It was refreshing when Prince Charles in a recent speech attributed our current environmental crisis to a “deep, inner crisis of the soul.” Suggesting that we were becoming “de-souled” by consumerism, he said that the …
It was like sending a baby into battle that day. Mr. Leland was going to lead a school seminar about the dangers of drugs. It was a set up that no sane adult would have …
The Bhagavatam describes that there was a time in the universal creation when, as a result of a similar attempt to extract riches from the ocean, a great poison leaked from the ocean and rapidly …
The British described Jagannath as “a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of bloody horror.” It could hardly be expected that the British should have immediately fallen in love with Jagannath or worshiped …
We seem to be losing our sense of love for nature. Man and nature, particularly trees, have a natural mutually fulfilling relationship. Man receives the Mother Earth’s bounty, and offers back respect and care. Yet, …
When it comes to almost anything, including education, finances, health and family concerns, “What you see is what you get” and isn’t seeing believing? We seem to be visually fixated.
Following the failure of the latest efforts to plug the gushing leak from BP’s oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, and amid warnings that oil could continue to flow for another two months or …
In an age of terrorism, wars, and environmental degradation, the need for the tales of the gods is stronger than ever. The challenge for us is simply to tell them better.
Many of us are familiar with the statistic that America, with only 5% of the world's population, consumes nearly 25% of the world's resources. Here's a less known fact: With the same 5% of the …