{"id":17233,"date":"2018-11-12T19:04:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T16:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=17233"},"modified":"2018-11-12T19:04:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T16:04:32","slug":"hindu-press-international-nov-12-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/sanatana-dharma\/hindu-press-international\/hindu-press-international-nov-12-2018","title":{"rendered":"Hindu Press International- Nov 12, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why the Hindu Spiritual Tradition of Vegetarianism Is Getting a Fresh Start<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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LANHAM, MARYLAND, November 9, 2018 (RNS) At 4 a.m. on a recent Saturday, two specially trained Hindu cooks arrived at the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. They took a quick look at the menu and got to work preparing four kinds of rice, alongside masala vada, a crispy lentil pancake; sambar vada, a kind of fried doughnut with a lentil base; and idli sambar, a savory rice cake made from a batter of rice and fermented black lentils. All the food they prepared was strictly vegetarian and freshly made. ”Food blessed by God stimulates the mind and body with holy thoughts and holy energy and promotes divine qualities,” said Sri Narayanachar Digalakote, a priest born and trained in India, who believes this diet, rooted in Hindu sacred text, is God-given.<\/p>\n

The Hindu tradition of ahimsa, or nonviolence and compassion, includes a deep commitment to vegetarianism. ”Our forefathers started partaking in those foods for which they had no need to kill any sentient being,” said the temple’s general manager, Atul Rawat. The idea is to bring the wisdom of traditional Hindu culture to address environmental degradation — specifically greenhouse gas emissions caused by animal waste. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its most recent report recommends ”less resource-intensive diets” to keep emissions in check. These findings have spurred a global climate action campaign called ”Living the Change.” Launched by a coalition of faith partners this September at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, the initiative calls for people from diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds to pledge to live more sustainable lifestyles, including eating less meat.<\/p>\n

Much more at ”source”.<\/p>\n

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Malibu Hindu Temple Safe for Now<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Hindu Temple Society of Southern California<\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, November 11, 2018 (bulletin from Nadadur S. Kumar): ”Against all odds, I managed to visit the Temple along with my wife this morning. We were quite astonished to see the Temple standing as tall as always in the middle of many other structures destroyed in and around the Temple. The only conclusion that we could come to was to accept that god acts in mysterious ways. We are grateful that the Temple thus far has not suffered any damage as a result of the raging Woolsey fire.”<\/p>\n

HPI adds: Photos of the temple included with the bulletin indicate no damage, and that trees adjacent to the temple have not burned. However, high winds are again predicted for the area which could still bring fire into its vicinity. There are prescriptions in scripture for this type of natural disaster which prevents the performance of daily puja as the temple staff has been evacuated under government orders. According to Sthapati R. Selvanathan of Chennai (https:\/\/ruthaavaree.files.wordpress.co … stapathi-annualdinner.pdf<\/a>), the relevant one is called Andharitham. He explains: ”Andharitham means rectifying and rejuvenating the disturbed spiritual ambience of theTemple sanctity by the natural and unnatural happenings. Natural disturbances like flood inside the sanctum sanctorum due to unprecedented rain, attack of lightning and thunder on the temple structure etc. The unnatural disturbances are like entry of burglars, military attacks inside the temple, unexpected death incidents and sometimes entry of animals. These will be rectified and the spiritual ambience rejuvenated by reciting agamic mantras for certain aavardhis, performing shanthi homas and so on.”<\/p>\n

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Daily Inspiration<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"He who is called Brahman by the jnanis is known as atman by the yogis and as Bhagavan by the bhaktas. But even That disappears when the aspirant reaches nirvikalpa samadhi.
\n— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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