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| Categories | Special interest magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Circulation | 18,000 |
| Publisher | Bodhinatha Veylanswami |
| Founder | Sivaya Subramuniyaswami |
| Founded | 1979 |
| First issue | February 1979 |
| Company | Himalayan Academy, nonprofit institution |
| Country | United States, international distribution |
| Language | English |
| Website | HinduismToday.com |
| ISSN | 0896-0801 |
Hinduism Today is a quarterly magazine published by the Himalayan Academy, a nonprofit educational institution, inKapaʻa, Hawaiʻi, USA.[1] It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally, currently in 60 nations. Founded bySivaya Subramuniyaswami in 1979, it is a public service of his monastic order to promote an understanding of theHindu faith, culture, and traditions.
Hinduism Today was launched in 1979 bySivaya Subramuniyaswami (Gurudeva), published by his non-profit organization Himalayan Academy. The magazine was originally known asThe New Saivite World, a small black-and-white periodical without a fixed publication schedule. The first issue appeared February 1979, with the goal of giving a voice to Gurudeva's worldwide fellowship in a way that was easy to read, simple to produce, mail and handle. The newsletter was to be a people-oriented paper, not so much devoted to philosophy or teaching since the Himalayan Academy was publishing books on Hindu-relatedmetaphysical topics as early as 1957.[2]
In 1996, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami upgraded the newspaperHinduism Today to a magazine. Recently, the magazine became available online with over 275,000 readers from North America, Europe, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Africa and Mauritius.[3]
The magazine presents through a Hindu perspective a wide range of topics, pressing both to society and the individual. These topics include, but are not limited to, the following: education, culture, cosmology, philosophy, ethics, sociology, film, music, spirituality, food, and travel. In addition to regular writers, contributors include the magazine’s readers as well as the collective wisdom of major thinkers of both the eastern and western traditions, as captured in the magazine's regularly included quotations section. Informative articles also offer profound insights into modern life, with topics such asyoga,vegetarianism,meditation,nonviolence,environmental ethics and family life.[4]
Specific goals of the magazine include:
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)For Further Reading:Hinduism Today by R M Chopra, 2009, Kolkata.
