Temples & Pilgrimage
Malaysia’s Everest Quest
Interviews by RAMESH SIVANATHAN and RAJAKUMAR M ANICKAM, Malaysia Thank God! Thank God!’ was the first thing I said when…
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September, 1997
21 articles
Temples & Pilgrimage
Brick, Mortar Not Enough
By GOWRI SHANKER, CHENNAI Samy, as Tiru Tiruvanmiyur Ramasamy Chinnathamby is popularly known, is exceptional. How else …
September, 1997
Digital Dharma
MEDIA NEWS YOU CAN USE I magine oodles of publications flowing to you virtually free of cost, pre-selected and sorted…
Philosophy & Scripture
Perfection Is in Your Luminous Essence
BY SWAMI SASTRANANDA Man (woman included) seeks and strives to be or have the best, the perfect, consciously or unconsci…
Educational Insights
Cues and Clues
Nearly every indigenous people on Earth is reevaluating, rediscovering and reappreciating its ancient ways, the traditio…
Publisher's Editorials
The Self God: Life’s Ultimate Goal
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami In the midst of busy life, it is sometimes difficult to ponder such lofty ideals as…
Personal Practice
Inauspicious or Not?
BY THE EDITOR Culturally clueless as you catch a flight to Calcutta for your first visit to India? Don’t despair.…
September, 1997
Letters
TRANSFORMED I was inspired by your article, “Sothby’s Caught Smuggling” in the June edition of Hinduism Today. I have a…
September, 1997
Diaspora
SINGAPORE Lady Leads Temple Funding “Since the goddess we are worshiping is a lady, we ladies also have a part…
September, 1997
Quotes & Quips
"LET YOUR MOTTO BE 'FORWARD, ONWARD & UPWARD.' LIVE LOVINGLY AND LAUGHINGLY, LEAVE PEACEFULLY AND GRACEFULLY." Swami Viv…
Opinion
Dispense with that Awful Word
BY DR ANANTANAND RAMBACHAN Among the many problems faced by Hindus is finding appropriate English terminology for Sanskr…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Hunting for God
By Lavina Melwani Where would you find Siva lost in samadhi, Krishna playing His flute and Ganesha feasting on sweets?…
September, 1997
Briefly . . .
AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER, Mr. John Howard, opened consecration ceremonies at the Mandir Society of Australia's Maha Ku…
Temples & Pilgrimage
We Play to Entertain the Gods – And the People
Performer, teacher, scholar and composer for both gamelan orchestra and dance, I Wayan Sinti has won abundant awards in …
September, 1997
Pious Precussionists
The complex rhythmic orchestral music of Bali rivals the best of classical traditions East or West. Played jn temples fo…
The Arts
Shankar’s New CD – Mantras by a Maestro
Pandit Ravi Shankar’s new CD, “Chants of India,” produced by long-time friend and student, George Harrison, and conducte…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Temple Ablaze
While pilgrimaging to the temples of South India, Hinduism Today Deputy Managing Editor, Yogi Kashinatha, was present Ju…
Philosophy & Scripture
A Saint’s Self-Willed Death
By CHQODIE SHIVARAM, BANGALORE Dear friends,” began Swami Nirmalananda’s short missive of December 23, 1996, “It is with…
Food & Vegetarianism
Stevia Rebaudiana: How Sweet It Is!
By Devananda Tandavan Stevia Rebaudiana has has been growing wild in upper South America for centuries and is now cultiv…
Personal Practice
Italy’s Hindu Controversy
We have to overcome a misunderstanding asserted by Italian scholars that one has to be born in India to be…
September, 1997
Evolutions
THE QUEEN BEE: is 13-year-old vegetarian Rebecca Sealfon of New York who, besides setting an on-stage winner's jump reco…