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
Hinduism and Modern Life
Some months back in Australia, a group of Hindu teens asked me what relevance Hinduism and temples have to modern
What Is Hinduism?
Our regular readers will already have noticed that this installment of Hinduism Today is not in our standard format. It
Lessons from a Simple Sage
Sometime around 1955 two devout Hindus visited my guru’s guru, an illumined master, Satguru Yogaswami of Sri Lanka. In that
How Our Soul Matures
In Hindu thought the concept of life and the soul are synonymous. For example, the Sanskrit word jiva refers to
The World Is an Ashram
In Hinduism we are fortunate to have many God-realized souls to guide us along the spiritual path. Their teachings are
Defining Our Faith
I had the opportunity recently to give a number of lectures, classes, seminars and presentations at our monastery in Hawaii,
The Hindu Trinity Myth
A few years ago a non-hindu professor who teaches world religions at a Texas University visited our monastery to learn
“Mom, Dad, Meet Elaine “
More and more Hindus in western countries are marrying non-Hindus. Many such couples meet while attending the same university. Those