it comes to both faith and the visible role…
Source Realize the truest reality, the real power, that you are; Infinite you are, above all danger and difficulty. — Swami Rama Thirtha (1873-1906), Hindu teacher and lecturer
Source LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, April 3, 2017 (LA Times): Varun Soni straightened his shoulders and grasped the podium, his dark suit flanked by the stately white robes of priests and ministers. A beloved professor had been stabbed to death. As USC’s head chaplain, it fell to Soni to help the hundreds gathered outside that day to process their loss. And…
Source INDIA, March 29, 2017 (Daily Mail by David Frawley): India is one of the oldest countries in the world and probably the best at preserving its ancient heritage. The Vedas compiled thousands of years ago remain commonly chanted today. India’s independence movement was rooted in Yoga and Vedanta and the country’s older civilizational inspiration through Swami Vivekananda, Tilak, Aurobindo…
Source Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realize that they know nothing. — Sri Ramakrishna (1836-1886), famed guru of Swami Vivekananda
Source BRAZIL, March 17, 2017 (Globo.com): An ordinance of the Ministry of Health, published on Tuesday (March 28) in the Official Gazette of the Union, has included 14 new alternative therapies in the National Policy of Integrative and Complementary Practices (PNPIC). In January, the ministry had announced that these procedures would soon be offered by the Unified Health System (SUS).…
Source HARIDWAR, INDIA, March 30, 2017 (Hindustan Times): The Uttarakhand high court on Thursday told the state pollution control board to seal hotels, ashrams and industrial units in Haridwar for polluting the Ganga by discharging untreated waste into the river. The order, which came two days after a mining ban in the hill state, would hit 700 of the 1,400…
Source God Siva’s all-knowingness is always inside of us. We don’t have to do anything for it to be there; that’s the important thing. We just have to look in the right place at the right time. — Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today
Source UNITED KINGDOM, March 30, 2017 (The Telegraph): The Bank of England has backed the use of palm oil in its new #20 note following a backlash from vegans and religious groups over the use of animal fat in the plastic #5 note. The Bank said the world’s most commonly used vegetable oil was the “only practical alternative” to tallow,…
Source Just as the rays of light share and diffuse the radiance of the sun, so you too share and reflect the golden glories of Indra, the cosmic soul. Let us meditate on the divine presence and for our share, enjoy the ecstasy of bliss vibrating in the world of past and future creations, by virtue of Indra’s omnipresent majesty.…