Health & Ayurveda
Minus the Hellfire, Brimstone Is Essential
BY DEVANANDA TANDAVAN Brimstone, the legendary yellow substance that burns with malodorous fury, is very toxic to humans…
Topic
February, 1998
23 articles
Hindu Festivals
Riots Fail to Hinder Yatra
By PRABHA PRABHAKAR BHARDWAJ In August 8, 1997, a nationwide strike in Kenya by opposition leaders demanding constitutio…
Philosophy & Scripture
Don’t Hide From Our Roots–the Vedas
BY SWAMI SHIVAPREMANANDA All Hindus have a moral and spiritual obligation to remind themselves of their cultural heritag…
February, 1998
Digital Dharma
MISSIONARIES Savvy Students Like to send your friends a digital postcard during a festival? Join an on-line "chat&q…
February, 1998
EVOLUTIONS
AWARDED: Septuagenarian musician Pundit Ravi Shankar with the Premium Imperial Award on October 21 in Tokyo, conferred b…
Philosophy & Scripture
The Total Solar Eclipse
Every hotel in Guadeloupe has been booked for months by people eager to witness the coming total solar eclipse which [&h…
February, 1998
Diaspora
BUSINESS Helping the Craftspeople Rolondon Reginaldo is a basketweaver in the Philippines who depends on the Ten Thousan…
February, 1998
The Vedas
May Mitra, Varuna and Aryaman grant us freedom and space enough for us and for our children! May we find […]
Publisher's Editorials
Getting Even Is Such An Odd Thing to Do
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Everyone has willpower. It is inherent to the makeup of the physical-astral-mental-em…
Personal Practice
Middle Class, Middle Path
“I am of the opinion that religious people have the courage to face the world positively,” said Shri Kishore…
Opinion
Buddhist and Hindu Dharmas Do Differ
BY THE HONORABLE YIHUA What are the differences and similarities between Buddhism and Hinduism? Both originated from the…
Philosophy & Scripture
Can You Have Religion Without God?
BY THE EDITOR We first met the Dalai Lama in 1972 in Northern India. On that precious December afternoon Hinduism [&hell…
February, 1998
Quotes & Quips
"FOR FEAR OF CAUSING TERROR TO LIVING BEINGS, LET THE BODHISATTVA STRIVING TO ATTAIN COMPASSION REFRAIN FROM EATING…
February, 1998
Letters
BEYOND THE FACTS I would like to offer my deepest admiration to the writer of the article “Hindu of the […]
Personal Practice
Smitten by Sanskrit
With LINDA FORMAN in Sparks, Nevada Two hours before sunrise, when most houses lie slumbering, lights turn on in the [&h…
February, 1998
Briefly. . .
A EUROPEAN COMMISSION for Human Right's unanimous decision on November 7 may result in ending corporal punishment o…
Hindu Festivals
Guadeloupe Lights Up
By SHARAD SAHAI Journey to Guadeloupe, the twin- island outpost of France in the paradisiacal French West Indies, and yo…
Philosophy & Scripture
Dharmic Differences
Asia’s two spiritual titans, Hinduism and Buddhism, have exerted profound influence on the planet and its people s…
Health & Ayurveda
BOOKS
RUBBED WRONG BY LIFE? JOHARI ADVOCATES DAILY MASSAGE AND A NON-TOXIC DIET With Tara Katir in Kapaa, Hawaii Asked for [&h…
Philosophy & Scripture
Show Your Understanding
A fifth grade girl is very anxious about a math test she is taking the next day and approaches her […]
Health & Ayurveda
Reclaiming Sadhana: Nourisher of Health
BY BRAHMACHARINI MAYA TIWARI My early life was fostered by wholesome practices that preserved the good Earth–the p…
Culture & Society
Securing Canadian Roots
By S. THIRUNADARAJAH The Saiva Mission of Quebec began in 1984 with a dozen devotees meeting in borrowed space at [&hell…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Towering Tales
By Sita Sharan It was Bapu’s long-held wish to recite Ramayana on the banks of Lake Manasarovar, beside Mount Kail…