Daily Inspiration
Source Greater than a thousand ghee offerings consumed in sacrificial fires is to not sacrifice and consume any living creature. — Tirukural 259
How to Eat Like a Hindu God
Source QUEENS, NEW YORK, January 26, 2017 (Yahoo): The Ganesha Temple in Queens, New York, has been a cultural hub for Hindus in the United States since the 1970s. But this temple isn’t just dedicated to religious practice. The canteen in the temple’s basement is a bonafide restaurant, serving up more than 100 traditional vegetarian Indian dishes. What started as…
Rhode Island Hindu Society Buys Jewish Temple
Source WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, August 25, 2016 (Providence Journal): Temple Am David, which has been in receivership since November, is expected to soon turn over to new owners – and a new faith. Theodore Orson, the temple’s temporary receiver, said Wednesday that the Rhode Island Hindu Temple Society Inc. signed a purchase-and-sale agreement in June for $400,001. Kent County Superior…
Hindu American Foundation Executive Director Named “Faith Leader to Watch in 2017”
Source WASHINGTON, D.C., January 18, 2017(HAF): Suhag Shukla, Executive Director, Legal Counsel, and co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), has been named one of twelve “faith leaders to watch in 2017” by the Center for American Progress (CAP). CAP says, “Shukla has positioned HAF as a strong voice in the national debate about the separation of church and state,…
Daily Inspiration
Source Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.— Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Planned Six-Star Hotel in Bali Risks Angering the Gods Because It Would Be Taller Than a Coconut Tree
Source UNITED KINGDOM, January 26, 2017 (Daily Mail): A planned six star hotel in Bali has sparked anger with locals who say the development risks angering the God because it would be taller than a coconut tree. Trump Hotels plans to start work on the resort next year and it will be built on a clifftop overlooking the famous 16th…
Study: Canada to be 2.5% to 2.9% Hindu in 2036
Source CANADA, January 25, 2017 (Statistics Canada): If recent trends in the composition of immigration remain the same throughout the projection, in 2036 between 55.7% and 57.9% of Canada’s immigrant population [not the total population] would be Asian-born, up from 44.8% in 2011. Conversely, the proportion of European immigrants [again, of total immigrants, not the total population] would decrease from…
Two Scholars from Varanasi Get Padma Awards
Source VARANASI, INDIA, January 25, 2017 (Times of India): Two distinguished persons of the city are among the recipients of this year’s Padma awards in the field of literature and education. Noted Sanskrit scholar Professor Devi Prasad Dwivedi has been felicitated with Padma Bhushan, while another scholar, Harihar Kripalu Tripathi, has been honoured with Padma Shri award. “It is the…
Daily Inspiration
Source Hinduism is such a joyous religion, freed of all the mental encumbrances that are prevalent in the various Western faiths. It is freed of the notion of a vengeful God. It is freed of the notion of eternal suffering. It is freed from the notion of original sin. It is freed from the notion of a single spiritual path,…
Just Released: Body, Self and Consciousness According to Tirumular’s Tirumandiram: A Comparative Study with Kashmir Saivism
Source INDIA, January 24, 2017 (International Journal Dharma Studies, by Drs. G. Anand and S. Menon): A new study of the Tirumandiram, the earliest known Tamil treatise on yoga, while elaborating on its monistic theism and metaphysics, also examines the shared philosophical thoughts between the monistic Kashmir Saivism and Tamil Siddha mystics. It describes Tirumular’s analysis of consciousness, the impurities…