Culture & Society
He’s Re-Righting History
Perhaps he saw it coming. in june The Indian Ministry for Human Resource Development replaced 18 Marxist historians of t…
Topic
November, 1998
21 articles
Teaching & Parenting
Zero Tolerance For Child Battering
By Swami Bhavaharananda and Swami Shivapremananda I personally feel that punishment and fear are natural outcomes of the…
November, 1998
Digital Dharma
ASTROLOGY It's All Here Wondering where the stars are tonight? How astrology is practiced in Iceland? When's the next co…
November, 1998
Briefly . . .
EUROPE CONTINUES ITS love affair with Hindu culture. Among programs commemorating India's 50th Independence anniversary …
November, 1998
Diaspora
CAMBODIA Gods Allowed Reentry Cambodia reopened the Khmer Mountaintop Preah Vihear temple August 1 to symbolize the end …
Publisher's Editorials
Will You Dare Live In the Eternal Now?
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI You only have a minute, only sixty seconds in it. Didn’t want it, didn’t choose it,…
November, 1998
Letters
DRESS CODE FOR TEMPLE GOERS I am a Malaysian of Chinese origin, and I am very interested in Indian/Hindu culture,…
Philosophy & Scripture
It’s About Time
Be it meditation, mantras, yoga, ayurvedic medicine, vastu architecture or–to go further back–the systematic study of la…
November, 1998
Quotes & Quips
"THERE IS NO CONFLICT BETWEEN POLITICS AND RELIGION, FOR BOTH AIM AT PERFECTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY" Member of…
Opinion
Can Astrologers Be Spiritual Mentors?
BY UMANANDA QUONG For professional astrologers who encounter daily the hopes, fears, desires and aspirations of often de…
Philosophy & Scripture
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…
The Arts
Planning a Stellar Career
William Levacy is a self-taught astrologer who practices in Southern California. He is a certified teacher of Transcende…
Philosophy & Scripture
Spiritual Growth
Chakrapani Ullal learned astrology from his father and grandfather. Early in life he came into contact with Swami Nityan…
Philosophy & Scripture
Bhangra in Barbados
By Lavina Melwani A mound of salt between them, the new bride, resplendent in her finery, shyly picks up a…
Philosophy & Scripture
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 t…
Culture & Society
Elephant God Walks
It took more than a year to get Disney to understand our sentiments and do the right thing,” explains Southern…
Philosophy & Scripture
Symbol of Good and Evil
The unimaginable atrocities committed by Nazis during World War II still weigh heavily on the world’s psyche, and few im…
November, 1998
Evolutions
DIED: Twelfth president of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Swami Bhuteshanandaji Maharaj, in Calcutta, August …
Health & Ayurveda
How About a Diet to Die For?
By Devananda Tandavan As I have mentioned in the past, the traditional South Indian vegetarian diet is an excellent bala…
Philosophy & Scripture
The Unfailing Power Of Female Fidelity
BY MADHU KISHWAR I grew up thinking that Sita, heroine of the Ramayana, was a slavish wife without a mind…
Philosophy & Scripture
Punishment leaves intelligence behind, says study
Young ashok was caned one morning before school for pushing his sister. Next door, Kugan pushed his sister, but instead…