Gurudeva is thinking about the future developments for the magazine, Hinduism Today this morning, and working with the monks on new and exciting ideas.

He has blessed a plan to offer a special introductory rate one year for only $29.95. So, if you are a regular TAKA visitor and have not yet subscribed to Gurudeva's fantastic, beautiful and richly dharmic journal, this is your chance! Make it a Christmas present to yourself. Just click on this: SUBSCRIBE.

On the other hand, the one who is dependent always looks for something external for security. He is afraid of change, for it takes away something that he may feel is dear to him. He finds faults with others, for he cannot face things within himself. Gurudeva constantly has the monks practise affectionate detachment. This means that when some external change takes place, he is secure on the inside. He can accept and move on without cringing or having to feel depressed. He is detached from anything that is material.

Independence is being spiritual. It is the utmost important quality that a monk should have on the path to enlightenment.

Her husband met Gurudeva 30 years ago and remembered the language of meditation called Shum.

James told us that to be able to serve as a monk at Kauai Aadheenam is his foremost calling. Kauai is calling. Hinduism is calling. Finding out about our monastery was a great discovery.

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James is already familiar with the Hindu monastic lifestyle. His aspirations for this birth are to pursue a life dedicated to God under the guidance of a living human guru.

He says Ayurveda and Jyotish are definitely his path in life. He told us he looked forward to being able to sit at Gurudeva's feet and receive his divine blessings. He asked that a moment be granted for him, in the name of God. He told us "Please understand that I'm extremely serious. Please let me know if you feel I'm right for the ashram."

Welcome, James, to Siva's Citadel in the Pacific.

We still can't get over the fact that we can send instructions one day, and receive scanned art back the next day, all the way from India! What a new world it is!

We will depart from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on March 25th and return to Fort Lauderdale on April 4th and be traveling on Holland America's spectacular, brand new cruise ship, the MS/Volendam. For information contact our wonderful tour agent who will be conducting the Innersearch: Kailash and Indra Dhaksinamurthi of Search Beyond Adventures, Inc. ASAP at
search11@mail.idt.net

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