Bodhinatha’s Latest Upadesha:

“Keys and Benefits of Meditation” (July 4th, 2015)

Meditation: Transmute the physical and emotional forces. Quiet the intellect, slow down thinking. Tune into the spiritual energy of the spine, experience intuition, answers attach to the end of each question. Parampara stories of Yogaswami and Markanduswami. Thannai Ari–Know Thyself.

Master Course, Merging with Siva, Lesson 82.

“Sadhana: Establish Daily Practice” (July 10th, 2015)

In the past forty years temples and priests have come over to the U.S. from India. The daily spiritual practice of Hinduism, has been left behind. In youth it is important to develop a strong habit of sadhana, maintained through adulthood and increased upon retirement. To produce results stress moderation and consistency in practice.

Master Course, Dancing with Siva, Lesson 87.

Master Course, Living with Siva, Lesson 88.

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Today during the Ardra Nakshatra, the monks of Kauai Aadheenam perform our monthly abhishekam to Lord Nataraja in Kadavul Temple. This is the time each month when Lord Siva's Sakti can most easily be felt flowing from within. Aum Namah Sivaya.

"But who is Siva?" one might well ask. Our Hindu Catechism, Dancing with Siva, explains, "God Siva is all and in all, one without a second, the Supreme Being and only Absolute Reality. He is Pati, our Lord, immanent and transcendent. To create, preserve, destroy, conceal and reveal are His five powers. Aum. God Siva is a one being, yet we understand Him in three perfections: Absolute Reality, Pure Consciousness and Primal Soul. As Absolute Reality, Siva is unmanifest, unchanging and transcendent, the Self God, timeless, formless and spaceless. As Pure Consciousness, Siva is the manifest primal substance, pure love and light flowing through all form, existing everywhere in time and space as infinite intelligence and power. As Primal Soul, Siva is the five-fold manifestation: Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, the Preserver; Rudra, the Destroyer; Mahesvara, the Veiling Lord, and Sadasiva, the Revealer. He is our personal Lord, source of all three worlds. Our divine Father-Mother protects, nurtures and guides us, veiling Truth as we evolve, revealing it when we are mature enough to receive God's bountiful grace. God Siva is all and in all, great beyond our conception, a sacred mystery that can be known in direct communion. Yea, when Siva is known, all is known. The Vedas state: ‘That part of Him which is characterized by tamas is called Rudra. That part of Him which belongs torajas is Brahma. That part of Him which belongs to sattva is Vishnu' " (Krishna Yajur Veda, Maitra Upanishad5.2 BO UPH).