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The MN Milan Mandir is a small branch of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha, and here Mrs. Balroop reveals that connection.

When concluding our first interview, Mrs. Balroop offered this story as a metaphor for not only her own personal spiritual development, but also the underlying reasons for her eventual move to Eagan, MN. In this, she relates the story of her…

Several aspects of worship at the MHMM are unconventional by many Guyanese standards. In this excerpt she reveals the difference between her current method of worship and other Hindu practices by explaining that worshipping is not a form of begging,…

Mrs. Balroop has had many different teachers in her lifetime, and in this she explains the different needs fulfilled by specific teachers and spiritual teachings styles.

While there is a hierarchy of gurus who all have different teaching styles and areas of emphasis, Mrs. Balroop explains that there is also a hierarchy among students depending on their level of spiritual development.

Mrs. Balroop, in following with Swami Maharaj

Here she reveals the gender tension caused by pandit authority, and how she views herself in the larger organizational structure of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha.

Billowing beside the American and Buddhist flags outside Phat-An Temple, the flag of the now fallen Republic of Vietnam (not the official flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam today) serves as a powerful reminder of the political forces that have…

Photos and models at Phat-An track the Temple's development since its founding in 1976.