Culture: Nikolina Calls for Bharatanatyam Revival
RAJIV MALIK Language of dance: When the dancer uses both hands to describe an object or paint a picture, these…
The Magazine
January/February/March, 2014
21 articles in this issue
Interview: Music Is the Breath of Her Life
SHERVIN LAINEZ Blended performance: Chandrika and her Western and Indian musicians perform at a benefit for the American…
Digital Dharma: History
By Madhuri Shekhar, Los Angeles ____________________________ HISTORY THE 1947 INDIA PARTITION PROJECT WHEN INDIA GAINED …
Opinion
Opinion: Why Not Hindu India?
OPINION WHY NOT HINDU INDIA? ______________________ Germany, with its minority religions, still calls itself Christian. …
Global Dharma
BALI RESUMING A COLLOSAL WORK IN AUGUST, 2013, hundreds celebrated the recommencement of Bali’s Garuda Wisnu Kencana sta…
Opinion
In My Opinion: Initiation Through Touch
IN MY OPINION INITIATION THROUGH TOUCH ______________________ How a hug from Amma inspired years of research and powerfu…
Publisher's Editorials
Publisher’s Desk: A 10-Minute Spiritual Workout
PUBLISHER’S DESK A 10-MINUTE SPIRITUAL WORKOUT ______________________ An abbreviated daily regimen designed for those wh…
Culture & Society
Feature: The Hindu Diaspora within Continental Europe
THE HINDU DIASPORA WITHIN CONTINENTAL EUROPE SPECIAL FEATURE Hinduism Finds a New Home in the Old World TWO OF OUR…
Philosophy & Scripture
From the Agamas: Interpreting Dreams
FROM THE AGAMAS INTERPRETING DREAMS ______________________ What to make of auspicious and inauspicious omens? __________…
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor 1-2014
LETTERS SROUTA SAIVAS The latest magazine (Oct/Nov/Dec, 2013) is wonderful. The Srouta Saiva article is excellent. The p…
Quotes & Quips
Quotes and Quips
Peace comes when there is nothing left to defend, and nothing to conquer. Yogasri Svami Yogananda Giri, head of Svami…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Temples Everywhere We Go
TEMPLES EVERYWHERE WE GO ______________________ In every country, mandirs serve as critical centers for religious and cu…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Three European Monasteries
THREE EUROPEAN MONASTERIES ______________________ In Italy, Switzerland and France, three ascetic orders hold firmly to …
Portugal Takes the Lead
PORTUGAL TAKES THE LEAD ______________________ World Yoga Day in Lisbon has depth and breadth ______________________ YOG…
Culture & Society
Becoming Hindu European
BECOMING “HINDU EUROPEAN” ______________________ Living in a new land presents challenges and opportunities and requires…
Opinion
Opinion: My New Contract with Life
OPINION MY NEW CONTRACT WITH LIFE ______________________ A Greek attorney leaves her profession, discovers yoga and now …
Hindu Basics
Educational Insight: Know Thy Self
14 DAILY ENLIGHTENMENT LESSONS ___________________________FROM THE TEACHINGS OFSATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI Art by A.…
Karnataka: Born, 1908: Hindu of the Year, 2013
KARNATAKA BORN, 1908: HINDU OF THE YEAR, 2013 ______________________ Sree Sree Dr. Shivakumara Swami, head of Siddaganga…
Health & Ayurveda
Healing: Grasping Palliative Care
HEALING GRASPING PALLIATIVE CARE ______________________ How one Canadian doctor is applying the ancient Hindu approach t…
Hindu Priesthood
Kerala: Facing and Fixing a Shortage of Priests
MADHURAJ Adopting the vocation: Students of the Thantravidhya Gurukulam at Paravur, under the leadership of Rakesh Thant…
Indonesia: Summit Convenes in Hindu Bali
RAJIV MALIK Bali lays out the red carpet: Puja is performed as the delegates stand in the conference hall •…