Source: www.zeenews.comKANCHEEPURAM, INDIA, May 22, 2010: Stone inscriptions dating back to the 10th and 11th century AD found recently in a nearby village have thrown light on the way records of properties were maintained during the Chola times. The stones were found last week during digging at the Sirukarumbur hamlet, tucked away from the main [...]Source: www.yourlocalguardian.co.ukUNITED KINGDOM, May 12, 2010: The only Hindu Temple (a district of South London) is facing demolition as developers plan to move in and replace the holy site with a hotel and student accommodation. The Sivayogam Muthumariyamman Temple may be forced to close after the religious leaders’ bid to buy the building was rejected. [...]Source: Religion News ServiceWASHINGTON, May 2010: Jamila Bey and other black atheists, agnostics and secularists are struggling to openly affirm their secular viewpoints in a community that’s historically heralded as one of America’s most religious. At the first African Americans for Humanism conference recently hosted by the non-profit Center for Inquiry, about 50 people gathered [...]Source: www.nytimes.comNEW YORK, May 29, 2010: With salt under attack for its ill effects on the nation’s health, the food giant Cargill kicked off a campaign last November to spread its own message. “Salt is a pretty amazing compound,” Alton Brown gushes about it. But by all appearances, this is a moment of reckoning for [...]Source: www.hinduismtoday.comAs your mind releases its desires and cravings, it releases the hold that it has on you. You dive deeper, fearlessly into this blazing avalanche of light, losing your consciousness. And as you come back into the mind, you see the mind for what it is, and you are free. You find that you [...]
Hmm.. maybe Afzal Guru is impatient to see the Hourries (eternal virgins) in Allah’s Janaat.
After being sentenced to death in the case relating to the Parliament shootout, Afzal Guru has requested the Court to hang him soon if at all it has to….
Afzal Guru is right according to his faith. In conformity with the Koran, [...]Source: HPIPORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, May 25, 2010 (By Paras Ramoutar): Trinidad and Tobago has elected its first female Prime Minister in the person of Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar following elections held on Monday. She is a devout Hindu, and her People’s Partnership won 29 out of the 41 parliamentary seats. Persad-Bissessar is expected to swear [...]Source: expressbuzz.comTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA, May 23, 2010: Jyotsna Padmanabhan, a 12-year-old girl, is all set to script history by being the first female in Kerala to conduct a Deity installation in accordance with tantric rituals. The girl’s entry into the sanctum sanctorum of the Paikunikavu Sri Krishna Temple at Kattoor near Irinjalakuda on Sunday to [...]Source: blog.baliwww.comBALI, INDONESIA, May 22, 2010: Balinese Hindus will celebrate a religious day known as Kuningan on Saturday May 22, 2010. This ceremonial occasion falls exactly 10 days after the Galungan rituals and is a time to commemorate ancestral spirits as they return to heaven after dwelling on earth for an extended period.Worshipers express their [...]Source: Religion News ServicesWASHINGTON, DC, USA: The U.S. Supreme Court will review the constitutionality of an Arizona program that provides state tax breaks for donations to private school scholarship programs. As part of the 13-year-old tax-tuition program, taxpayers receive a dollar-for-dollar reduction in state income taxes for their donations to not-for-profit school-tuition organizations. Last year, [...]Source: beta.thehindu.comINDIA, May 2010: Eating ginger can help ease muscle pain caused by heavy exercise, says a latest research. Ginger root has been used as a household remedy for centuries for a variety of ailments, such as cough and colds and upset stomach, but now the study has revealed that ginger is particularly good for [...]Source: www.hinduismtoday.comDharma is the only solution for all the ills the society is facing today. H.H. Swami Jayendra Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Kanchi Peetam, calling on families– during his 64th birthday–to adopt the morals and culture of India in daily life. Source: news.oneindia.inSRINAGAR, KASHMIR, May 16, 2010: A number of Kashmir Pandits offered rituals at the historic Vicharnag temple, when it reopened after a 20 year hiatus. Located in the district’s Soura city, once famous for being center of discourse and learning for Muslims and Hindus, the Vicharnag temple had closed in the 1990 when the [...]Source: www.deccanchronicle.comCHENNAI, INDIA, May 22, 2010: Craig Venter’s laboratory cell violates the divine law of creation, says Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati, who believes that creating life in a laboratory is an act of defiance against God. “Venter’s work violates karma, which alone decides the nature of life for all humans and, besides, creating life in [...]Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.comCHENNAI, INDIA, May 22, 2010: This summer, ethnic wear seems to be the flavor of the season. Cutting across departmental stores, kurtis and other apparel are flying off the shelves with customers queuing up for the latest in comfortable Indian wear even while western designer labels fret over silhouettes and sizes for the domestic [...]Source: www.hinduismtoday.comOnly one task to do here: find out who you are. How do you find out who you are? Dive into silence.
The subtle philosophies of Hinduism are all about transcending identities.
It is all about going beyond Naama and Rupa (names and forms).
That is why I feel funny when the postmodernists (reformed Commies) make a huge fuss about going beyond identities.
The greatest philosophies of Hinduism say the same truth that truth is all about transcendence. Neti Neti [...]