Get the Free “Spiritual Workout” App!

Source KAUAI, HAWAII, October 28, 2016 (Himalayan Academy): Today we are officially announcing the version 1 release of our free Spiritual Workout App. The app was inspired by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami’s publisher’s desk article the Ten Minute Spiritual Workout. While today nearly everyone appreciates the need for daily exercise to stay fit and healthy, many don’t realize the need to…

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10 Things You Need to Know About the Swastika

Source UNITED STATES, October 26, 2016 (BuzzFeed, by Mat Mcdermott): The swastika is a symbol as old as humanity itself, one which to this day, despite its appropriation and use by the Nazis, has a powerful positive message, with an amazing history. In Sanskrit, the word swastika is a combination of su (meaning good) and asti (meaning to exist). Popularly,…

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How Guru Google and Fed Ex changed Diwali for Indians in the US

Source UNITED STATES, October 30, 2016 (Scroll.in, by Lavina Melwani): In the old days, the Indian immigrant in America was likely to experience excruciating loneliness on Diwali — cut off from the large, extended family, and making do with a patched-together group of strangers, new acquaintances and distant relatives. Diwali celebrations were limited to a few people contributing sabzis, Indian…

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One-In-Five U.S. Adults Were Raised in Religiously Mixed Homes

Source WASHINGTON, D.C. October 26, 2016 (Pew Forum): Although the majority of U.S. adults report that they were raised in families with a single religious faith, roughly one-in-five (21%) say they were raised by parents who came from different religious traditions, according to a new Pew Research Center study. The study helps outline the changing religious landscape in the United…

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In Defence of Indian Science

Source INDIA, October 13, 2016 (New Indian Express by Michel Danino): Studies of India’s ancient scientific accomplishments have seen two extremes: At one end of the spectrum, daydreamers fancy that the Vedas knew everything from electricity to interplanetary travel, that vimanas crisscrossed Indian skies millenniums ago, or that Aryabhata invented all mathematics. At the other end, gainsayers bristle at the…

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Daily Inspiration

Source God defined is God denied. To define is to limit. Yet, the deepest of my consciousness calls on Him as pure love. — Sadhu Vaswani, (1879-1966) founder of Sadhu Vaswani Mission

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Video: Freeing Hindu Temples from Government Control

Source INDIA, October 24, 2016 (Hindu Human Rights by J. Sai Deepak): A closer look at today’s political and social arena clearly reveals how Hindu institutions and Hinduism in India are unfairly targeted by a combination of vote bank politics and unscrupulous politicians and businessmen. Particularly alarming is the destruction of Hindu institutions and the illegal mass conversions by other…

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Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland Almost Entirely Christian

Source INDIA, October 18, 2018 (Centre for Policy Studies by Dr. J.K. Bajaj): The thirty-first note on the Religion Data of Census 2011 concerns the nearly complete Christianisation of the numerous tribes with their diverse geographies, diverse faiths and diverse ways of being that inhabit Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland. All that social diversity seems to have been extinguished. The share…

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Sydney Opera House to Be Lit up for Diwali

Source SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, October 22, 2016 (Khaleej Times): Australia’s iconic Sydney Opera House is about to turn golden for a night in celebration of Diwali, the traditional Indian festival of lights. New South Wales Premier Mike Baird will visit the Opera House next Friday night to witness its color change. Before that, Baird is expected to attend a traditional Hindu…

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