Lanka’s Yogaswami
He strode powerfully along the roads and fields of his island each day, and those who saw him coming would […]
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
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
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,
Ramana as a Family Affair
BY ANANDHI RAMACHANDRAN, CHENNAI From what I had heard about Sarada Natarajan, I had expected to see an elderly lady
‘Deep River’ – a Japanese Odyssey to Holy Ganga
WITH JYOTHI VENKATESH, Mumbai A bus of Japanese tourists bounces east, sightseeing from Delhi toward Banaras and the Ganga. “Oh,
Mountainous Sage
By ANANDHI RAMACHANDRAN, CHENNAI Once as a child I asked my father “Are there rishis like Agastya, Vishwamitra and Vashishta
City’s Cross Must Go
In two decisions just days apart by the United States Federal Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California, a 103-foot
Meditation Can Be More Than You Bargained for
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Desperate states of mind are disturbing many people these days. They are caught in emotional turmoil
Tulsi and Rudraksha
Plants provide our food, clothes, medicine, building materials and the oxygen we breath, yet we seldom honor their import. Perhaps