Philosophy & Scripture
Dissolving Boundaries
By JULIE RAJAN, PHILADELPHIA It is not an easy task for a Hindu writer born in India to break into […]
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August, 1997
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Philosophy & Scripture
Reaching for The Golden Ring
BY SWAMI SHUDDHANANDA BRAMACHARI Blessed are they who dwell on the deepest purposes of human life, especially in a world…
August, 1997
Digital Dharma
ORGANIZATIONS Swaminarayan Mission Swells London members of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha (BAPS) created a…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Home Sanctuary
What is the center of your home? The kitchen, the workshop, the living room or den? The ancients designated a […]
Publisher's Editorials
Returning Again and Again Until You Get it Right
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami The twin beliefs of karma and reincarnation are among Hinduism’s many jewels of…
Personal Practice
Bribery: the Poor Man’s Extortion
By the Editor Bribery is not india’s private province, though she has taken its subtle arts to profound, almost ph…
August, 1997
Letters
WAXING TREND. WANING TRADITIONS The article about Kerala and the joint families (“Joint families, a Venerable Trad…
August, 1997
Diaspora
HOT SPOTS Muslims Defer Buddha’s Blast The Buddhist world was outraged by a recent threat by a commander of Taleba…
August, 1997
Quotes & Quips
"WHEREVER GOD AND HIS DEVOTEES ARE IS MY HOME. I AM NEVER A STRANGER, ANYWHERE WITH ANYONE." Sri Pramukh Swami…
Opinion
Let Joint Families Forge a Better Future
BY BHARAT J. GAJJAR Right after the independence of India, in 1947, my father put four names outside our house. [&hellip…
Personal Practice
Bribery in India
Excerpted from The Week, May 25, 1997, “Grease To Go Around” by VIJAYA PUSHKARNA, with contributions from RA…
August, 1997
Briefly . . .
DISTANCE CAN'T DAMPEN DEVOTION. Devotees of Lord Ayyappa recently recreated the final part of the arduous annual Sa…
Philosophy & Scripture
A Cyrillic Catechism
Four years of on-again, off again effort came to fruition for Swami Sadashivacharya on April 27 at Moscow’s Moskva…
Culture & Society
50 Years of Freedom
Everyone knows how to celebrate; only a time and date are required to set in motion this inborn human behavior. [&hellip…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Murugan’s New Home
With reports from Eddin Khoo and K Anuradha of The Star, from the Tamil language Malaysia Nanban and Ramesh Sivanathan, …
Personal Practice
Suicide and Free Will
As the suicide of 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate group in San Diego in March an event predetermined by […]
Philosophy & Scripture
The Twist of Fate
When Prakash Mody pulled his February 24th issue of Time magazine out of the mailbox, he felt his heart sink. […]
The Arts
Gods, Kings and Tigers
Among the many art and photo books published in commemoration of India’s 50th year of independence, Gods, Kings an…
Health & Ayurveda
Ways to Soothe that Heartburn
By Devananda Tandavan Thirty percent of the American public suffers from it at least once a month and 10 percent [&helli…
August, 1997
Evolutions
COMMEMORATED: Sri Aurobindo's 125th birth anniversary with a conference to be held July 25-29 in New York, sponsore…