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February 28, 1999
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Hinduism Today
02-28-1999
Camp Gandhi

SUMMER CAMPERS HERE DON'T SING AROUND A CAMPFIRE, and you won't find any televisions, radios or video games, not even a time slot for personal amusement. At the Gandhi Youth Camp in California, where the mantra is "work is worship," youth aged 10-19 do karma yoga (physical labor). They learn about unity, tolerance, nonviolence, respect and self discipline from Subba Rao, the camp's spiritual advisor who personally worked with Mahatma Gandhi in the 1940s. There's daily hatha yoga, chores and group discussion on topics ranging from Gandhi's life to teen pregnancy. "It's hard work, and you're tired, but something drags you back year after year," said ...

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