Nepal’s Virgin Goddesses
The ancient practice of Kumari worship is vigorously alive today, deep in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley. A young virgin girl, Kumari, […]
Playing God?
In July 1996 a Blackface ewe gave birth to lamb 6LL3, an outwardly normal baby sheep, at the Roslin Institute’s
Sotheby’s Illicit India Artifacts
Television audiences in the UK and the USA watched in amazement as Roeland Kollewijn of the Sotheby’s auction house casually
Keep Science at Peace with Nature
By Mata Amritanandamayi The idea of cloning, though implemented only recently through modern science, was in the minds of the
Quotes & Quips
"WHATEVER APPEARS IN THE WORLD IS GOD. NO ONE KNOWS HIS BEGINNING, MIDDLE OR END." Swami Muktananda (1908-1982) Load too
Diaspora
MONASTIC LIFE Monks’ Initiation Blocked On February 8th, in Alwar, Rajasthan, India, District authorities raided the Jain monastery of Mahavir
Letters
SRI LANKA REPORT The article (“Sri Lankan Tamils Tell Tales of a Desperate Diaspora,” cover story, April ’97) is the
Swami, Bill Clinton Has a Question
BY THE EDITOR Questions from the White House are infrequent enough, even when indirect, that the Hinduism Today staff was
Two Powers: Gratitude and Appreciation
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI Much of life today is based on depreciation and denigration of public leaders, groups, governments, religions,
Mom, Please Come Home
Motherhood may be the most controversial career you can have these days,” opens this manual for stay-at-home moms. Staying Home