Global Dharma
TRADITION VERSUS ENVIRONMENT New York park rangers and Hindus are in a stand-off over holy debris in Jamaica Bay, which…
The Magazine
October/November/December, 2011
13 articles in this issue
Opinion
In My Opinion: Call for Religious Education
BY J.S. RAJPUT Religiosity has been put on the back burner in India. The adherents of Hinduism are treated as…
Publisher's Editorials
Publisher’s Desk: Making Your Home God’s Home
A unique aspect of Hinduism is that everyone can be a priest and be in charge of one’s own temple.…
Special Feature: Goa
By Rajiv Malik, Panaji, Goa It is a land of natural marvels, basking blissfully in the warm sun of West…
Philosophy & Scripture
From the Agamas: How to Establish a Village
Now I will tell you the sequential activities related to the establishment of the village and to the first entry…
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor 10-2011
THANK YOU I was blessed to come across the name of your magazine while Sri Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma was delivering…
Quotes & Quips
Quotes and Quips
If you accept Parabrahman, you must accept Shakti. They are like fire and its power to burn. If you see…
Lineages: A Guru’s Birthday Event for Everyone
BY CHOODIE SIVARAM When devotees asked the pontiff of South India’s preeminent Sringeri Math about holding a 60th-birthd…
Biography: Devotion, Sadhana, Study & Service
BY CHOODIE SIVARAM Sri sri bharati tirtha was born on April 11, 1951, into a traditional Smarta family in the…
Health & Ayurveda
Health: What’s a Veggie Student to Do?
BY POOJA PATEL Every year a new group of hindu seniors heads off to their first year of college, many…
Educational Insights
Educational Insight: Four Questions People Ask About Hinduism
Have you ever been put on the spot with a provocative question about Hinduism, even one that really shouldn’t be…
Hindu Basics
Cultural Cues: How to Visit a Hindu Temple
BY DEEPA S. IYER When i sat down to write a post on how to visit a Hindu temple, I’ll…
Digital Dharma
When a language dies, so does aculture–its mores, meanings, values and outlooks, inextricably bound in daily discourse, …