Destroy Egocentric Desire and Anger
BY JAGADGURU SHANKARACHARYA SRI BHARATI TIRTHA Adi Shankaracharya says, “again birth, again death and again lying in the mother’s womb. […]
Hindu of the Year
Upon learning he had received the 1997 Hindu Renaissance Award at his 66th birthday celebration in New York, Sri Chinmoy
Seeking What’s Real
SRI ADI SHANKARA IS IRREFUTABLY ONE OF THE MOST significant historical figures of India. His life story, writings and sayings
Tradition in Decline
By M. P. Mohanty, New Delhi His forehead crumples as H.H.Sankaracharya Nischalanand Saraswati laments the current status of his pivotal
Hear Krishna’s Flute
By Lavina Melwani When I was very small, I felt this strong attachment to Krishna–it must be from a past
Dharma in Daily Life: Yagna, Daan, Tapas
By Goswami Indira Betiji Hindus are not only Indians. anyone who be-lieves in the culture of the rishis and the
Tagore in Dance
By Choodie Shivaram The songs and compositions of Rabindranath Tagore, “Rabindra Sangeet,” are very dear to us Indians. The Bengalis,
Let Not the Conflict of Identity Haunt Us
BY SWAMI DAYANANDA SARASWATI Being a tradition, not an organized religion the Hindu Dharma is imbibed by one as one
A Saint’s Self-Willed Death
By CHQODIE SHIVARAM, BANGALORE Dear friends,” began Swami Nirmalananda’s short missive of December 23, 1996, “It is with tearful feelings
Perfection Is in Your Luminous Essence
BY SWAMI SASTRANANDA Man (woman included) seeks and strives to be or have the best, the perfect, consciously or unconsciously,