Countering Conversion
BY SWAMI DAYANANDA SARASWATI The following is an edited excerpt from an interview of Swami by T. R. Jawahar of [……
The Magazine
January/February/March, 2004
25 articles in this issue
Temples & Pilgrimage
Secrets of a Hindu Temple
Early in the morning on February 15, 1975, at his Hindu monastery on Hawaii’s Garden Island of Kauai, Hinduism Tod…
Hands-on Healing
BY ISANI ALAHAN AND DEVI PARAM It’s June, 10, 2003, and we have just arrived at Ayushakti, a clean, modern, [&hell…
Digital Dharma
ENVIRONMENT Blessings of Seed Devotees visiting Siva temples in Pune, India, are in for a special treat. Once a week, [&…
Karma and Gravity
BY ARVIND SHARMA Karma is a key Hindu concept not always easily explained. Comparing it with the gravity, however, helps…
Kailash Pilgrims Bless Center
BY ISANI ALAHAN The Chinese officials read our temperatures by computer as we filed through immigration at the Lhasa Air…
The Art of Living With Aging Parents
BY DAMARA SHANMUGAM Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, founder of Hinduism Today, always advised his devotees to take care…
Mealtime Blessings
BY OLIVIA WU The chanting of mantras to invoke and give thanks to God before partaking of a meal is […]
I Want To See God!
The focus of many religions is on helping those who do not believe in God to believe in God. For […]
DIASPORA
HOLLAND NETHERLANDS APOLOGY FOR SMOKING GANESHA Dutch Hindu watchdog group, Agni, succeeded this past July in getting MT…
Meditating on Meditation
BY FREDERICK STELLA When I picked up the issue of Time magazine that featured the article on meditation entitled Just [&…
Five Koshas, the Bodies of Man
The human being is a soul body encased in four other bodies called "koshas " or "sheaths." These are…
Quotes & Quips
QUOTES & QUIPS
SATGURU SIVA YOGASWAMI (1872-1964), SRI LANKA'S MOST RENOWNED CONTEMPORARY SPIRITUAL MASTER Silence is the highest …
Publisher's Editorials
“I Want To See God!”
The focus of many religions is on helping those who do not believe in God to believe in God. For […]
Letters to the Editor 1-2004
Accept my greetings and good wishes. I just received the October issue and appreciate your kind gesture in sending us [&…
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
BY RAJIV MALIK Imagine, if you will and if you can, the light of a bright noonday sun in a […]
Dharma Discussions — Mela 2003
BY RAJIV MALIK The main aim of the Kumbha Mela in the past was to discuss dharma. Now such discussions […]
Rising Above Apartheid
It was a precedent setting event when South Africa’s first national convention on Hindu unity convened on Septembe…
The Lore of Kumbha Melas
BY RAJIV MALIK The Kumbha Mela is a gathering of the great monastic orders of India, known as akharas. At […]
Time’s OM Page
Let there be no confusion. the primary aim of meditation is spiritual evolution. Not surprisingly, such a lofty goal app…
Hindu Kids Just Want to Be Cool
Three and a half million people live in Singapore. Of those, just 250,000 are Hindu even though Hindus have lived [&hell…
When Dowry Went Wrong
Hinduism Today has always been puzzled how the ancient system of stree dana, "women's wealth," morphed in…
I’m Taking a Break!
BY DEEPA SETHARAMAN Harvard sprawled before us. the 400-year-old ivy-covered walls revealed, the dew on the impeccably m…
Stress…Makes You Strong!
Stress: we hear so much about it these days, mostly on the negative side. It used to be a sign […]
Einstein’s Religious Theses
BY MARK HAWTHORNE Many people, mostly theologians, have accused Einstein of being an atheist; such a scientist, say his …