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INTERNATIONAL Feature: A Hand-Carved, All-Stone Chola-Style Granite Temple Arises on Kauai Island, Hawaii 18 Ireland: A Wee Bit of Hindu Tolerance 32 Book Excerpt: Indologist Koenraad Elst Decodes the Terms Misused in Modern Hindu Studies 53 Science: Jill Taylor’s Brain Stroke Hurls Her into a Yogi’s Higher States of Mind 62 Heritage: This Colossal Catalog Could Save India’s Precious Sanskrit Manuscripts from Oblivion 66 LIFESTYLE Book Reviews: Little-known Tale of an American in India who, in 1932, Converted to Hinduism 52 Insight: Stephen Huyler’s “Meeting God, Elements of Worship and Devotion” 36 Ministry: Meet America’s First Hindu Chaplain 58 OPINION In My Opinion: Faren Rajkumar, 15, Pleads for an Honest Portrayal of Hinduism in School 9 Publisher’s Desk: Three Temples of Hinduism: Community, Home and Soul 10 Letters 12 From the Agamas: Yoga and God Realization 17 Minister’s Message: Swami Yuktatmananda Unravels Four Types of Service to Mankind 68 DIGESTS Global Dharma 6 Digital Dharma 86 Quotes & Quips 14 Letters to the editor, subscription and editorial inquiries may be sent to Hinduism Today , 107 Kaholalele Road, Kapaa, Hawaii 96746-9304 USA, letters@ hindu.org . H INDUISM T ODAY ( ISSN# 0896-0801; USPS# 023082 ), July/August/September, 2009, Volume 31, No. 3. Editorial: 1-808-822-7032 ; subscrip- tions, copy or bulk orders: (from USA or Canada:) 1-800-850-1008 or (from all countries) 1-808-240-3108, [email protected] ; advertising: 1-888- 464-1008, [email protected] . All-department fax: 1-808-822-4351. H INDUISM T ODAY is published four times a year in January, April, July and October by Himalayan Academy, a nonpro fi t educational institution at 107 Kaholalele Road, Kapaa, Hawaii 96746 - 9304 USA. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Founder; Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, Publisher; Paramacharya Palaniswami, Editor-in-Chief. USA subscriptions: us $ 35/1 year, $65/2 years, $95/3 years, $155/5 years, $1,001 /lifetime. Contact us for international rates. In Malaysia: Sanathana Dharma Publications, 45 Jalan Ungu U 9/34C, Sunway Kayangan, 40150, Shah Alam. Tel: 016-380-239; E-mail: [email protected] . In Singapore: Sanathana Dharma Publications, Blk 210 #06-326, Pasir Ris Street 21, 510210. Tel: 9664-9001 ; E-mail: [email protected] . For permission to republish a H INDUISM T ODAY article, e-mail [email protected] or fax 1-808-822-4351. Printed in USA. Periodicals postage paid at Kapaa, Hawaii, and at additional mailing of fi ces. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Hinduism Today , 107 Kaholalele Road, Kapaa, Hawaii, 96746-9304 . © 2009 himalayan academy, 107 kaholalele road, kapaa, hawaii 96746-9304 usa. all rights reserved. July/August/September, 2009 • Hindu Year 5111 Virodhin, the Year of Adversities COVER: (left) Iraivan Temple under construction in Hawaii; (above) Tom Hartley, center, Lord Mayor of Belfast, Northern Ireland, with organizers of the 2009 Festival of India, one manifestation of the growing and appreciated Hindu presence in the now peaceful country www.gurudeva.org u|xhCFCHEy12134mzVv+:= Brazil . . . . . . BRL 14 Canada . . . . . . . CAD 10 India . . . . . . . INR 115 Malaysia . . . . . . MYR 14 Mauritius . . MUR 115 Singapore . . . . . SGD 10 Trinidad . . . . TTD 48 UK . . . . . . . . . GBP 5 www.hinduismtoday.com hinduism today mel boyle Affirming Sanatana Dharma and Recording the Modern History of a Billion-Strong Global Religion in Renaissance July/August/September, 2009 US $7.95 Indian Masterpiece, Hawaiian Home SPECIAL TEMPLE ISSUE
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The July/August/September issue of the international magazine, Hinduism Today features the all-stone all hand-carved temple being build out of white granite and assembled on the most remote land mass on earth: the island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA.
