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Contents

December - 2001

Truth Is One
Master Teaches
Holy Mother's Words

Editorial
Culture and Civilization: Prospects of a Universal Mono-formula
Section One: Theoretical Approaches
Civilization and Culture:An Indian Perspective
Swami Gautamananda

The Far Reaches of Culture and Civilization
Swami Nityasthananda

Culture and Civilization
Swami Tattwamayananda

A Scientific Approach to Culture
Major H. Subramanian

Evolution of Basic Cultural Values
Valson Thampu

The Culture of Love and Friendship
Sri Daya Mata

A Global Culture and the Challenges Before World Religious Traditions
Dr. Karan Singh

Section Two: India
Indian Culture
Swami Vivekananda

Enrichment of Culture by the Gita
Swami Ranganathananda

The Role of the Ramayana in Indian Cultural Lore
Swami Siddhinathananda

Sri Narayana Guru and the Cultural Awakening in Kerala
Swami Prasantananda

Upanishadic Culture
N. V. C. Swamy

Section Three: Nations
Tibet's Contribution to World Culture
H. H. Dalai Lama

A Brief History of French Culture
Swami Veetamohananda

America and Her Culture
Swami Atmajnanananda

Cultural Transformations in Argentina
Swami Arunananda

The Culture of Brazil, the Land of Badezir
Herberton Atem

USSR: Myth as Reality
Liliana Malkova

Section Four: World Religions
Contribution of Hinduism to World Culture
Swami Mukhyananda

Saints and Their Contribution to Culture and Civilization
Swami Kritarthananda

The Ten Commandments as
Rabbi Rami Shapiro

Two Main Schools of Buddhism: They Share a Common Culture
K. Sri Dhammananda

Aspects of Islamic Culture
Prof. B. Sheik Ali

The Baha'i Faith and the New World Order
Pattabi S.Raman

Sri Vaishnavism and the Culture of Bhakti Movement
Prema Nandakumar

Section Five: Disciplines
Culture and Military Ethics
General (retd.) Shankar Roychowdhury

Music and Culture
V. Rajkumar Bharathi

Ramakrishna Temples in the Spectrum of Indian Culture
G. Venkataramana Reddy

The Culture of the Dumb
Purnima Toolsidas

Medical Ethics: A Cultural Outcome?
Dr. C. S. Shah

Section Six: Ramakrishna Movement
Ramakrishna Mission's Contribution to Cultural Transformation
Swami Smaranananda

Swami Vivekananda's View of a Global Civilization
Swami Satyapriyananda

Holy Mother's Unique Culture
Sudesh

The Ramakrishna Tradition: A Culture by Itself
Linda Prugh

Features
Symbol : Ashoka
Have Both Your Hands Free
The Boy Actually Fed God
Vedantic Thought for the Month
New Find
Poems : A Prayer to the Mother
We Have to
God Is True
Jayrambati: Abode of Love and Peace
And Then Learn to Smile
Anecdote : Mother's Prasada
Hope of the Hopeless
Stories : The Two Birds