The Unfailing Power Of Female Fidelity
BY MADHU KISHWAR I grew up thinking that Sita, heroine of the Ramayana, was a slavish wife without a mind […]
Symbol of Good and Evil
The unimaginable atrocities committed by Nazis during World War II still weigh heavily on the world’s psyche, and few images
How the Vedas Divide the Heavens
The nakshatras, central to Hindu astrology, are the subject of this month’s four-page Insight section. Contributors to this introduction include
Bhangra in Barbados
By Lavina Melwani A mound of salt between them, the new bride, resplendent in her finery, shyly picks up a
Spiritual Growth
Chakrapani Ullal learned astrology from his father and grandfather. Early in life he came into contact with Swami Nityananada, and
We Are All Wayfarers On the Waves of Time
By the Editor Believing nothing, the skeptic is blind; believing everything, the naif is lame. Somewhere between the two lies
It’s About Time
Be it meditation, mantras, yoga, ayurvedic medicine, vastu architecture or–to go further back–the systematic study of language, ancient Vedic arts
Will You Dare Live In the Eternal Now?
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI You only have a minute, only sixty seconds in it. Didn’t want it, didn’t choose it,
Who Then Are the Hindus?
To find out which organizations with prominence in the West call themselves Hindus, we tapped the massive power of the
Can it Be That the Hare Krishnas Are Not Hindu?
There is a misconception,” wrote His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1977 in Science of Self Realization, “that