CD: Songs of Grace, Digital Download!

Now Available for Download! This recording is a rare and special gift. It is the voice of Sri Swami Satchidananda, singing chants and prayers in the Sanskrit, Tamil, and English languages, including from the Bhagavad Gita. Recorded in Los Angeles in 1980, with a small...

Sagittarius Lunar Eclipse May 26

On May 26, 2021, we have the first eclipse in a series with the Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius. The second will follow on June 11 in its opposite sign, Gemini. Eclipses come in pairs, one Lunar and one Solar, both with different energetic objectives for our lives, but...

One of New York City’s Finest Restaurants Goes Meatless!

New York’s Channel 4 reported that Eleven Madison Park—considered one of the finest restaurants in both New York City and the world—will also be completely meatless and almost entirely vegan, starting June 10.”If Eleven Madison Park is truly at the...

FILM: “Wandering . . . But Not Lost”

Under cover of darkness and with no word of his plans, much-beloved Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche walked away from his life on the international stage to live that of a wandering yogi. Unheard of among eminent teachers today, such a...

What Became of Buddha’s Wife?

In her new book, Yasodhara and the Buddha, Vanessa R. Sasson combines the spirit of fiction with the beauty of Indian mythology and in-depth academic research. She shares the evocative story of the Buddha from the perspective of a forgotten woman: Yasodhara, the...

Vegan Revolution in China?

The window of a KFC in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou hosts the image of a familiar mound of golden nuggets. But this overflowing bucket sporting Colonel Sanders’ smiling face is slightly different. The bucket is green and the nuggets within it are completely...