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July, 1993

Diaspora

July 1, 1993

Vegetarian was for thousands of years a principle of health and spiritual ethics throughout India. Though Muslim and Christian colonization […]

SUMMER BOOK REVIEWS

July 1, 1993

A Comprehensive Biography of SWAMI VIVEKANANDA, Part One & Two, by Sailendranath Dhar, hb, 1,492 pages, Rs. 325 (US$10.00) per

Karnataka Ashram Adds Major Conference Center

July 1, 1993

Amid Massive Mela Melee, New Facility Expands Service of Adichunchanagiri Mutt If ever you find yourself tending toward despondency about

Nepal’s Declining Temples

July 1, 1993

"Pasupati Temples is Need of Immediate Repair" warns the title of a recent Rising Nepal article. The paper described the

Christians Ponder Hinduism in USA

July 1, 1993

Gujaratis Are Targeted in Strategic, but Scattered, Conversion Programs. Earlier this year the leading US Christian magazine produced an article,

Tough Trek to the Top of the World

July 1, 1993

Madras Yogi Guides US Explorers on 1,440-mile, 20-day Trail to Kailas Sri T.K.V. Desikachar was deeply moved as he stood

KYOTO GLOBAL FORUM – PART II

July 1, 1993

Hinduism Today: What is your experience of the Global Forum? Dada Vaswani: "Mr. Gorbachev's Green Cross idea is really there

How to Win an Argument With a Meat-Eater

July 1, 1993

While their numbers are rapidly growing, vegetarians are still a minority, and it is not unusual to be confronted with

WHY HINDUS DON’T EAT MEAT

July 1, 1993

Besides being an expression of compassion for animals, vegetarianism is followed for ecological and health rationales REASONS In the past

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