Editor's note to cover photo

Sri Chinmoy discussed Vedic poetry and Sanskrit etymology with Dr Kristjan Eldjarn, President of Iceland, during a meeting in Reykjavik in the summer of 1974. “The esoteric meaning of the Vedas,” Sri Chinmoy said, “can only be understood by prayer and meditation.” Later, commenting on Iceland, Sri Chinmoy said, “In Iceland I see 75 per cent Indian peace, 20 per cent European clarity and 5 per cent American dynamism.”