Digital Dharma
Forty percent of the world's population live in earthen dwellings. The most enduring earth building, Egypt's adobe Ramasseum, still stands […]
Books
BY TARA KATIR THE VEDIC WEDDING – UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT ALL MEANS, STEP BY STEP The ritual of circumambulating the
Teenage Depression
BY VIRENDER SODHI Four out of 100 teenagers become seriously depressed each year. Everybody feels sad now and then; but
Living, Painting, Worshiping Art
BY M.P. MOHANTY India is a land of marvels. when traveling the dusty, bumpy, sinuous roads of the countryside, one
My Encounter with Caste
BY RAMYA GOPAL My head bobbed on my mother’s shoulder as our car rattled down the street. The pavement steadily
Quotes & Quips
SATGURU SIVA YOGASWAMI (1872-1964), SRI LANKA'S MOST RENOWNED CONTEMPORARY SPIRITUAL MASTER Do you realize now the sacred significance and the
Letters to the Editor 4-2007
I would like to congratulate the founder and the others who are responsible for the publication of this amazing magazine.
“This Lord Siva Is All That “
Ajita Agama, fifth of the 28 Saiva Agamas, deals mostly with temple construction, Deity installation and worship. Here we excerpt
Vegetarianism and Meat-Eating in 8 Religions
BY JANE SRIVASTAVA All religions of the world extol compassion, yet they vary in their commitment to expressing this virtue
Hinduism and Modern Life
Some months back in Australia, a group of Hindu teens asked me what relevance Hinduism and temples have to modern