Source JAKARTA, INDONESIA, April 20, 2017 (White House Press Release): Today, Vice President Mike Pence participated in an interfaith dialogue with faith leaders of Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Confucianism at the conclusion of his tour of the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Vice President Pence expressed appreciation to Indonesia for its shared commitment to religious freedom and reaffirmed that…
Source THAILAND, April 19, 2017 (The Asian Age): Last week’s full moon, dubbed the “Pink Purnima” by a Indian bistro in Bangkok, marked the Vernal Equinox and New Year celebrations: Vilambi in Tamil Nadu, Vaisakhi in Punjab, Bikram Sambat in Kathmandu and Songkran, Thailand’s Holi. Public squares hosted water parties with live bands, overhead sprinklers, water cannons and buckets, which…
Source We who have come from the East here have been told day after day in a patronizing way that we ought to accept Christianity because Christian nations are the most prosperous. We look about us and see England as the most prosperous nation in the world, with her foot on the neck of 250 million Asiatics. We look back…
Source KOLKATA, INDIA, April 18, 2017 (Times of India): HPI Note: We run this article only as an example of the Hindu bashing one can find in the Indian press. Vastu Shastra is unquestionably Hindu, encompassing not only the architecture of temples, palaces and houses, but town and village planning in such scriptures as the Saiva Kamika Agama, and in…
Source DHAKA, BANGLADESH, April 16, 2017 (Dhaka Tribune, editorial by Syed Zakir Hossain): The clerics have already denounced the festival of Pohela Boishakh, Bengali New Year, as a Hindu festival and they don’t want others to celebrate it. They had elaborated and insisted that it is indeed a Hindu ritual with so much fervor that, as a result, many people…
Source Each today, well-lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Look, therefore, to this day, for it and it alone is life. — Kalidasa (5th century AD), Classical Sanskrit writer and poet
Source UNITED STATES, April 14, 2017 (HUA): The Hindu University of America in conjunction with Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America is pleased to present the first Training Course for American Hindu Leaders. “Introduction to Hindu Chaplaincy” is the first of the two courses required to become a Certified Chaplain of the Hindu Faith. A Hindu Chaplain affiliated with an institution…
Source ATCHISON, KANSAS, April 5, 2017 (The Circuit): Benedictine College Administration just announced that the campus is no longer offering academic or recreational yoga classes after spring semester 2017. The decision was made in response to a growing number of concerns from students, alumni and faculty and by the request of Archbishop Joseph Naumann and Abbot James Albers. “Yoga as…
Source Ever afterward, though the dance of creation changes around me in the hall of eternity, I shall be the same. — Anandamayi Ma (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint
Source PONDICHERRY, INDIA, April 13, 2017 (IFP): The French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) and the Pondicherry Centre of the Ecole Francaise d’Extreme-Orient (EFEO) have been engaged in the critical editions and studies of the Saiva Agamas for some fifty years. The French Institute of Pondicherry possesses a collection of nearly 10,000 manuscripts (palm-leaf and paper) that was recognized by UNESCO…