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(CHAKRA) The first World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) North American conference took place in the Southern USA financial hub Dallas, Texas. Tt was the first conference of its kind where Hindu entrepreneurs across different business domains came together at one platform to network, share and collaborate in making Hindu society prosperous. Prominent businessman and venture […]
By Ajay Nemade Monotheist says, “God is one, my God is true and your God is false”. This kills spirituality. In spirituality there is no my God or your God. God is the same for all humanity, whether they believe him in any form. Monotheist insists on their own God which is actually their imagination […]
“All they want is peace,” said Samir Kalra, Esq., the Hindu American Foundation (HAF)’s Director and Senior Fellow for Human Rights, while describing his conversations with Pakistani Hindu refugees to a standing room only audience at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The Press Club event marked the formal release of the Foundation’s ninth […]
By Yogi Baba Prem Yogacharya, Veda Visharada There has been a growing tendency amongst practitioners of Hinduism and globally amongst people to say that in essence all the religions are the same. But is this the reality? To answer this question, one must examine key teachings within each of the systems and see exactly how […]
Hindu Americans welcomed the FBI Advisory Policy Board’s (APB) recommendation that the FBI collect and report data regarding anti-Hindu, anti-Sikh, and anti-Arab hate crimes as part of its annual national data collection program mandated by the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990 (HCSA). Over the past several months, Hindu Americans and supporters of the community […]
Ground-breaking of Siddhivinayak Temple was held in Toms River (New Jersey, USA) on June one. Hundreds participated in the Bhumi-Pujan ceremony of this upcoming Temple (also known as Sarv Dev Mandir and Community Center) on a six-acre plot, which started with Shree Ganesh Rath Yatra (procession) and included Ganesh Pujan, Kalash Pujan, Navgrah Pujan, Havan, […]
asato ma sadgamaya | Lead me from the asat to the sat. tamaso ma jyotirgamaya | Lead me from darkness to light. mrtyorma amrtam gamaya | Lead me from death to immortality (Brhadaranyaka Upanishad – I.iii.28) Introduction I remember being a child and hearing narrations of how Brahmarishi Vishwamitra (formerly known as a warrior named […]
A Hindu monk offered the opening prayer for the House of Representatives and the birth sesquicentennial of Swami Vivekananda, considered Hinduism’s first ambassador to the West, was marked in the Congressional record Tuesday morning. These two historical firsts led up to a gala celebration attended by over 300 as the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) marked […]
By Ajay Nemade Most intellectuals refer Hinduism as Polytheism and not monotheism. But do most of them know the difference between monotheism and polytheism. What is the difference between Monotheism and Polytheism? Suppose Electricity is God which is unseen and formless. Electricity runs through bulb, tube, fan, air conditioner, computer etc. One monotheist says bulb is […]