Wailua Botanical Gardens
It is traditional for Hindu temples to cultivate nearby gardens that provide beauty, medicinal resources, fruits and flowers for daily […]
Island Temple Greeted with Aloha Spirit
This tiny, remote land mass of barely 60,000 people is manifesting a living vision of unity in diversity. “We are
Artistic Offerings
Some contributions to the Iraivan temple project are gifts of abundant, natural talent. Artists Sri Indra Sharma, D.J. Khamis and
Charting the Progress
PHASE ONE, 1975: Gurudeva’s vision of Lord Siva births the temple. Project begins, raising $400,000 for purchase and clearing of
Who is Siva?
God Siva is among the most mysterious, complex, compassionate and profound conceptions of the one Supreme Being to be found
How the Vedas Divide the Heavens
The nakshatras, central to Hindu astrology, are the subject of this month’s four-page Insight section. Contributors to this introduction include
Bhangra in Barbados
By Lavina Melwani A mound of salt between them, the new bride, resplendent in her finery, shyly picks up a
Planning a Stellar Career
William Levacy is a self-taught astrologer who practices in Southern California. He is a certified teacher of Transcendental Meditation, and
We Are All Wayfarers On the Waves of Time
By the Editor Believing nothing, the skeptic is blind; believing everything, the naif is lame. Somewhere between the two lies
It’s About Time
Be it meditation, mantras, yoga, ayurvedic medicine, vastu architecture or–to go further back–the systematic study of language, ancient Vedic arts