http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection Join the Hindu renaissance Sun, 19 May 2013 04:37:33 -0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss/ Publications Publications > October/November/December 2010 Do_Not_Reply@hindu.org Do_Not_Reply@hindu.org en http://hinduismtoday.com/images/logo.gif http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection 140 75.675675675676 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5128 Spiritual Living How to Deal with the Winter Blues Adjusting to short days and cold weather after life in India's heat requires planning, appropriate clothing and a sound body/mind paradigm By Sonia Sweet Kumar, Chicago Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:00:00 -0000 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5128 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5129 Youth Debating the Merits of Our Two Religions A personal text exchange between a devout Christian and an ardent Hindu In the fall of 2009, friends Pooja Patel (pooja.patel.mp _@_ gmail.com) and Mckenna Smith, both 13 and in 8th grade at Abell Junior High School in Midland, Texas, discussed one evening by text messaging the merits of their respective religions, Hinduism and Christianity. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:00:00 -0000 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5129 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5130 Digital Dharma Digital Yoga Aids Sadhana Support Goes Mobile By Madhuri Shekar and Animesh Pathak, Los Angeles Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:00:00 -0000 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5130 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5124 Educational Insight Modern Matchmaking Hindu Ways of Arranging Marriages, Traditional and Contemporary From Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's Living with Siva, with excerpts from Kavita Ramdya's Bollywood Weddings; Rajini Vaidynathan's "We Just Clicked;" and the eight steps of the traditional matchmaking process Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:50:00 -0000 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5124 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5125 Book Excerpt Why I Am a Believer: a Hindu's Answer Dr. Arvind Sharma chooses to be, and remain, a Hindu because of threeprofound features of Hinduism--its subtlety, charity and civilizational creativity This fascinating book, Why I am a Believer, Personal Reflections on Nine World Religions, contains nine essays by articulate believers in the Buddhist, Jaina, Sikh, Dao, Jewish, Christian, Confucian, Muslim and Hindu faiths. The Hindu essay, by Dr. Arvind Sharma, who is also the book's editor, is remarkable for its concise intellectual formulation of Hinduism's ageless spiritual wisdom. He shows how Hinduism's implicit understandings about religion are becoming key propositions on the world stage as humanity searches for a way beyond fundamentalism to a new world of multi-faith, religious pluralism. By Arvind Sharma, Montreal, Canada Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:50:00 -0000 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5125 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5126 Predictions 2012: Is the Fear Justified? There appears to be little reason from the point of view of science, astrology or Mayan prophecy to be concerned that the world will end two years hence By Dr. Edwin C. Krupp, Director Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:50:00 -0000 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5126 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5127 Clash Who's Stealing Yoga? Dr. Aseem Shukla denounces the "Theft of Yoga," saying yoga is undeniably Hindu; self-help guru Deepak Chopra retorts, "No, it's not!" Welcome to the Great Yoga Debate. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:50:00 -0000 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5127 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5123 Movies "Sita Sings the Blues" to Rave Reviews Nina Paley's solo production of Sita's story from the Ramayana is an enchanting, irreverent animated movie that Hindus either love or hate Nina Paley is half revelation, half revolution. A Western woman who took an Eastern story and with a personal computer single-handedly animated a full-length film that received accolades from Roger Ebert and attacks from conservative Hindus, a story that morphed into a protracted fight with Sony and others about copyrights, catapulting the artist into an Internet hero and her struggle into a cause celebre for Creative Commons, a flexible rights model being evolved to meet the needs of a digital era. Come as we share the tale, the adventure, the trials of Nina Paley's Ramayana. By Lavina Melwani, New York Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:40:00 -0000 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5123 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5122 Special Feature Kumbha Mela: Beseeching Mother Ganga's Blessings Following humankind's greatest festival to its source There is nothing like it on Earth, in scope, scale or magnitude. In an epic outpouring of devotion, fifty million people have attended the 2010 Kumbha Mela in Haridwar, a Hindu mass that outnumbers the population of all but the five largest countries of Europe. In the midst of the crowds, pilgrims found blessings, quietude and karmic fulfillment. Hinduism Today reports on the two streams that meet to create this magic: the mighty akharas with their remarkable sadhus and the Ganga river, which we traced all the way to its humble Himalayan source. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:30:00 -0000 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5122 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5118 Publisher's Desk We Are Whom We Meet The company we keep affects our attitudes, speech and actions as profoundly as the foods we eat By Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:20:00 -0000 http://hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=5118