Volume 49, April 2026

This issue opens with the editorial “Sri Ramakrishna Worshipped Across The World” by Swami Ishatmananda, which explores the reverence and devotion he has witnessed in his travels across Europe for Sri Ramakrishna and how Sri Ramakrishna's words inspire people across the globe.

Also in this issue, you will find a wonderful article — “The World Needs Our Spiritual Practice More Than Ever” by Rev. Tessen Stuart Ericksen— on the need for spiritual practice to erase differences and feel loving kindness with all beings. It is followed by “The History Of The Methodist Movement in Chicago,” by David Foster and Vicci Rogers, which covers the origins of Methodism and the movement's history in Chicago.

Also in this issue, you can read the second part, “Pilgrimage Reflections”—an account by Brian VandenBos of his travel through India. As usual, we bring you the next part of our regular feature, “Bhagavata,” by Swami Ishatmananda on the Bhagavata Purana, one of the great sacred texts of Hinduism.

Finally, you'll read a deeply informative and engrossing cover story, “Voyage of Sri Ramakrishna in America,” on the journey of Sri Ramakrishna's message to America, and how it has spread through Vedanta Societies and their various publications.

Volume 50, July 2026

This issue starts with the editorial “Can One See God?” by Swami Ishatmananda on what it means to see God, and the steps we must undertake to experience the Divine presence in ourselves and in others.

Also in this issue, you will find a fascinating article — “The Universe - A Cosmic Symphony” by Sister Sue Kilduski — that discusses our human existence in the universe by interleaving the evolution of life, music and sound with mathematics, physics, and harmony. It is followed by a deeply informative article, “It’s All About Grace” by Rev. Dr. Erin Bouman on Luther and Lutheran theology.

Also in this issue you can read the second part “Pilgrimage Reflections”—an account by Brian VandenBos of his travel, along with Swami Ishatmananda, through the United Kingdom. And, as usual, we bring you the next part of our regular feature “Bhagavata” by Swami Ishatmananda on the Bhagavata Purana, one of the great sacred texts of Hinduism.

Finally, you'll read a wonderfully engaging and uplifting article “From Fire, Water” on the idea of purity, its central place in spiritual practice, and how it was manifested and embodied especially in the lives of Sita and Sri Sarada Devi.