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Take a Moment to Listen to the Birds
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-26The weather is beginning to warm up again on Kauai, and more birds are singing. Some new birds...
Arun Gandhi on Season of Nonviolence
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-25Arun Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, recently visited the Aadheenam and also held an event on Kauai honoring the...
The Power of Consensualocracy
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-24Consensualocracy was conceived by Gurudeva as a system of government or management by intelligent cooperation based on a...
Dealing with Discouragement
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-23How do we deal with discouragement? Gurudeva gave us a tool, the vasana daha tantra, to deal with...
Mahasivaratri Talk Part 3 Realizing the Self
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-20In Part 3 of his Mahasivaratri talk for 2002, Bodhinatha quotes from Living with Siva on "the mission of the mission." A...
Mahasivaratri Talk Part 2 Being Siva
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-19Cybertalk: In Part 2 of his Mahasivaratri talk for 2002, Bodhinatha speaks more on both being Siva and...
Mahasivaratri Talk Part 1 Siva and Muruga
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-18Many devoted pilgrims are coming lately. One who came was focused entirely on the worship of Lord Murugan...
Do I Now Have Two Gurus?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-17A question came in by e-mail"Do I have two gurus now? Are both you and Gurudeva my guru?"...
Communicating with a Departed Guru
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-16Drawing from the lesson of the day, we can send messages to departed loved ones in the inner...
Playfulness in Children
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-15Two boys were on a task force program at Kauai Aadheenam many years ago. I found them one...
Feedback on Words that Hurt
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-14We received some feedback on the last talk on words that hurt. Many found that teasing and joking...
Parental Closeness
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-11Parents are your first guru. Parental closeness, meaning children's closeness with their parents, needs to be developed through...
The Self is like Waking Up
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-10The Realization of Parasiva is like waking up from a dream during which you were dreaming that you...
Need for Religion Part 2
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-09Gurudeva said there is a need for religion. Gurudeva at first just taught meditation, but then later he...
Need for Religion Part 1
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-08Gurudeva said there is a need for religion. Gurudeva at first just taught meditation, but then later he...
Austerity Part 3
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-07Bodhinatha elaborates on the four-fold concept of austerity, which Gurudeva defined as sadhana, penance, tapas and sacrifice. So,...
Austerity Part 2
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-04Bodhinatha elaborates on the four-fold concept of austerity, which Gurudeva defined as sadhana, penance, tapas and sacrifice. So,...
Austerity Part 1
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-03Bodhinatha elaborates on the four-fold concept of austerity, which Gurudeva defined as sadhana, penance, tapas and sacrifice. So,...
Pujas to Gurudeva
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-02Tomorrow is our monthly pada puja for Gurudeva on Chitra nakshatra. So, we're thinking about Gurudeva and the...
Megatrends
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-03-01The Pittsburgh Venkateshvara temple is having an event on "Hinduism Past, Present and Future" in a few months. I have been asked...
Ahimsa in Speech (Part 2)
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-02-23Ahimsa is a central principle in Hinduism. Let us take a look at the words we use in...
Ahimsa in Speech (Part 1)
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-02-22Ahimsa is a central principle in Hinduism. Let us take a look at the words we use in...
Moksha, Realizing God
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-02-21There is a misconception that one day we are experiencing zero percent God, then the next moment we...
Cultivating Bhakti, or Devotion
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-02-16The beginning of Bhakti is our understanding of the temple and Deities and the three worlds. The goal...
Valentine's Day to Lord Siva
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-02-15We received an invitation to give a blessing at the County Council meeting tomorrow. It'll be Valentine's Day....
To err is human...
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-02-13To err is human, to make a mistake only once is divine. Go beyond feeling bad about making...
Karma Management Part 3
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-02-09Seventh principleaccelerate karma. Saivite Shastras talk about this in terms of monastic 36-year pattern for training. Within his...
Karma Management Part 2
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-02-08Review of part 1 plus... Fifth principle: create no negative karmas. Refrain from actions that will create negative...
Karma Management Part 1
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-02-01I get many questions about karma that are way off the mark. We need to understand karma and...
Martin Luther King Day and Hinduism on Tolerance
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-01-19Parents need to teach tolerance. There are many practical ways to systematically do this from the pamphlet from...
Local Martin Luther King Day Speech
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-01-18Bodhinatha give his final speech that he has prepared for the coming Martin Lurther King Day. Since the...
Becoming Centered
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-01-17We welcome Swami Pragyanand from New Delhi, India. Merging with Siva talks about being thrown off center. Being...
Karma is not destiny
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-01-15If the manifestation of karma is inevitable, why do parents need to discipline their children at all? If...
Mistakes are not problems
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-01-11Cybertalk: Gurudeva said, "Problems are not problems. A problem is a repetition of the past that needs to be adjusted." It means that when we make a mistake, we think that we shouldn't have...
Parents are the First Guru
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-01-09Parents are the first gurus. This will be my message to parents in Mauritius, Malaysia and Singapore when...
Jayanthi Address
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2002-01-08Gurudeva's Shakti is so strong here at Kauai Aadheenam, stronger than any other place. Initiations are an important...