Philosophy & Scripture
Russia’s Taste for Tantra
STANISLAV A. GOROKHOV, Moscow Russia’s latest unrevealed revolution has nothing to do with rulers, parties or econ…
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April, 1997
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Philosophy & Scripture
Your True Companion: The Self Within
BY SWAMI CHIDVILASANANDA With great respect, with great love, I weLcome you with all my heart. In the sacred text [&hell…
Culture & Society
S. Africa’s First Hindu Chaplain
By AJITH BRIDGRAJ, South Africa In what has been hailed as a first for South Africa, Vipra Kiriti Pillay, 48, […]
April, 1997
Digital Dharma
SERVICE KAMAKOTI PEETAM PAGE Like many swamis in Bharat, the Sankaracharyas of the Sri Kamakoti Peetam at Kanchipuram fo…
Philosophy & Scripture
Lanka’s Yogaswami
He strode powerfully along the roads and fields of his island each day, and those who saw him coming would […]
Publisher's Editorials
Time In and Time Out: Two Sides of Discipline
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami The late, most revered Sri La Sri Sankaracharya of Kanchipuram, near Chennai, once sa…
Culture & Society
Oops: Unintended Consequences
BY THE EDITOR Consider the human plight, made pitiful not by some merciless Omniscience but by meddling man himself. Try…
April, 1997
Letters
Hard to Be Hindu The article, “It’s Easier To Be A Hindu in Ireland than in India,” (My Turn, January …
April, 1997
Diaspora
CROSS-CULTURAL Asian Roots The US Adoption Network called “Spice” conducts South Asian Culture Camps organiz…
April, 1997
Quotes & Quips
"ALL GREAT ONES HAVE UNDERGONE SUFFERING. NONE CAN ESCAPE WHAT IS ORDAINED." SAGE YOGASWAMI (1872-1964) "…
Opinion
Saving Our Culture in Turbulent Times
By Thiru Satkunendran Born in beautiful Sri Lanka to Hindu parents, I was fortunate to live very close to the […]
Philosophy & Scripture
Germany’s Clash with Scientology
From Associated Press reports In December 1996 Germany’s Federal and regional governments adopted a package of mea…
Culture & Society
Dispersed by War
Fourteen years of bitter civil war between Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus forced 700,000 Tamils to flee Sri Lanka.…
Environment
Sky’s Not the Limit
By LAVINA MELWANI, NEW YORK Who would have thought that a young Indian girl with her feet firmly on the […]
April, 1997
Briefly. . .
"PARAMPARA," an annual five-day festival celebrating the "Indianness underlying various aspects of Maurit…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Rudraksha Chariot Reborn
BY CHOODIE SHIVARAM, BANGALORE The rudraksha-covered chariot of Vaidyeswara temple in Talkad (near Mysore) ventured out …
Environment
Multi-Tailed Comet Visits
Comets through the ages have always brought with them a sense of mystery, foreboding awe and sometimes downright terror.…
Health & Ayurveda
Your Teenage Vegetarian
By JANICE JAMES, M.S. , R.D. (AP) Teenagers who become vegetarians can be developing dietary habits that help provide th…
April, 1997
EVOLUTIONS
AWARDED: Sri Swami Satchidananda the Juliet Hollister Award on December 16, 1996, before an august assembly at the Unite…
Philosophy & Scripture
Put Your Ashes in Orbit
By SUSAN HERREL Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry were scheduled to blast into space in mid-February. Leary, the ’…
Health & Ayurveda
A Toxic Monster In Your Mouth
If you have silver amalgam dental fillings, you may have a time bomb ticking in your mouth. Amalgam is a […]