The Renaissance Man
Only 18 people attended Swami Chinmayananda’s first lecture, in Pune, India, on December 23, 1951. Though the orga…
The Magazine
July/August/September, 2003
19 articles in this issue
Elephant’s Price
By Vrindavanam S. Gopalakrishnan Visitors to the famed Krishna temple at Guruvayoor in Kerala seldom skip visiting the n…
Publisher's Editorials
Teaching Children to Forge a Peaceful Future
By Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami Conditions in the world today are certainly troubling—wars between countries, wars wit…
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor 7-2003
Sanskrit a Unifying Force I agree with the two points that Mrs. Vittal made about the priests’ decline in Hinduism…
Opinion
OPINION FORUM
A Pluralisim Solution Hinduisms view of religious coexistance holds the answer to the delima of religious conflict BY JA…
Walking on Fire
By Gilles Flament It is late afternoon in a small village on Reunion, a mountainous island nation about the size [&helli…
Jagannatha and the Fading Forests of Orissa
By Mangala Prasad Mohanty Only the hardest of hearts could lack compassion for an environmental conservation program lik…
Thailand Hinduism
By Rajiv Malik Hundreds of thousands of devotees participate every year in the nine-day Navaratri festival in honor of t…
Trouble In Bali Paradise
By Daniel McGuire The Muslims have jihad, but we Balinese have puputan.” The person speaking is Rai, a young Balin…
Balaji worship inaugurated in Kenya
A grand week of good food, fun, festival and fireworks culminated with the kumbhabishekam (inauguration ceremony) of the…
The Little Goddess
By Bashudeb Dhar Kumari puja is a popular but frequently misunderstood devotional ceremony performed and attended by Hin…
The 7 Lives of the Somnath Temple
By Priyank Jaiswal I first learned about Somnath through my study of history in school. That’s also about when I […
Yehudi’s Yoga
With Rajiv Mehta While sitting in the waiting room of an osteopath’s office in 1948, Yehudi Menuhin came across a …
Secrets from the Kularnava Tantra
Everyone needs a hero, a model to look up to and follow, a master of his art, a champion in […]
Enchanting Sanskrit
By Choodie Shivaram Soothing tones of sanskrit waft through the air as you walk past the spacious two-storied school in …
Hinduism in Africa
By Sri Swami Ghanananda I am a disciple of Swami Krishnananda Saraswati, who propagated Hinduism in Africa and also set …
The Pleasures of Profundity
By Helen Fazio and Julie Rajan The long, slender limbs of Lord Nataraja arch gracefully through the air with purpose, [&…
‘Amma’
By Kesava Mallia Besides the unique way it’s construction was originally inspired, the famous Adhi Parasakthi Temp…
Singing the Songs of Saints
With Kesava Mallia I will be a temple oduvar until my death,” declares Sivagangai boldly. “I have dedicated …