November/December, 2001
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USA Iowa’s First Hindu Temple The ground breaking ceremony for the construction of Iowa’s first Hindu temple…
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November/December, 2001
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor 11-2001
Macaulay’s “Minute” Your sub-title for the above article says, “[Macaulay’s] 1835 document…
Opinion
Reconversion Made Right
By D.V. Gokhale Conversion to hinduism started in India as a social movement to bring ex-Hindus back into their native […
The Arts
The Best of Both Worlds
By Lavina Melwani Saris and Chennai may be worlds apart, but there is a young Hindu dancer who seems to […]
Temples & Pilgrimage
The Joys of Pilgrimage
By Lavina Melwani It’s the closest you can get to heaven while living on Earth: Haridwar, “Gateway to God…
Publisher's Editorials
Daddy, Do We Get Toys for Christmas, too?
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Daddy, why don’t we have Christmas? What do we do? Don’t we get presents,…
Quotes & Quips
QUOTES & QUIPS
"Lead me in the center of thy silence to fill my heart with songs." Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) celebrated…
November/December, 2001
Siva’s Great Night in Mauritius
Every year thousands of Hindu pilgrims converge on Grand Bassin, the holy lake in the hills of Mauritius, a small [&hell…
Food & Vegetarianism
Tolstoy and the Russian Vegies
By Sergei Shaginyan The first vegetarian society in Russia was established by the great Russian writer and mystic, Leo T…
Opinion
Peace Amongst Us
By Phalgun Prativadi I am disappointed and saddened to observe many Hindus segregate from and quarrel with each other ov…
Saints & Sages
A Yogi Worth Watching
When the famous Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi passed away in 1994, meditators around the world wondered who would take his […
Food & Vegetarianism
Why Brown Rice is Healthier
Can you guess which highly processed and very popular food contributes to diabetes and, if it wasn’t fortified wit…
Hindu Priesthood
Priestly Patriarch
The priestly profession has been greatly reduced in stature in the last two hundred years by the forces of secularizatio…
November/December, 2001
Hinduism’s Nandin
365 Aphorisms for a Truly Spiritual Life, From Living with Siva, By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami 'These aphorism…
Culture & Society
Monks’ Millennial Conclave
Senior Ramakrishna swamis converge to discuss future plans for spreading Vedanta By Frank Parlato Anytime truly holy men…
November/December, 2001