Diaspora
PAKISTAN CACHE OF HINDU TREASURE RESCUED FROM SMUGGLERS In June, 2005, Pakistan’s Customs Drug Enforcement Cell confiscated 1,482 pieces of […]
“Super Size Me!”
BY MARK HAWTHORNE While countless doctors and nutritionists indicate fast food is a major contributor to poor health, Americans rely
The Hindu Trinity Myth
A few years ago a non-hindu professor who teaches world religions at a Texas University visited our monastery to learn
Inspirers for a Modern Hinduism
BY JAY DILIP LAKHANI Over the last ten years the Vivekananda Centre London, of which I am the director, has
Hindu of the Year
BY ARCHANA DONGRE Seven hundred devotees jumped to their feet and applauded enthusiastically as Swami Tejomayananda was honored as “Hindu
Confessions of a Western Hindu
BY SWAMI SHANKARANANDA I am director and founder of the shiva ashram near Melbourne, Australia. Like many seekers of my
Digital Dharma
One of the most frequently asked Hindu questions is "When is the next festival, what does it mean and what
Namaste: Greeting the Divine
“Shake hands and come out fighting.” It’s the referee’s final counsel to two pugilists about to beat each other’s brains
India Comes to the Big Screen
BY KALYANI GIRI From the snowy splendor of Mount Kailash to the wild jungles of Sunderbans, from the towering minars
Enshrining Saints & Sages
BY VRINDAVANAM S. GOPALAKRISHNAN Not long ago, I received the blessings of a truly good man. His name was Sudhir