The Three Stages of Faith
Faith is central to all the world’s religions. Webster’s dictionary defines religious faith as unquestioning belief in God and religious […]
Our Three Kinds of Temples
AUDIO ONLY: It would be hard to overestimate the power and importance of the temple in Hindu culture and spiritual
Introduction to Hinduism
Hindus in the West are sometimes invited to give a talk explaining their religion at a local college, schoolroom, interfaith
Thirty Years Serving Dharma
AUDIO ONLY: The idea for hinduism today magazine came as an inspiration to Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami in the late 1970s
Using TV as a Spiritual Tool
Television is a little like god: it’s everywhere. Traveling by plane and staying in hotels, you encounter TV at dawn
Who Is the Greatest God?
Have you ever heard a discussion between two or more Hindus as to who is greater, Vishnu or Siva? As
Four Ways We View the World
In his mystical language of meditation, called Shum (pronounced shoom), my Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, brought forth a unique insight: four
How to Improve the World
Three attitudes to help us cope with our planet’s conflict-ridden condition and one strategic, long-term way to change it. Recently
Keeping the Mind Clear
Recently I had the opportunity to attend a gathering of the Council of Hindu Temples of North America in Flint,
Planning: the Key to Success
A new trend in Hindu communities around the world is the widespread, one could even say faddish, application of the