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Parenting with Love
An Introduction to “Positive Discipline,” with 14 Proven Strategies for Raising Children without Blame, Shame or Pain My…
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The Poet Saint Tayumanavar
The Mystic Songs, Life and Profound Philosophy of a Tamil Sage Main text by Dr. B. Natarajan • Art by […]
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Managing your Karma
Wisdom tools for understanding and effectively coping with karma By Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami The concept of karma …
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The SACRED SCIENCE of Siddha medicine
Mystical Healers and Timeless Guardians of India’s Ancient Wisdom By Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary “Siddha medicine is not…
Hindu Festivals
Six Hindu Festivals!
JOYOUS OCCASIONS THAT ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF SANATANA DHARMA Hinduism is celebratory by nature. Hindus miss no opport…
Spiritual Life
Visiting a Hindu Temple
A Beginner’s Guide Be they luxurious palaces, rustic warehouses, simple halls or stone sanctuaries, Hindu temples …
Spiritual Life
ADI SHANKARA
India’s Great Spiritual General Written by Swami Advayananda, Brahmacharini Taarini Chaitanya & Sudarshan Rama…
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Educational Insight– Neem Karoli baba
Exploring the Life and Eccentric NatureOf North Indiaís Mysterious Mystic Written by Sudarshan Ramabadran • Art by Baani…
Philosophy & Scripture
Educational Insight — Yoga
A Youthful Primer About Hinduism’s Eight-Limbed System of Meditation and Spiritual Striving From The Teachings of Satgur…
Spiritual Life
Seven Hindu Festivals!
JOYOUS OCCASIONS THAT ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF SANATANA DHARMA Hinduism is celebratory by nature. Hindus miss no opport…
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Sri Aurobindo
Honoring the Life and Philosophy Of India’s Revolutionary Rishi Written by Sudarshan Ramabadran • Art by Mah…
Personal Practice
Guru & Shishya
Exploring the Genius of India’s Guru-Shishya System of Spiritual Training and Transmission From the Teachings of Satguru…
Philosophy & Scripture
All About Meditation
Mystical Guidelines to the Fine Art of Exploring the Wonderful Within of Yourself From the Teachings ofSatguru Sivaya Su…
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India’s Remarkable Carnatic Musician Saints
For these eight composers, music was a spiritual path, an ascent to higher consciousness and moksha By Lakshmi Chandrash…
Hindu Basics
Hinduism’s Four Denominations
Hinduism Is a Splendrous Lotus with Four Superb Petals For over 200 years, Western scholars have struggled to understand…
Philosophy & Scripture
Seven Dimensions of the Mind
A Mystical Map of Existence & Consciousness Satguru sivaya subramuniyaswami’s framework of seven dimensions of the m…
Hindu Basics
14 Frequently Asked Questions
Humanity’s most profound faith is now a global phenomenon. Students, teachers, neighbors and friends are full of questio…
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Educational Insight: Yoga and Human Biology
A Rare Exploration of the Obstacles on the Inner Path, as Revealed in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali By Eddie […]
Teaching & Parenting
Lion Sage Children’s Book
Excerpts from a magical book for young children about yoga & the mind Welcome to Lion Sage, a spiritual adventure [&…
Teaching & Parenting
Educational Insight: Raising Children As Good Hindus
Introduction: Parents Are the First Gurus in Religion, Culture and Character Many Hindu families visiting our Hawaii mon…
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Educational Insight: Seven Indian Women Luminaries
Celebrating the life, virtues and spirituality of a few of Bharat’s remarkable Hindu women BY LAKSHMI CHANDRASHEKAR SUBR…
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Educational Insight: Pancha Ganapati
The Family Festival of Giving From the teachings of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Think of Pancha Ganapati as the Hind…
Health & Ayurveda
Educational Insight: Modern-Day Ayurveda
A South Indian clinic follows traditional methodologies—which foreshadow such cutting-edge insights as epigenetics, soun…
Philosophy & Scripture
Insight: Seven Bhakti Saints Of North India
From uncounted spiritual poets, we examine the life, language and works of a few By Lakshmi Chandrashekar Subramanian Be…
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Insight: Hinduism, the Greatest Religion in the World
A satguru’s unequivocating insights on the Earth’s oldest living faith FROM THE TEACHINGS OF SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYAS…
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Educational Insight: Akshar-Purushottam School of Vedanta
BY SWAMI PARAMTATTVADAS A BAPS Disciple of Guru Pramukh Swami Maharaj and Mahant Swami Maharaj A presentation of th…
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Educational Insight: Hinduism In a Nutshell
A Simple Overview of a Complex Faith BY THE EDITORS, DRAWN FROM THE TEACHINGS OF SATUGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI A rece…
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Nine Rasas
The Rasas Nine Human Emotions From India’s Traditional Arts and Literature BY WIL GERAETS (WITH SIDEBARS BY LAKSHMI CHAN…
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Educational Insight: South India’s Bhakti Saints
South India’s Bhakti Saints How a handful of God-adoring devotees changed the history of a nation BY LAKSHMI CHANDRASHEK…
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Educational Insight: Gurudeva’s Spiritual Toolbox
EDUCATIONAL INSIGHT • Burdened down by the past? • Worried about the future? • Having trouble meditating? • Angry all [&…
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How Enlightened Beings Die
Ten Stories of the Final Moments of Great Sages & Ten Reasons Hindus Do Not Fear Death INTRODUCTION BY RAMAI [&helli…
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Educational Insight: Our Grand Chakra Journey
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY PIETER WELTEVREDE,BASED ON THE TEACHINGS OF HIS GURU, HARISH JOHARI The knowledge of the chak…
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Insight: The Benevolent Narmada River
A Tribute to one of India’s Holiest And Most Ancient Waterways Excerpts from a photographic odyssey by hari mahidhar, wi…
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Educational Insight: Mirabai’s Soulful Love of God
Mirabai’s Soulful Love of God The Life and Legacy of a Poet-Saint BY LAKSHMI CHANDRASHEKAR SUBRAMANIAN & MARIELLEN W…
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The Life & Teachings of One of India’s Great Luminaries, Śhrī Nimbārka
Excerpts from the ancient hagiography Nimbārka Vikrānti, rendered into Englishby Brahmachari Vrajvihari Sharan, PhD Who …
Philosophy & Scripture
Our Daily Journey In Consciousness
Understanding four states of mind: waking, dreaming, deep sleep and samadhi By Acharya Vamadeva Shastri Many of the grea…
Philosophy & Scripture
Educational Insight: Six Streams Of Hindu Philosophy
Ṣaḍdarśana, Celebrating Diversity in the Quest for Supreme Knowledge By Mahamahopadhyaya Swami Bhadreshdas(Disciple of G…
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The Mystic Mind and Music of Kabir
A Fifteenth Century Poet-Saint Wisdom on Life, Death, Guru & God By Lakshmi Chandrashekar Subramanian All photos: Ar…
Health & Ayurveda
Educational Insight: Secrets of Indian Gastronomy
A Synopsis of the Ayurvedic Fundamentals of Food and its Preparation ALL TEXT EXCERPTED FROM THE BOOK SECRETS OF INDIAN …
Personal Practice
Educational Insight: Karma Yoga
Exploring the benefits of selfless service and the art of spiritualized action By Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami WOULDN’…
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Educational Insight: Jyotisha, Hindu Astrology
How the Science of Light Can Help You in Daily Life By Pandit Vamadeva Shastri In the Hindu view, the […]
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Educational Insight: Love of God Is Vedanta!
The Life & Teachings of Sri Ramanuja, India’s Great Theologian ______________________ By Lakshmi & Tim Sridharan…
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Educational Insight: The Five States of Mind
Exploring the conscious, subconscious, subsubconscious, superconscious and subsuperconscious—the interrelated states of …
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Educational Insight: How the Major Religions View God, Soul & World
NINE CORE BELIEFS OF TWELVE WORLD RELIGIONS AND THREE REVEALING COMPARISONSINTRODUCTION BY SATGURU BODHINATHA VEYLANSWAM…
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Educational Insight: Humanity’s Diverse Faiths
A Presentation of Religious Beliefs, Goals, Paths Of Attainment & Ideological Comparisons IF RELIGIONS HAVE EVER CON…
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Educational Insight: The Lion of Lanka
______________________ Holding Truth in the palm of his hand, he spread love and knowledge of Siva _____________________…
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Educational Insight: Anger Management
EDUCATIONAL INSIGHT WAYS TO TAME OUR MOST DESTRUCTIVE EMOTION ENRAGED BY A FAST-BREAKING CAR in front of him, a man [&he…
Hindu Basics
Educational Insight: Know Thy Self
14 DAILY ENLIGHTENMENT LESSONS ___________________________FROM THE TEACHINGS OFSATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI Art by A.…
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Educational Insight: Hospitality
HOW GUESTS ARE TREATEDAS GOD IN THE HINDU HOME WELCOME! Arriving guests are warmly greeted at the entryway by the [&hell…
Teaching & Parenting
Growing Up Hindu: Morality Stories for Hindu Youth
BY SATGURU BODHINATHA VEYLANSWAMI Stories by Anuradha Murali Illustrations by Rajeev N.T. Parents are one’s first guru. …
Health & Ayurveda
Educational Insight Part II: A Health-Care Provider’s Handbook on Hindu Patients
EXCERPTS FROM A NEW BOOKLET BY QUEENSLAND HEALTH, AUSTRALIA Photos: Dinodia A SKILLED MEDICAL GROUP IN AUSTRALIA has pro…
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Educational Insight Part I: Medical Ethics
HOW HINDU DHARMA ADDRESSES 25 CONTROVERSIAL MEDICAL ISSUES FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED BY PHYSICIANS HINDU MEDICINE, KNOWN AS…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Educational Insight: Visiting a Hindu Temple
A Beginner’s Guide Be they luxurious palaces, rustic warehouses, simple halls or stone sanctuaries, Hindu temples …
Philosophy & Scripture
Educational Insight: Five Powers of Siva
The Vedas decree that god created the world, and it is true, he did; but that is a simplistic rendering […]
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Educational Insight: Hindu Wedding
In this Educational Insight, we present a pictorial summary of the Hindu wedding ceremony, with text drawn from a new [&…
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Educational Insight: Mantra Yoga
The recitation of mantras, known as japa, lies at the very heart of Hindu practice. Focusing the mind on Divinity [&hell…
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Educational Insight: Four Questions People Ask About Hinduism
Have you ever been put on the spot with a provocative question about Hinduism, even one that really shouldn’t be […
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Educational Insight: Hindu Children’s Modern Stories
The collection of stories in books one and two of Hindu Childrens’ Modern Stories was written and illustrated at m…
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Educational Insight: Our Sacred Earth
BY MATTHEW MCDERMOTT The above three words in Sanskrit and eleven in English express the essential Hindu outlook on the …
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Educational Insight: Sadhana
DISCIPLINE FOR SELF-TRANSFORMATION An Inspired Talk Given by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami to a Gathering of Devotees …
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Educational Insight: Modern Matchmaking
From Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami’s Living with Siva, with excerpts from Kavita Ramdya’s Bollywood Weddings; Rajini V…
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Educational Insight: Yoga
Today’s popular concept of yoga equates it with hatha yoga and the practice of the hatha yoga asanas, or postures.…
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“Difference is Real!”
The Life and Teachings of Sri Madhva, One of India’s Greatest Spiritual Masters By Jeffrey Armstrong Picture a man of [&…
Philosophy & Scripture
Peace by Peace
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Hindu wisdom, which inspires humans to live the ideals of compassion andnonviolence, …
Philosophy & Scripture
The Vedic Expierence
One of the best of the many translations of the Vedas into the English language comes from an unexpected source, [&helli…
Philosophy & Scripture
Free at Last!
Having lived many lives, each soul eventually seeks release from mortality, experiences the Divine directly through Self…
Philosophy & Scripture
Books: How to Become a Hindu
Conversion remains a vital issue and a potent topic in the press today. On one hand, Hindus continue to lament [……
Hindu Festivals
Home Festivals!
Hinduism is a celebratory religion, and nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in the yearly cycle of home [……
Philosophy & Scripture
How to Ease Karma
A few years ago, a devout hindu couple pulled up to the drive-in window of their local Taco Bell fast-food […]
Personal Practice
Nine Questions
Back in the spring of 1990, a group of teenagers from the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, sent a […]
Hindu Basics
Hatha Yoga
Hatha yoga is a system of handling the physical body so that the mind and the nerve system are calmed […]
Philosophy & Scripture
Hindu Conversion
Conversion is a red hot topic in India this month, what with the Pope’s visit in November and the US […]
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Hail Hindu Heroes!
Beginning two centuries ago, there arose throughout India a retinue of talented, high-souled and dedicated men and women…
Philosophy & Scripture
Life After Death
Death is the most fateful experience of each of our lives. But no Hindu really fears death, nor does he […]
Environment
God’s Favorite Flower
By Anil K. Goel Both in worship and in portrayals of the divine, hindus are infatuated with flowers. The very […]
Philosophy & Scripture
Karma and Reincarnation
Just before the turn of the Twentieth Century, Swami Vivekananda, a brilliant young Hindu monk from India, preached abou…
Philosophy & Scripture
Energy Highways
THERE ARE TWO BASIC ENERGY CURRENTS WITHIN OUR SUBTLE BODY. THESE ARE IDA AND PINGALA, WHICH SURROUND A CENTRAL MAJOR [&…
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Happy 20th Birthday, Hinduism Today!
IN JANUARY 5, 1979, SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI,returning from a world tour, envisioned a way to unite millions of H…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Worshipful Ways
Hindus go to temples to be in the presence of God. The most devout attend daily, morning and night, while […]
Philosophy & Scripture
How the Vedas Divide the Heavens
The nakshatras, central to Hindu astrology, are the subject of this month’s four-page Insight section. Contributor…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Giving Demons and Deities Their Due
Perhaps nowhere on earth is Hinduism more energetic and culturally explicit than on the tiny island of Bali. It has [&he…
Philosophy & Scripture
Kumbha Mela
With Jono Lineen The tens of millions of Hindus who came to the Kumbha Mela at Haridwar this year were […]
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Lighten UP
The following Insight section features the work of the cartoonists for Hinduism Today. It is a seven page cartoon specia…
Philosophy & Scripture
Chakras: The Chapels Within
There are fourteen great nerve centers in the physical body, in the astral body and in the body of the […]
Health & Ayurveda
Fabric Begets Fashion
With tucks and pleats, flowing folds and knotted ties, Indians have for tens of centuries fashioned impeccable apparel f…
Philosophy & Scripture
The Colors of Our Consciousness
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami The human aura extends out around the body from three to four feet, even from five [&…
Philosophy & Scripture
Dharmic Differences
Asia’s two spiritual titans, Hinduism and Buddhism, have exerted profound influence on the planet and its people s…
Philosophy & Scripture
Seeker’s Wordbook
For years, readers have been asking for definitions of the most common and basic Hindu terms. Here is a glossary [&helli…
Philosophy & Scripture
Seeking What’s Real
SRI ADI SHANKARA IS IRREFUTABLY ONE OF THE MOST significant historical figures of India. His life story, writings and sa…
Philosophy & Scripture
The Path of Grace
DURING THE 12TH TO 16TH CENTURIES’ “BHAKTI RENAISSANCE,” five great schools of Vaishnavism arose, foun…
Philosophy & Scripture
Twenty Vedic Laws
How often do you see a professional team of people misbehave on the job? You’re on a flight from San […]
Educational Insights
Cues and Clues
Nearly every indigenous people on Earth is reevaluating, rediscovering and reappreciating its ancient ways, the traditio…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Home Sanctuary
What is the center of your home? The kitchen, the workshop, the living room or den? The ancients designated a […]
Teaching & Parenting
Precious Precepts
Be they in India or transported to other cultures of the world, today’s Hindu youth are routinely tempted by Weste…
Philosophy & Scripture
Silence is Golden . . .
Many think of silence simplistically, as just the absence of noise, or not speaking words. But silence, like life itself…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Sacred Pilgrimage
Five duties, called pancha kriya, form the traditional minimal practices expected of every Hindu: upasana (worship); uts…
Philosophy & Scripture
Lanka’s Yogaswami
He strode powerfully along the roads and fields of his island each day, and those who saw him coming would […]
Environment
Tulsi and Rudraksha
Plants provide our food, clothes, medicine, building materials and the oxygen we breath, yet we seldom honor their impor…
Philosophy & Scripture
Sacred Symbols
We rarely think about it, but symbols are everywhere around us–potent, poignant images, visual markers for somethi…
Philosophy & Scripture
Death and Dying
The Transition Called Death: Each of us must ultimately confront our mortality. For Hindus, this is not a fearsome prosp…
Philosophy & Scripture
The DNA of Dharma
Though Hindus are doggedly nondogmatic, they do hold common beliefs which, like a mental molecular structure, determine …