“The Indians are Coming”
Ever since the first center was founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1894 in New York, the country’s Vedanta Societies …
The Magazine
July/August/September, 2008
16 articles in this issue
In Adoration Of Lord Siva
BY CHOODIE SHIVARAM Built on the picturesque adi-chunchanagiri hills, 110 kilometers from Bangalore, the us$21 million L…
Dispora
ISRAEL HINDUS AND JEWS ARE TALKING Reciprocating the first Hindu-Jewish summit held in Delhi in February, 2007, Israel h…
Inter-religious Marriage
BY DILIP AMIN As the former president of a religious school, I only regret one point of collective inaction: though [&he…
The Clear White Light
Mandala Brahmana, the 28th of the 108 Upanishads, is attached to the Sukla Yajur Veda. In it a sage reaches […]
Digital Dharma
The historical atlas of South Asia may go down in history as one of the great academic achievements of the […]
Discovering Ganesh
BY LAVINA MELWANI Lord ganesha can enter people’s lives in mysterious ways. For photographer Shana Dressler, it wa…
Seeking Their Spiritual Roots
The asian odyssey was the 2008 edition of Himalayan Academy’s biannual pilgrimage program during which Satguru Bod…
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor 7-2008
I love the attitude that your magazine has that Hinduism spans the world and is not only Indian. When I […]
Social Change Through Education
BY KEYA KEITA Each day, in the gentle light of morning, women of Tamil Nadu, South India, use coarse, colored […]
Educational Insights
“Difference is Real!”
The Life and Teachings of Sri Madhva, One of India’s Greatest Spiritual Masters By Jeffrey Armstrong Picture a man of [&…
Publisher's Editorials
Who Is the Greatest God?
Have you ever heard a discussion between two or more Hindus as to who is greater, Vishnu or Siva? As […]
Crossing the Ocean
By Vrindavanam S. Gopalakrishnan, Karnataka, India The express train carrying us chugged into the Udupi station in the J…
Need We Drug America’s Children?
BY TRISHUL SIDDHARTHAN I first encountered attention def-icit Hyperactivity Disorder in the fourth grade in one of my cl…
Quotes & Quips
Quotes and Quips
I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and acceptance. I am proud […]
Saints & Sages
Thoreau A Sage in Early America
The 19th-century writer drank deeply from the Vedas, lived incommunion with nature and advocated a life of mystical simp…