Nepal’s Meateaters
By Deepa Bhat Last summer for two-and-a-half months I had an eye-opening experience in Nepal, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, […]
Tesla: Electricity’s Mastermind
By Mark Hawthorne Nikola Tesla is not as famous as his contemporary, Thomas Edison, but his inventions brought the world
DIASPORA
USA Chinmaya’s New England Estate Andover, Massachusetts, will soon be the site of the Chinmaya Mission Boston. Objections to the
Value of Samskaras
By Swami Veda Bharati Excerpts from an interview conducted by Hinduism Today correspondent Rajiv Malik at the 2001 Maha Kumbha
Hindu Girl’s Retreat
By Neesha Alahan In late December, 2000, 13 young devotees of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniya, publisher of Hinduism Today, gathered at
Blessed Rice
Deep down beneath the granite mountains of Colorado, where you might expect to find a secret US Defense Department stockpile
How Nice is Spice?
By Tara Katir Many of us today take for grant-ed favorite flavors and foods once unique to small communities across
Ram, Ram, Sita-Ram!
By Vatsala Sperling I once asked Jagadguru Jayendra Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, how there could be hundreds and
Yogaswami’s World Tour
The 125th birth anniversary of Satguru Siva Yogaswami (1872-1964), the 161st Jagadacharya of the Nandinatha Sampradaya and satguru to the
SACRED SAMSKARAS
The best rendering of samskara in English is made by the word “sacrament,” which means “religious ceremony or act regarded