Digital Dharma
With over 100,000 thousand images online and 500,000 in the physical archives of its India collection, the Dinodia Photo…
The Magazine
October/November/December, 2007
18 articles in this issue
Diaspora
USA ACADEMICS DEBATE TEXTS Scholars assembled in Honolulu for the Association for Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast Con…
Adventures in Yoga Philosophy
BY Lynda McClanahan Like many of my generation, I took up hatha yoga in the 1970s. All I knew about […]
Publisher's Editorials
Keeping the Mind Clear
Recently I had the opportunity to attend a gathering of the Council of Hindu Temples of North America in Flint, [&hellip…
The Arts
The Magic of Hindu Music
BY GUY BECK From the chanting of ancient Vedic hymns to the melodic bhajans of modern-day devotees, Indian music is [&he…
Contemplation of the Unborn
Garbha is the 17th of the 108 upanishads and is attached to the Krishna Yajur Veda. The "Womb " Upanishad [&he…
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor 10-2007
I have had now a chance to look at the very attractively produced text ( “Hinduism from Ancient Times, ” [&h…
Quotes & Quips
TIRUKURAL, 12.32 A person's growth begins with dissatisfaction. Not content with the world, he seeks satisfaction b…
A Royal Library
The Sarasvati Mahal Library is a cavernous building not far from Thanjavur’s famous Brihadisvara Temple, with its …
To Catch Your Eyes
SEETA LAKHANI CONTRIBUTED Ah, the bindi, that unmistakable dot on the forehead of a Hindu. It is worn by the […]
Interspirituality
BY KENNETH ROSE Wayne Teasdale (1945-2005), a popular catholic spiritual writer, invented the term interspirituality to …
Journey to Murugan
The devotee who seeks the darshan of Lord Murugan, the Tamils’ most beloved God, no doubt finds Him at all [&helli…
Health & Ayurveda
Tackling Depression
BY VIRENDER SODHI In my article in the July/August/September issue I wrote about clinical depression in young people and…
When Religion Is the Focus
On September 11-15, 2006, Montreal was host to World’s Religions After September 11: A Global Congress, organized …
Evolution of Faith
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI Faith is the intellect of the soul at its various stages of unfoldment. The soul come…
He Heard My Prayers
BY VRINDAVANAM S. GOPALAKRISHNAN George Kurien lives in a tiled house typical of the Syrian Orthodox Christian community…
Rukmini Devi Remembered
South Indian dance enthusiasts should greatly appreciate these two latest offerings from Kalakeshetra Publications in So…
A Capital Youth Event
An 8,000-strong parade begun from the front of the US Capitol building opened the Swadhyay Pariwar’s Vayastha Sanc…