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Is Yoga Hindu? The court verdict

Is Yoga Hindu? The court verdict

A county judge in San Diego CA has ruled that yoga is not always religious (Washington Post, 2 July 2013). Parents in a San Diego school district had complained that yoga is intrinsically intertwined with the Hindu religion and that its practice in a public school setting violates the constitutional separation of church and state. [...]

July 7, 2013 Dr Koenraad Elst Archives, Spirituality/Culture 0

Book Review : The Immortals of Meluha

Book Review : The Immortals of Meluha

Book : The Immortals of Meluha : Author : Amish Tripathi The legend of Siva would be fertile ground for authors to adapt from and weave magical tales of adventure from. But only for the talented and hard-working. This book reflects neither talent nor hard work. The fascinating premise remains just that. What if the [...]

July 2, 2013 HHR Review, Spirituality/Culture 0

California declares October as month for Hindu awareness

California declares October as month for Hindu awareness

It was a historic moment for California’s Hindu American community, when the senate floor at the Capitol unanimously passed the resolution on Monday designating October 2013 as Hindu American awareness and appreciation month. The bill was authored by state Senate Majority Leader Ellen M Corbett, who said, “As the senator representing the 10th state senate [...]

June 26, 2013 HHR News updates, Spirituality/Culture 1

A Taste of Hanuman Festival 2013

A Taste of Hanuman Festival 2013

Featuring some of Hanuman’s best loved teachers and Music by Saul David Raye. [...]

June 25, 2013 HHR Spirituality/Culture 0

The best way to boost brain power and improve exam grades? Chant ‘Om’ like the Beatles did

The best way to boost brain power and improve exam grades? Chant ‘Om’ like the Beatles did

The technique, known as Transcendental Meditation, involves a particular sound being repeated over and over again with the eyes closed Students who performed two 20-minute sessions twice a day were up to 25 per cent more likely to graduate from high school  A meditation technique made famous by the Beatles could boost brain power and [...]

June 12, 2013 HHR Spirituality/Culture 0

Soma : The Elixir of Immortality

Soma : The Elixir of Immortality

We have drunk of the soma; we have become immortal, we have seen the light; we have found the Gods… Rig Veda 8.48.3 The search for the elixir of life, the quest for the Holy Grail has been since time immemorial the preoccupation of every arcane mystery religion. From the Chinese to the Greco-Egyptian, to [...]

June 10, 2013 Tina Sadhwani Spirituality/Culture 0

Goddess Aditi : The Primal Creatix

Goddess Aditi : The Primal Creatix

Aditi (Mother of the Universe, the Primal Being) is all the Heaven, Aditi is the space, Aditi is Mother, Father and Children. Aditi is all the Gods and Goddesses, Aditi is the five bases of creation. Aditi is all that has been and all that will take birth. Rig Veda 1.89.10 [...]

June 5, 2013 Tina Sadhwani Shakti Unveiled : The Dawn of the Goddess, Spirituality/Culture 1

The Kama Sutra : Beyond the Sex

The Kama Sutra : Beyond the Sex

Many people have heard about the Kama sutra, but generally the ideas that circulate are rather distorted, vague and confused by ignorance and prejudice. [...]

June 1, 2013 Mataji Parama Karuna Devi Analysis/Insights, Archives, Spirituality/Culture, Understanding hinduism 1

One Man’s Strange Path from N.Y. Jew to Hindu Honcho

One Man’s Strange Path from N.Y. Jew to Hindu Honcho

In 1968, only six years after founding the AEPi chapter at his Long Island University campus, Steven Silberfein took one of the thousand names of the Hindu god Vishnu and became Sridhar Silberfein.A year later, the one-time Jewish fraternity brother escorted the Hindu teacher Swami Satchidananda to the stage at Woodstock to deliver an invocation [...]

May 24, 2013 HHR Spirituality/Culture 0

Devout Hindu rolls for over 5 months to Sathya Sai Baba Ashram

Devout Hindu rolls for over 5 months to Sathya Sai Baba Ashram

Devidas, a 36-year old temple priest by occupation from the Amaravathi district of Maharashtra, has something similar with these age old feats as he dared to ‘walk a different, difficult terrain’, to reach his destination, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi. He had a vow, a vow to God, to reach Puttaparthi as [...]

May 18, 2013 HHR Spirituality/Culture 0
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