I Pod, Therefore I Am by Syamananda Dasa

Jul 1, 2007 | From the Editor, Syamananda Dasa, Volume-04 Number-07 (Indian)

Almost everyone you see, seems to be listening to his or her personal media player. This small piece of electronic equipment is claiming to be your personal identity, your signature, your way of expressing yourself. Sociologists are too quick to call it the 'iPod... read more

My God Is Me by Syamananda Dasa

May 1, 2007 | From the Editor, Syamananda Dasa, Volume-04 Number-05 (Indian)

I WAS AMUSED TO SEE THIS BILLBOARD, just around the street-corner. It showed a hip-looking youth dressed in the latest designer wear. And this was his motto in life. What does it mean?    'I am God', or    'I do not need any other God... read more

Religious Compass by Syamananda Dasa

Apr 1, 2007 | From the Editor, Syamananda Dasa, Volume-04 Number-04 (Indian)

One social survey found out that the highly economically developed and well -provided for Japanese youth are utterly miserable with only eight percent claiming to be happy and a whopping seventy-six percent admitting to no religious compass at all in their life. ... read more

KUMBHA MELA by Syamananda Dasa

Mar 1, 2007 | From the Editor, Syamananda Dasa, Volume-04 Number-03 (Indian)

Researchers studying the largest single gathering of people on earth may have unlocked the secret of how large communities can live together in harmony.    Psychologists from the University of St Andrews have just returned from studying the largest crowd... read more

IF You Can Talk,Then You Can Walk by Syamananda Dasa

Jan 1, 2007 | From the Editor, Syamananda Dasa, Volume-04 Number-01 (Indian)

In Orissa, there is one temple called Saksi-gopala (Lord Sri Krsna is often called Gopala). This Gopala murti or statue was at one time located in a temple in Vrndavana. Once two brahmanas, one old and one young, went to visit Vrndavana on a pilgrimage. It was a... read more