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To Bury Or Burn?
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-09-18A cyber cadet asks why some bury and others burn their dead. It often surprises people to learn...
A Troubled Father
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-09-17A question comes in from a concerned Asian family whose father comes home late, having drunk too much...
Objections to Marriage
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-09-16We pray that we are not too late in putting up this response. A woman in Selangor, Malaysia,...
Making Teenagers Delinquent
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-09-11A question about how mothers can help teenagers through their "troubled years" triggers an impassioned response from Gurudeva about...
Making Teenagers Delinquent, pt. 1
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-09-10A question about how mothers can help teenagers through their "troubled years" triggers an impassioned response from Gurudeva about...
Temples in India, Anger in Worship
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-09-09An e-devotee in Texas asks Gurudeva about the temples in South India that have been taken over by...
Namaste
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-09-08Here's a brief answer to a question about the meaning of the Hindu greeting, "Namaste." Gurudeva says it...
Understanding Scriptures
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-09-07Young Aditya Balachander in Texas asks Gurudeva why our Hindu scriptures are so difficult to understand. Gurudeva says...
Money Can't Buy You Wealth
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-09-04A e-devotee in Germany asks about wealth. Gurudeva explains how many people approach wealth as the accumulation of...
Suffering, Disease, Unhappiness...Oh my!
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-09-03An e-devotee in Selangor, Malaysia asks why there is so much suffering in the world, why people are...
Searching for a Path
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-09-02A cyber cadet in Queensland Australia is questioning the ways of Western materialism an wonders where to turn....
The Gods Do Not Punish
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-09-01An e-devotee asks Gurudeva for clarification of the statements in Merging with Siva about the Gods working with...
How To Help Counter Abuse
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-31A young girl, just back in the US from having lived several years in India, as what she...
A Vision of Siva
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-30E-devotee Anjali asks Gurudeva how she can have a vision of Siva. The answer applies to all of...
The Half-Hindus
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-27Today we present two questions and answers which both deal with the issues of those people who practice...
The Self in Merging with Siva
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-26A reader of Merging with Siva asks Gurudeva about his references to the Self in the book. Is...
Responding to Abuse
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-25Christina, from California, asks Gurudeva what to do if we encounter abusive situations. Is it our karma to...
It's Deja-Vu All Over Again
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-24Stop me if you have heard this before. A cyber-devotee asks about deja-vu. What is the Hindu perspective...
Chakras in the Arms
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-21A healing touch practitioner asks Gurudeva about the chakras in the arms. Gurudeva explains briefly that the 21...
Peace in the Home
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-20When Positive Discipline author, Jane Nelson, was visiting Kauai Aadheenam, Gurudeva was asked how a family can have...
Hindu Duty
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-19The question put to Gurudeva is, "What is my duty as a Hindu?" Gurudeva answerslearn your religion, practice what you have learned, and everything...
Mental Illness
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-18A cyberspace devotee from Canada asks, "What is mental illness from the Hindu perspective." Listen in. Gurudeva's explanation, centering on the understanding of the subconscious...
Astrology and Free Will
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-17A cyber-devotee asks about the use of astrology and whether the will of man is stronger than the...
Speeding Up Iraivan Temple
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-16An e-devotee asks when Iraivan temple will be completed. In response, Gurudeva explains the new initiative for building...
The Karma of Healing
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-13An e-devotee asks if a healing power should be used, or whether doing so interferes in the karma...
Avoiding the Occult
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-12A devotee attending Gurudeva's talk in Kadavul temple on Kauai asks why Gurudeva advises not to become involved...
Saivism North and South
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-11Here's a short talk from Gurudeva about the differences between Saivism in the north of India as compared...
Protecting Children from Abuse
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-10An e-devotee asks how to protect children from abusive parents and teachers. Gurudeva suggests ways to help, and...
The Vedas and Seeking the Self
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-09Today we answer two questions, one from someone seeking the Vedas and the second from someone seeking the...
An Aum Tatoo
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-08An e-devotee who had an Aum tatoo put on now asks Gurudeva about the Aum and also wonders...
Selfless Service and Penance
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-05An e-devotee asks if it is better to do a personal penance or to do some kind of...
The Internal and External Ego
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-04Today Gurudeva discusses the subtleties of the anava in its internal and external aspects. Gurudeva stresses that the...
Karma and the Jivanmukti
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-03Occasionally a question comes in that inspires Gurudeva to expound deeply upon the subject. So it is today...
Why Did Gurudeva Choose Hinduism?
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-02A cyber-devotee in El Paso, Texas, asks how it is that Gurudeva came to pursue Hinduism rather than...
Meaning of Temple Sacraments
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-08-01An e-devotee from New York asks about the significance of the sacred substances found in the temple and...
Soul Mates and Marriage
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 2000-07-29Our European Pagan asks another question, this one about the Hindu view of soul mates and the purpose...