Oops: Unintended Consequences
BY THE EDITOR Consider the human plight, made pitiful not by some merciless Omniscience but by meddling man himself. Trying […]
Hinduism
Time In and Time Out: Two Sides of Discipline
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami The late, most revered Sri La Sri Sankaracharya of Kanchipuram, near Chennai, once said he was
Lanka’s Yogaswami
He strode powerfully along the roads and fields of his island each day, and those who saw him coming would
S. Africa’s First Hindu Chaplain
By AJITH BRIDGRAJ, South Africa In what has been hailed as a first for South Africa, Vipra Kiriti Pillay, 48,
Your True Companion: The Self Within
BY SWAMI CHIDVILASANANDA With great respect, with great love, I weLcome you with all my heart. In the sacred text
Russia’s Taste for Tantra
STANISLAV A. GOROKHOV, Moscow Russia’s latest unrevealed revolution has nothing to do with rulers, parties or economics. It is an
Seven Days for Seven Planets
Plato wrote: “the sun, moon and five other planets were created by God in order to distinguish and preserve the
Ramana as a Family Affair
BY ANANDHI RAMACHANDRAN, CHENNAI From what I had heard about Sarada Natarajan, I had expected to see an elderly lady
Sacred Psychiatry
By VRINDAVANAM S. GOPAIAKRISHNAN My wife developed mental problems when she was pregnant in 1965. All types of treatment, from
‘Deep River’ – a Japanese Odyssey to Holy Ganga
WITH JYOTHI VENKATESH, Mumbai A bus of Japanese tourists bounces east, sightseeing from Delhi toward Banaras and the Ganga. “Oh,