Pilgrims from Edmonton, Canada
Sivakumar Sivasamboo and his family, to include 30 wonderful devotees, pilgrimaged all the way from Edmonton, Canada. A beautifully dressed bright happy group, which included many young people, filled the Kadavul Temple to over-flowing this morning for the Siva puja. It is wonderful to have them here. Our guests are also here to help celebrate Ganesha Chathurti which will be held this afternoon with a grand celebration in the Kadavul Temple honoring Lord Ganesha. This will be followed by a pilgrimage down to the sacred Wailua River where all of the pilgrim's multiple hand-made Ganeshas (worshiped in home shrines for the past ten days) will be ceremoniously submerged back into the ALL.
Three of our guests rode in style on the people-mover with Isani Alahan, one of our local "Siva thondar's."
In front of the Sanctum Sanctorum of the Iraivan Temple.
Our guests also pilgrimaged to the sacred Narmada Lingam where they performed Abhishekam.
Each family took their turn performing this sacred rite, drawing water from the stream flowing beside the Narmada Lingam.
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Bodhinatha's Latest Upadesha: "Detachment from Experiences; Importance of Daily Vigil" (May 5, 2013)
All experiences are good experiences, necessary to get us here. Awareness of aspects of ourselves that are constantly changing is a liberating perception, breaking our chains to mundane areas, detaching from instinctive and intellectual to go into superconscious. The greatest challenge facing youth today is the lack of relating to the devotional side of Hinduism. Daily practice, daily vigil, moves us forward spiritually. Commentary on Merging with Siva, The Master Course, Lesson 21.
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August 24th, 2009 at 4:14 am
Aum Sivaya, I really liked this picture where devotees are standing in front of the Sanctum Sanctorum, a beautiful glimpse of future!Thank you everyone. Aum.