Yoga Goes to Goa
The West’s approach to yoga ranges from idle curiosity to celebrity craze, from exotic aerobics to healing panacea, and even […]
Is Goa Still the Rave?
By Charles Ramble In October, 2000, a BBC report titled “Goa Shuns Backpackers” quotes Goan Deputy Chief Minister, Dayanand Narvekar,
Catholicism’s Two Faces
A followup report: Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders,August, 2000 Pope John Paul II,”announced his Eminence Cardinal
Hindus of South America
The Indian subcontinent has not been the only source of major Hindu migrations in the last 50 years. Hundreds of
Swearing, Backbiting and Gossip
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI Many people, even those who consider themselves religious, go through life using profane language to express
ANCIENT INITIATION
By Chantal Boulanger When visiting the great Saiva temples of Tamil Nadu, pilgrims cannot enter the sanctum sanctorum. They must
Manu and the Brits
By Madhu Kishwar Madhu Kishwar, editor of Manushi magazine and a champion of the oppressed in India, offers an astute
World Religious Leaders Gather at United Nations
By Lavina Melwani More than one thousand religious and spiritual leaders from 50 nations gathered from August 28 to September
For World Peace, Stop the War in the Home
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI When asked by the United Nations leaders how humanity might better resolve the conflicts, hostilities and
A Marriage Made in Heaven
By Vatsala and Ehud Sperling What could be missing in the life of a highly successful, Jewish American book publisher