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  • A Real Balinese Temple Inside the Rothenbaum Museum

    Satyanatha
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:05 pm
    Source: www.abendblatt.deHAMBURG, GERMANY, February 7, 2010: Hamburg’s Museum fur Volkerkunde (Museum of Ethnology) has been home to an authentic Balinese temple since November 2009. Carved out of volcanic stone, the temple was shipped from Bali to Germany and assembled according to tradition by the Balinese architect Artana and two assistants. Construction was funded by Juli Biesterfeld, a Balinese woman who lives in Hamburg. The temple, which stands in front of the Museum, will be both an exhibit and an authentic place of worship. The official consecration of the temple will be done…

  • Latest Issue of Hinduism Today for Sale on Scribd.com

    Satyanatha
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:04 pm
    Source: www.scribd.comKAPAA, HI, USA, February 8, 2010: Kindle, Nook, Apple iPad — it seems that digital editions of books and magazines are destined to seize the spotlight from venerable paper, which has been the choice of readers for centuries. Or maybe not: how can you reproduce the ease and comfort of having a printed edition in your hands, one you can fold, skim, drop, lend and archive?Either way the magazine world goes, Hinduism Today will be there. Today’s innovation is that you can buy and read the latest edition of Hinduism Today (January/February/March, 2010) on Scribd,…

  • Last Speaker of Ancient Language of Bo Dies in India

    Satyanatha
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:03 pm
    Source: news.bbc.co.ukANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA, February 4, 2010: The last speaker of an ancient language in India’s Andaman Islands has died at the age of about 85, a leading linguist has told the BBC. Professor Anvita Abbi said that the death of Boa Sr was highly significant because one of the world’s oldest languages - Bo - had come to an end. She said that India had lost an irreplaceable part of its heritage. Languages in the Andamans are thought to originate from Africa. Some may be 70,000 years old. The islands are often called an “anthropologist’s dream” and…

  • Hydropower Projects On Ganga Questioned

    Satyanatha
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:02 pm
    Source: www.poten.comINDIA, February 2010: The revelation that the Ganga could disappear in the Gangotri valley if a series of hydropower projects are completed should prompt a rethink on what is clearly a case of mindless development, according to this article. Twelve hydro power projects, some functioning and others proposed, are located in a fragile ecological zone.Environmentalists have warned that there will be no free-flowing Ganga all the way to Haridwar once the dams on the river start functioning. Not only is the river sacred to hundreds of millions of Indians, but also a major…

  • European Delegation to Visit Orissa

    Satyanatha
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:01 pm
    Source: news.bbc.co.ukORISSA, INDIA, February, 7, 2010: A delegation of the European Union is due to visit a region which was hit by religious riots in the eastern Indian state of Orissa last year. Kandhamal district witnessed weeks of anti-Christian violence after a Hindu leader was shot dead. The clashes erupted after hard line Hindu groups blamed Christians for the killing. The government set up two fast-track courts to deal speedily with cases relating to the riots.Hindus have protested against the visit saying it was a violation of the sovereignty of the country. The violence in…
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  • Anti-Islamic thugs clash with police

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:21 pm
    A PLANNED rally due to take place in Bolton by the right wing English Defence League has been postponed.

  • Cherukolpuzha Hindu meet begins

    7 Feb 2010 | 6:17 pm
    ANNUAL MEET : Swami Sivaratri Desikendra, head of Veerasimhasana Math, Suttur, Mysore, inaugurating the 98th Hindu religious meet at Cherukolpuzha, near Kozhencherry, on Sunday.

  • Horror witch hunts target low-caste women in Nepal

    7 Feb 2010 | 10:12 am
    Kalli Biswokarma was tortured by neighbors in her village in Nepal for two days and forced to eat human waste before she finally gave in and confessed to practising witchcraft.

  • Zed Asks Hindus To Help Poor On Mahashivratri

    6 Feb 2010 | 6:42 pm
    Sunday, 7 February 2010, 12:58 pm Opinion: Rajan Zed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, sending Mahashivrati greetings to one billion Hindus of the world, has asked them each to take a vow of adopting at least one charitable project on this auspicious occasion for less fortunate members of the community.

  • Hinduism has long history, multiple themes

    6 Feb 2010 | 12:54 am
    The real and appropriate name for Hindu religion is Sanatana Dharma, which means eternal truth.
 
 
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  • JD Salinger's Hindu Beliefs

    7 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Jerome David Salinger (1919-2010), American novelist and short story writer, best known as the author of The Catcher in the Rye was regarded by many as a Hindu. Although he was an experimenter in spirituality, he had deep respect for Hinduism and yoga, and also well versed in the Advaita Vedanta philosophy. Salinger became particularly attracted to Hinduism after reading Swami Nikhilananda and Joseph Campbell's translation of The Gospels of Sri Ramakrishna, a profound insight into the various facets of life as described by the Hindu mystic. Salinger's daughter Margaret wrote in her memoir…

  • Six parts of a Hindu Temple

    3 Feb 2010 | 3:55 pm
    The architecture of Hindu temples evolved over a period of more than 2,000 years and show a great variety. Hindu temples are of different shapes and sizes - rectangular, octagonal, semicircular - with different types of domes and gates. Temples in southern India have a different style than those in northern India. Although the architecture of Hindu temples is varied, they have many things in common, especially these six parts: The dome and steeple, the inner chamber, the temple hall, the front porch, the reservoir, and the walkway. Image © Manoj Sadasivan Six parts of a Hindu Temple…

  • Vedic Astro Forecast for February 2010

    1 Feb 2010 | 6:58 am
    Read your Vedic Astro Forecast for February 2010 by renowned Vedic Astologer 'Jyotish' Asish Kumar Das. The focus of these predictions are your health, love life, family and work. Select your zodiac sign to read about your monthly forecast. As always, your comments are most welcome! Vedic Astro Forecast for February 2010 originally appeared on About.com Hinduism on Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 14:58:13.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • The Thaipusam Festival - Jan 30, 2010

    28 Jan 2010 | 1:49 pm
    Thaipusam is an important festival observed by the Hindus of southern India during the Tamil month of Thai (January - February). Outside of India, it is celebrated mainly by the Tamil speaking community settled in Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka and elsewhere around the world. Thaipusam is dedicated to the Hindu god Murugan or Kartikeya, the son of Shiva and Parvati. It is believed that on this day, Goddess Parvati presented a lance to Lord Murgan to vanquish the demon army of Tarakasura and combat their evil deeds. Therefore, Thaipusam is a celebration of the victory of good…

  • What They Said About India: 30 Quotes

    25 Jan 2010 | 7:44 am
    As India celebrates her 61th Republic Day, read on to find out what scholars, historians and authors have to say about this country. Presenting top 30 quotations from Will Durant, Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, Max Mueller, Romain Rolland, et al. Downloads & Resources Indian National Flag - jpeg (4.44 KB) Indian National Anthem - mp3 (816 KB, 52 sec) Indian National Song - mp3 (1 MB, 1.09 min) Send a Republic Day e-Card What They Said About India: 30 Quotes originally appeared on About.com Hinduism on Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 15:44:05.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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  • Buddha: The ninth incarnation of Vishnu

    M. Shri
    1 Feb 2010 | 8:55 am
    When earth’s rulers and citizens were taking pride in torturing life forms, Vishnu felt that it was time to teach them about compassion and ahimsa (non-violence) towards both humans as well as animals. Accordingly, he incarnated as Buddha in Kapilvastu in 6th century BCE. Because it had been prophesized that Prince Siddhartha (Buddha’a name in early life) may give up the material world one day,

  • Makar Sankranti: Celebrating good karma

    M. Shri
    14 Jan 2010 | 6:14 am
    All forms of Brahman have at least one particular day in the Hindu calendar for their remembrance. Though Sun, the “star” which nurtures the earth and protects all life, is worshipped daily by many Hindus at both dawn and dusk, his presence in the universe is celebrated as a festival on the day it enters the astrological sign of Capricorn (Makar).* Makar Sankranti is known for bathing in rivers,

  • Gayatri Mantra: A Request for Inspiration

    M. Shri
    1 Jan 2010 | 9:00 am
    The Gayatri Mantra is a prayer to Brahman for the inspiration of our thoughts and involves meditation on the solar deity Savita, who represents the divine light of Brahman for all beings living in the solar system. With the divine light inspiring our thoughts, we not only become energetic but also turn righteous. Because our thoughts make our samskaras, this continual guidance from God allows us

  • From the Yogavasistha: How old is Bhushandi?

    M. Shri
    24 Nov 2009 | 7:36 am
    In the Yogavasistha, when Rishi Vasistha asks Bhushandi, the immortal crow, to share his life’s experiences, Bhushandi replies, “When it is time for dissolution, I reach beyond the universe and establish myself in the Supreme Soul through a nirvikalpa samadhi. When Lord Brahma creates the universe, I enter the universe again and reach my nest on this divine tree on Mt. Meru.” Bhushandi continues

  • Does ego block learning?

    M. Shri
    8 Nov 2009 | 6:10 am
    Among all elements of material nature, ego (ahamkara) is probably the most essential for the stability of the universe. As the Bhagavata Purana tells us, Sri Krishna himself encloses the universe with ego (and the other elements of material nature) when he decides to create the universe for his divine play. Ego blocks learning by giving us a false feeling of being knowledgeable. And as soon as
 
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  • How not to use the Bhagavad-gita

    deshika
    6 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am
    Wouldn’t it be nice if all the religions could get along? Peacemakers like to suggest an impersonal way to do it. Sometimes they even try to use the Gita to support their ideas I spoke yesterday of well-intentioned people and their currently fashionable notions of atheism. What some thinkers are doing now – and its not really a new thing, but now they have ample reason to do it all the more – is saying something like this: “Well, we can understand that all you spiritual and religious people still need something to believe in. But please listen to us – there is a…

  • Why making God unfashionable and religion punishable never works

    deshika
    5 Feb 2010 | 10:52 am
    North Korea, where even the words for ‘God’ and religion have been done away with (only to be replaced with a different type of religion, it seems) The notion that there is actually no God at all is fashionable at the moment. I can see why: people who actually care about peace in the world have grown quite tired of religious extremists fighting with each other over competing concepts of a Supreme Being. Too many innocent people are being hurt. You can’t crack a joke or draw a cartoon without looking over your shoulder. Wouldn’t it be a better world if we all stopped…

  • British television news reports new school

    deshika
    2 Feb 2010 | 10:07 am
    Here’s another television report on the new school. This is from a news programme that goes out around 6.30 pm.

  • All schools are ‘faith schools’ of one kind or another

    deshika
    1 Feb 2010 | 12:18 pm
    For thousands of years, all schools were ‘faith schools’… The critics of faith schools – and religion in general – have now had a few days to register their comments on the opening of the new Krishna-Avanti School in north London. They have not been silent. The Krishna-Avanti School is a very modern school, carefully designed and built, and a place of learning for 2010 and for decades to come. Conventional education is augmented with a spiritual ethos derived from the Vedic tradition. While it may not be a traditional Indian gurukula, where the young students…

  • The Dawkins Bell Curve

    deshika
    31 Jan 2010 | 7:40 am
    I noticed that Prof. Dawkins has provoked more than the usual number of responses after writing an article in the Times. Some people are exasperated that he’s used the Haiti situation as an opportunity to again fly his flag, yet others are remarking that the scientist has, this time, gone slightly too far. His repeated rants on the non-existence of a God who does not exist are slipping into the worst kind of fundamentalism, thereby eroding his respect amongst even those who agree with him intellectually. Maybe that’s one of the more subtle laws of mental health: that those who…
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  • Hinduism » the Gita

    dambuel
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:44 am
    Hinduism · the Gita · dambuel on 09 Feb 2010 09:44 am. What is the Gita saying? ... Uncategorized (2). Tags. Monthly. February 2010 (1); January 2010 (1). Pages. Syllabus. Copyright © 2010 Hinduism. Spam prevention powered by Akismet.

  • Life is an Adventure: Better than Wikipedia entry for "Hinduism"

    Suji
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:55 pm
    Better than Wikipedia entry for "Hinduism". In the vast Internet, religious teachings, preachings, truths, untruths, mistruths... are all easily found. Not easily deciphered. Here are some of my new found favorites. ...

  • HISTORY OF HINDUISM | Full Issue

    admin
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:45 am
    The initial traceable roots of Hinduism distortion with the invading Aryans, who pierce in to the northwest of the Indian subcontinent from about 1500 BC (see the story of India for brand new archaeological arguments opposite the ...

  • JD Salinger's Hindu Beliefs

    unknown
    7 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    Salinger became particularly attracted to Hinduism after reading Swami Nikhilananda and Joseph Campbell's translation of The Gospels of Sri Ramakrishna, a profound insight into the various facets of life as described by the Hindu mystic ...

  • Hinduism >> reciting Namaas

    drsundaram
    6 Feb 2010 | 6:31 pm
    We are having Ashtottara shata Namaavali for Siva and all Deities. Similarly Sahasra (1000) Namaavali ( names )...Why? Why can`t they be 100 or 110,
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  • MISCHIEF SPIRITUALITY: How to enjoy the space between two thoughts

    Deepak Kamat
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:46 pm
    I am a lover of mischief spirituality.  So when I was going through Monk Mojo blogspot http://mojo1000.com/1000cuts/the-space-between-thoughts.html, I found this. Any seriously funny meditators would have loved this spoof — considering the most valued technique of meditation — seeing the space between thoughts.  BTW, enjoy your meditation.  I do it everyday.  Should we name this meditation — watching booby thoughts.

  • THE GOOD MUSLIM ARGUMENT

    Deepak Kamat
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:51 am
    Whenever I criticise Muslims, I get a standard answer from the naive and the pseudos —that there are good Muslims too. I agree there are good Muslims.  I have good Muslim friends too. But the problem is that the Koran specifically tells the good Muslims to go and kill the infidels.  That is exactly the problem because I am an infidel since I don’t believe in the words of Mohammed who wrote the Koran under hallucinations. Besides, if a Muslim is really good, he will disown the Koran.  And if he disowns the Koran, he ceases to be a Muslim.  So the moral of this post is that the…

  • Arindham Chaudhri — The Great Fool

    Deepak Kamat
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:43 am
    He is called the posterboy management guru.   He gives full page ads multicolour in newspapers. With due apologies to the cows, he is not even worth cow dung. I was reading his editorial in support of Shahruk Khan today. I really found it disgusting.  It was because of Mir Jafers like Arindham that India was taken over by barbarians. Arindham’s Sunday Indian is nothing but a left liberal fascist publication.  His first issue was a dud on Che Guevera. Stupid terrorist Shahruk Khan says that there is nothing wrong with the terror manual called Koran.  And our fool called Arindham…

  • Mumbai is for Indians. Kashmir is for Muslims: Stupid argument from pseudosecularists

    Deepak Kamat
    7 Feb 2010 | 10:02 pm
    The Indian media, Shahruk Khan and all those idiots are screaming that Mumbai belongs to India. What about Kashmir?  Why doesn’t that Rahul Gandhi go to Kashmir and cock a snook at those terrorists. Why only Shiva Sena?  Political correctness at its worst in India.

  • SHAMELESS INDIAN MEDIA FAWNS ON DOPED RAHUL GANDHI’S MUMBAI VISIT

    Deepak Kamat
    6 Feb 2010 | 12:23 am
    The Indian media has not yet come out of colonial hangover.  It does not have any independent thinking.   Now that the British have gone, the media still displays its slavish mentality over the Gandhi family. Now Rahul Gandhi came to Mumbai in heavy security cover — thanks to the existence of the communal UPA both at the State and the Centre.  Indian media covered this silly event as if Raul had done a great adventure. The Indian media never reported that this Raul was driven out of Bihar by its students.  Now with the support of both the State and the Central Government, Raul did…
 
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  • Tsunami: St. Thomas abandons fishermen, saves himself - Ishwar Sharan

    IS
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:12 pm
    “The English-language press in India is politically correct, opportunistic, and engaged in minority appeasement just like the politicians. It is a commercial commodity without ideals or ethics. It has no credibility among the informed public because it is wedded to a secularist fundamentalism that is at odds with the spiritual ethos of the Indian people. At the same time it is able to shape public opinion to some extent, and it benefits politically from its morally criminal position of untruth. But one day this will change, and one day the people of Mylapore will learn the true history…

  • No Meat, No Alcohol, No Water

    Christie Kerr
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:10 pm
    The holy town of Pushkar is famous for its annual Camel Fair.  Thousands of tribal people and tourists descend on the dusty and tiny township once a year for the big festival and livestock sale.  It’s also a holy city, like Varanasi, which means no meat and no alcohol. Unfortunately the effects of drought are obvious – the town’s holy lake as all but dried up.  With a dirty and polluted lake bed as its main feature, Pushkar is simply a small Rajasthani town where hippy drop out travellers seem to congregate.  That may have something to do with the bhang and opium…

  • Worth A Thousand Words

    krishnasmercy
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:57 pm
    “Rama travelled in the front, with the beautiful Sita in the middle. Lakshmana, carrying his bow and arrows, followed them from behind.” (Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kand, 11.1) This one passage paints one of the most beautiful pictures imaginable. Simply meditating on this one image can grant liberation from the repeated cycle of birth and death. Lord Rama is God Himself, and Sita and Lakshmana are two of His greatest devotees. This passage is so wonderful because it exemplifies the loving relationship that exists between God and His devotees. For love to really fructify, it must be…

  • Sex Cult Man Arrested

    spritzophrenia
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:02 pm
    Goel Ratzon sits in a Tel Aviv jail accused of enslaving women in some kind of religious cult. The “Saviour” (as Goel means in Hebrew) is accused of various crimes and bizarre activities with the women in his harem: The women tattooed his name and portrait on their bodies and gave their children his name – Saviour. They spoon-fed the bearded, one-time healer as if he were royalty, brushed his shoulder-length white locks, sent him text messages when they were ovulating and slept with him at his bidding. They turned over wages and welfare payments to him and lived in cramped,…

  • "Hymn of Creation" (Rig Veda) by Unknown

    dhoopkinaray
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm
    Note: If you know who composed this poem in the Rig Veda in Sanskrit, please leave a comment. 1.nAsadAsIn no sadAsIt tadAnIM nAsId rajo no vyomAparo yat |\ kimAvarIvaH kuha kasya sharmannambhaH kimAsId gahanaM gabhIram ||\ 2.na mRtyurAsIdamRtaM na tarhi na rAtryA ahna AsItpraketaH |\ AnIdavAtaM svadhayA tadekaM tasmAddhAnyan na paraH kiM canAsa ||\ 3.tama AsIt tamasA gULamagre.apraketaM salilaM sarvamAidam |\ tuchyenAbhvapihitaM yadAsIt tapasastanmahinAjAyataikam ||\ 4.kAmastadagre samavartatAdhi manaso retaH prathamaM yadAsIt |\ sato…
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  • Food Channel

    abrennan
    6 Feb 2010 | 12:57 am
    Krishna.com is serving up the prasadam at the Food Channel. There’s the Kitchen, Kurma, Cookbooks and much more. Discover what you are missing out on. read more

  • Krishna.com/tv: Prabhupada

    manu
    1 Feb 2010 | 6:11 am
    Latest Update: February 2nd, 2010 -Is unconditional love possible? -Is the material body bad or good? read more

  • Celebrate the Appearance of Lord Nityananda

    ekendradasa
    27 Jan 2010 | 8:23 am
    Is He God? Is He Krishna’s brother? Is He Lord Chaitanya’s brother? Who is He? Learn the truth about Nityananda Prabhu. read more

  • Advaita Acharya Appearance Anniversary

    ekendradasa
    22 Jan 2010 | 7:25 am
    Who is this person who is both an incarnation of Krishna and a devotee of Krishna? Find out more. Today’s His appearance day. read more

  • January 2010: What's New on Krishna.com

    ekendradasa
    11 Jan 2010 | 10:17 am
    What does a used mimeograph machine have to do with anyone’s spiritual enlightenment? What would happen if God came to Earth? read more
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  • Maha Shivratri – Celebrating Lord Shiva

    kajmani
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:01 am
    Maha Shivratri (February 11th 2010) is celebrated in honor of Lord Shiva on the 13th (or 14th) night of the Krishna paksha (dark half or waning phase) of the moon (night before Amavasya) in the month of Phalgun (Feb-March) by almost all sects within Hinduism. It is a day of fasting for all devotees of Lord Shiva and is one of the eight most significant days of fasting in the Hindu Calendar.

  • Vasant Panchami – Saraswati Puja

    kajmani
    18 Jan 2010 | 6:30 am
    Vasant Panchami (also known as Basant Panchami) is a festival in honor of Goddess Saraswati, the hindu Goddess of education, learning and the fine arts (music, writing, painting, etc.). The festival is celebrated on the fifth (panch) day after the new moon (amavasaya) in the month of Magha according to the Hindu calendar (usually occurs in late January or early February). It marks the onset of spring (vasant) according to the Hindu calendar and is marked with great gaiety and celebrations all across the northern states in India. Read full article....

  • Makar Sankranti

    kajmani
    13 Jan 2010 | 10:14 pm
    Makar Sankranti is observed on the 14th of January every year and marks the astronomical event of the northward motion of the sun from the tropic of capricorn towards the tropic of cancer. In India, it also marks the end of winter and the onset of spring and the progression or change (sankranti) of the sun into the sign or raashi of capricorn (makar).

  • Vaikuntha Ekadasi

    kajmani
    28 Dec 2009 | 6:00 am
    It is believed that by observing a fast on Vaikuntha Ekadasi day and spending the day in poojas and prayers to Lord Vishnu, one will be absolved of all sins and will attain Moksha and the doors of Vaikunta will be kept open for the soul after it leaves this physical body.

  • The Practice of Satsang

    kajmani
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:04 pm
    The practice of satsang is the basis for like-minded people to commune together and participate in singing bhajans and the glories of their favorite God-head. The bhakti movement in India is perhaps the major sect which practices satsang on a regular basis to sing the glories of Lord Krishna. The word satsang (सतसंग) literally means "in good company" - it is a conjunction of the two words sat (meaning good) and sang (meaning "in the company of"). According to Wikipedia satsang is
 
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