Source THAILAND, May 12, 2017 (The financial Express): Thailand’s king presided over an annual ceremony Friday marking the start of the rice-planting season. King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun sat quietly, his daughter at his side, as two oxen named “Increase” and “Abundance” ploughed a furrow around a section of the royal field in front of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. An…
Source It is the duty of parents to safeguard the spiritual interests of their child. As the parents have to feed a child which cannot feed itself, so have they to look after its spiritual interests also till it is able to take care of them. — Chandrashekara Bharathi Mahaswami (1892-1954), 34th Jagadguru of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham
www.youtube.com/hindulifestyle UNITED STATES, May 10, 2017 (youtube): The last 5 years has made Shawn Binda realize that one of his deepest passions has been learning more about Hinduism and equally important, teaching Hinduism to a new generation of Hindus who have been born in North America. Shawn says that the teaching of Hinduism must go beyond attending temple, satsangs, yagnas…
Source INDIA, May 10, 2017 (Center for Policy Studies India by Dr. JK Bajaj): We have posted our 44th and 45th notes in the series on the Religious Demography of India and the World. These notes describe the changing distribution and share of the three older religion of Asia, namely Hinduism, Buddhism and Chinese Religions in different regions and countries…
Source The knowing Self is not born; It does not die. It has not sprung from anything; nothing has sprung from It. Birthless, eternal, everlasting and ancient, It is not killed when the body is killed. — Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishad, 1.2.18
Source MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, (gocdmx): Yoga, a Hindu practice to balance body, mind and spirit, is not only for a selected few. With the “Yoga in your Neighborhood” program, Mexico City seeks to bring the activity to various sites throughout the city at no cost. One of the project’s founders, Berenice Hernandez, said that the project, which began in 2011,…
Source INDIA, April 29, 2017 (The Hindu): In early March, the Madras Sanskrit College (MSC) unveiled a digital campus to expand the reach of Sanskrit through online courses, live books and live podcasts. “Students can register any time for the online courses, but they start only in certain batches, every two weeks. The fourth batch started on April 29, and…
Source He is a man on the path of enlightenment who has arrived at a certain subsuperconscious state and wishes to stay there. Therefore, he automatically has released various interactions with the world, physically and emotionally, and remains poised in a contemplative, monastic lifestyle. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today
Source INDIA, April 30, 2017 (YouTube, press release by Rajiv Malhotra): Please watch this important episode concerning bias against prominent Hindu gurus. I spent many days investigating the legal case filed against Art of Living in which AoL was accused of destroying the Yamuna river (at the World Cultural Event 2016). In this episode, I am interviewing environmental and legal…
Source KERALA, INDIA, May 5, 2017 (International Business Times): Thrissur Pooram, the annual Hindu temple festival and also one of the most prominent festivals in Kerala will be celebrated on Friday, May 5, 2017 in accordance with the Malayalam calendar month of the Medam. According to the Malayalam calendar, the Pooram star (part of the Leo constellation) rises with the…