PM Modi, 57 ministers to lead Yoga Day celebrations across India
Fifty-seven Union ministers will spread across the country on Tuesday for the second International Yoga Day programmes, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing the...
Why Yoga has a Role to Play in Politics
by Joshua M. Greene
In its deepest sense, to be a yogi means to contribute to the revitalization of a spiritually depressed humanity. The word...
The Position of Dhruvaloka
by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Dhruvaloka, or the polestar, is the abode of Lord Vishnu within this material world. Upon it there is an...
2300 years later, Plato’s theory of consciousness is being backed up...
by Olivia Goldhill
In 2008, neuroscientist Giulio Tononi at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Sleep and Consciousness put forward his “integrated information theory,” which...
Four rules Vaishnavas follow when doing Govardhan Parikrama
Have you ever wondered why we circumambulate around Govardhan Giriraj, the King of Mountains? In Parikrama or circumambulation, we revolve around the Deity. This...
Bangladeshi Hindus want PM Modi to take up their safety issue...
In the wake of a series of attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, the minority community there wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian...
Christian-Muslim-Hindu-Buddhist-Jewish leaders in Nevada unanimously condemn Orlando massacre
by Rajan Zed
A multi-faith gathering; containing leaders of Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Baha’i, Native American and Atheist traditions; in Reno (Nevada) today strongly...
Metropolitan Museum New York to exhibit Lord Krishna holding Mount Goverdhan
by Rajan Zed
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (MET), said to be one of the world's largest and finest art museums, is...
India has not claimed intellectual property rights on yoga: Modi to...
by Hindustan Times
Observing that there were over 30 million practitioners of Yoga in America, Prime Minister Narendra Modi quipped to members of the US...