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March, 1997

Quotes & Quips

March 1, 1997

"Nonviolence is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by man." Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) "The nuclear family is just […]

Diaspora

March 1, 1997

PUBLISHING ARTS Unbearably Beautiful Self-realization fellowship’s 1997 desk calendar Inner Reflections is, no exaggeration, simply stunning. Each weekly page is

Letters

March 1, 1997

Don’t Believe in Mantras? The following story which I read in The Essentials of Hinduism by Swami Bhaskarananda provides an

Zzammpf-Kaboom!

March 1, 1997

By the Editor Has it always been this way, this anguishing about who we are, this defensiveness bordering on paranoia

Meditation Can Be More Than You Bargained for

March 1, 1997

By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Desperate states of mind are disturbing many people these days. They are caught in emotional turmoil

Seven Days for Seven Planets

March 1, 1997

Plato wrote: “the sun, moon and five other planets were created by God in order to distinguish and preserve the

Tulsi and Rudraksha

March 1, 1997

Plants provide our food, clothes, medicine, building materials and the oxygen we breath, yet we seldom honor their import. Perhaps

Ramana as a Family Affair

March 1, 1997

BY ANANDHI RAMACHANDRAN, CHENNAI From what I had heard about Sarada Natarajan, I had expected to see an elderly lady

When not in Rome . . .

March 1, 1997

By VRINDAVANAM S. GOPALAKRISHNAN Peter Julia came to India from Spain in 1948 as a 23-year-old Jesuit priest. Today, at

EVOLUTIONS

March 1, 1997

OLDEST-EVER: Bir Narayan Chaudhary of Nepal is reliably said to be 141 years old, making him the oldest human on

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