Global Dharma
ITALY CELEBRATING DIWALI ITALY’S 156,000 HINDUS FESTIVELY celebrated Diwali last October, in a country that officially recognized the Hindu religion […]
Temple Worship: Feeding God In Gratitude
ALL TOP PHOTOS: ANANTHA KRISHNAN Source of life: The Sivalingam covered in rice TEMPLE WORSHIP FEEDING GOD IN GRATITUDE ______________________
Educational Insight: How the Major Religions View God, Soul & World
NINE CORE BELIEFS OF TWELVE WORLD RELIGIONS AND THREE REVEALING COMPARISONSINTRODUCTION BY SATGURU BODHINATHA VEYLANSWAMI OUR BELIEFS DETERMINE OUR THOUGHTS
Observances: Nepal’s Dynamic Indra Festival
ALL PHOTOS BY THOMAS KELLY Invoking divine powers: Indra’s elephant dances through the streets in search of his master OBSERVANCES
Preceptor: Mother, Father, Guru, God
PRECEPTOR MOTHER, FATHER, GURU, GOD ______________________ Hindu dharma is fulfilled when we find and hold a spiritual preceptor in our
Temples: Fully Enclosed Ornate Marble Temple Opens in New Jersey
The mandir within: Pramukh Swami Maharaj (in chair) personally performs the consecration rituals, investing the marble statue of Bhagwan Swaminarayan
Borobudur Buddhist Temple
BOROBUDUR BUDDHIST TEMPLE ______________________ The largest Buddhist temple in the world and Indonesia’s top tourist attraction, built near the Prambanan
Special Feature: Exploring the Temples of Java, Indonesia
SPECIAL FEATURE EXPLORING THE TEMPLES OF JAVA, INDONESIA ______________________ Among the world’s largest Hindu and Buddhist temples, they have survived
Publisher’s Desk: The Aim of Hindu Practices
PUBLISHER’S DESK THE AIM OF HINDU PRACTICES ______________________ Dharma, seva, puja and raja yoga lead to purification of the mind,
In My Opinion: Bharatanatyam’s Hidden Powers
IN MY OPINION BHARATANATYAM’S HIDDEN POWERS ______________________ More than art, Indian dance is a transformative personal discipline that elevates our