Put Your Ashes in Orbit
By SUSAN HERREL Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry were scheduled to blast into space in mid-February. Leary, the ’60s guru, […]
Digital Dharma
SERVICE KAMAKOTI PEETAM PAGE Like many swamis in Bharat, the Sankaracharyas of the Sri Kamakoti Peetam at Kanchipuram follow a
EVOLUTIONS
AWARDED: Sri Swami Satchidananda the Juliet Hollister Award on December 16, 1996, before an august assembly at the United Nations.
S. Africa’s First Hindu Chaplain
By AJITH BRIDGRAJ, South Africa In what has been hailed as a first for South Africa, Vipra Kiriti Pillay, 48,
Your Teenage Vegetarian
By JANICE JAMES, M.S. , R.D. (AP) Teenagers who become vegetarians can be developing dietary habits that help provide them with
Your True Companion: The Self Within
BY SWAMI CHIDVILASANANDA With great respect, with great love, I weLcome you with all my heart. In the sacred text
Multi-Tailed Comet Visits
Comets through the ages have always brought with them a sense of mystery, foreboding awe and sometimes downright terror. Can
Russia’s Taste for Tantra
STANISLAV A. GOROKHOV, Moscow Russia’s latest unrevealed revolution has nothing to do with rulers, parties or economics. It is an
Rudraksha Chariot Reborn
BY CHOODIE SHIVARAM, BANGALORE The rudraksha-covered chariot of Vaidyeswara temple in Talkad (near Mysore) ventured out in procession for the
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"PARAMPARA," an annual five-day festival celebrating the "Indianness underlying various aspects of Mauritian culture," as Indian High Commissioner Shyam Saran