Letters
I love the attitude that your magazine has that Hinduism spans the world and is not only Indian. When I […]
Seeking Their Spiritual Roots
The asian odyssey was the 2008 edition of Himalayan Academy’s biannual pilgrimage program during which Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami led 97
Discovering Ganesh
BY LAVINA MELWANI Lord ganesha can enter people’s lives in mysterious ways. For photographer Shana Dressler, it was a chance
Digital Dharma
The historical atlas of South Asia may go down in history as one of the great academic achievements of the
The Clear White Light
Mandala Brahmana, the 28th of the 108 Upanishads, is attached to the Sukla Yajur Veda. In it a sage reaches
Inter-religious Marriage
BY DILIP AMIN As the former president of a religious school, I only regret one point of collective inaction: though
Dispora
ISRAEL HINDUS AND JEWS ARE TALKING Reciprocating the first Hindu-Jewish summit held in Delhi in February, 2007, Israel hosted the
In Adoration Of Lord Siva
BY CHOODIE SHIVARAM Built on the picturesque adi-chunchanagiri hills, 110 kilometers from Bangalore, the us$21 million Lord Kalabhairava temple is
“The Indians are Coming”
Ever since the first center was founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1894 in New York, the country’s Vedanta Societies have
Thoreau A Sage in Early America
The 19th-century writer drank deeply from the Vedas, lived incommunion with nature and advocated a life of mystical simplicity The