Health & Ayurveda
Vegetarianism: Roots of Righteousness
BY SWAMI PRAGYANAND Sanatana Dharma, today known as Hindu Dharma, the eternal religion, is an integration of nature and …
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May, 1997
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May, 1997
EVOLUTIONS
SUCCESSOR: Swami Radhananda to Swami Sivananda Radha who passed away in November 1995. Initiated into sannyasa by Swami …
Philosophy & Scripture
Dolls of Devotion
Necessity is the mother of invention, they say, and according to one inventive mother, Rukmini Devi Dasi, Hindu children…
May, 1997
Digital Dharma
CELEBRATION INDIA'S FAIRS AND FESTIVALS If you have ever wondered where to learn about the why and how of celebrati…
Culture & Society
Athavale Earns Award
Pandurang Shastri Athavale, founder and leader of a spiritual self-knowledge movement that has liberated millions from t…
Teaching & Parenting
Yoga for Kids
The Adventure of Yoga” is a delightful children’s book written and illustrated by Moo and Don Briddell. The …
The Arts
No Calypso for Hindu Kids
Trinidad Hindus blasted a government minister’s proposal to make calypso–the native folk music–a compu…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Court OK’s Takeover
A January decision by India’s Supreme Court validated the 1988 government takeover of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi S…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Sacred Pilgrimage
Five duties, called pancha kriya, form the traditional minimal practices expected of every Hindu: upasana (worship); uts…
Publisher's Editorials
Good Money, Bad Money
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI My satguru, the venerable Sage Yogaswami, discriminated between good money and bad mo…
Philosophy & Scripture
What’s So Funny About Hinduism
By the Editor Ah, religion, that sober, somber, somniferous science, so soulful and oh-so-solemn. Perhaps. But only one …
May, 1997
Letters
BEASTLY PAGEANT? These men and women activists (“ban-galore Battlefield,” cover story, March ’97) shou…
May, 1997
Diaspora
TRINIDAD/INDIA Hindu Leader’s Indian Roots Trinidad’s Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday, became one of only four…
May, 1997
Quotes & Quips
"WHAT YOU HAVE IS HIS GIFT TO YOU, AND WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE IS YOUR GIFT TO […]
Opinion
Elders: Our Blessing, Not our Burden
By Prabha Prabhakar Bhardwaj Nearly two decades ago I left India to live and work in Kenya, Africa. On my […]
Philosophy & Scripture
The Caning Backlash
In 18th-century America and most other countries, the master of the house could freely beat his wife, his child, his [&h…
Philosophy & Scripture
To Be Elderly in India
By M.P. MOHANTY, NEW DELHI For untold centuries in india, it had been routinely regarded as immoral to neglect the [&hel…
Personal Practice
Devotional Artist By Fate
Lawrence Paul is a third-generation Pakistani Hindu whose family originally hailed from Gujarat, but elected to stay in …
May, 1997
Briefly . . .
A "YOGA THERAPY WING" is being added to five Delhi-area hospitals. It's a decision reached over two years…
The Arts
Mars-Saturn Opposition
From December 17, 1996, through March 24 of this year, Mars was in Virgo opposite Saturn in Pisces, as will […]
Philosophy & Scripture
Math-a-Magician
By LAVINA MELWANI, NEW YORK You could have heard a pin drop. After all, the event was one of awe-inspiring […]
Health & Ayurveda
Coming of Age, From Lass to Lady
By Devananda Tandavan Here are three important milestones which we reach in our lifetimes–childhood, from birth to…
The Arts
A Master’s in Rhythm
By RADHIKA SRINIVASAN, New Jersey Few percussionists venture from the orchestra into the limelight, and fewer stay for l…
Environment
India – Once Plentiful
Most of us college-educated Indians were taught that inefficient technologies and low productivities pervaded through lo…
Culture & Society
American Mantras
The headline in a recent Macweek magazine, “Netscape’s Good Karma,” is typical of a growing trend of c…