A Daily Chronicle of Kauai's Hindu Monastery

Satguru Siva Yogaswami Jaffna, Sri Lanka		Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Kauai's Hindu Monastery, USA
	November 12, 1999 - Purvashadha

Today's audio clip from Gurudeva is about Friendship. You may look at friends differently after listening to Gurudeva's words. And by the way, at the request of two TAKA visitors, Gurudeva has said he is open to your questions once again, and will answer them during his TAKA talks each day. Please send your questions to palani@hindu.org. Our first photo today is a morning meeting with Gurudeva in his Mahogany Room. Bodhinathaswami is on the far right and to his left are Palaniswami, Ceyonswami, Kumarswami and Shanmuganthaswami. They are discussing our training school for young boys in India, and their future studies and preparations for life either as a monk or a family member. New! Satguru Speaks Again! FRIENDSHIP is Gurudeva's spoken subject today. This is PART 2. To listen to PART 1, visit our archives. MP3 Streaming: Use the QuickTime controller above to listen to Gurudeva's upadesha in MP3 streaming mode. You must have the QuickTime plug-in installed in your browser. (Click here to get QuickTime.) Click here for Real Audio For those unable to play streaming MP3 or RealAudio: Option-click here to download MP3 file to your computer. Option-click here to download WAV file to your computer. Jai Ganesha, who guides us always along the right path! This is a finely detailed marble Ganesha from India that sits in Gurudeva's office. The five-metal Sivalingam in front on the burl was made recently by a craftsman in India, who is doing some special metal work for Saiva Siddhanta Church. It was just brought back to Kauai by Bodhinathaswami. Our pilgrim family is having a wonderful and serene sojourn on the Garden Island. Here they are on the porch of our giftshop, which we call the Mini Mela. By the way, Gurudeva's talk today is about how friendship is different from acquaintences. Friends don't observe the same formalities with each other. There is an intimacy with them, without formality. Gurudeva goes on to discuss how relationship exist on many levels, spiritual, social, cultural, educationan and even financial. And we need affiliations on all these levels in order to have true friends. Ah, Karma Yoga! Seva! Service! Welcome to Lila Shakti Devi on the far left. She joins Vel and Valli Alahan in helping Thondunathan prepare for a Maha Mailing from San Marga supporters. Mahalo nui loa--to all three of you. This is a big help. They say for Karma Yoga the doing is the reward. But Thondunatha makes sure there are other rewards as well. Lunch in the Bangalore Gallery. The Hinduism Today team is working on the next magazine, each one a gem of knowledge and information from around the globe. In case you are a new visitor to our site and have never been asked, we are always looking for ways to share the magazine with Hindu communities. If you have a lecture or a class, a group at your local temple or favorite ashram, and you could use a few magazines to give out to people and thus introduce them to one of the finest magazines produced in America, just e-mail Nanthakumar and let him know what you can do with 5 or 10 or more magazines. He can arrange for them to be sent free of charge. nantha@hindu.org Year 2000 March Caribbean Innersearch Taking Reservations Now Don't Delay as the group is limited in size Gurudeva says, "Come with me to the Caribbean next March, on the Year 2000 Innersearch. Besides our wonderful study together, we are planning a gala gathering of Hindus in Trinidad for one day." 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 Very Important!: Be sure to include your mailing address and phone number in the body of your message! Kailash will be mailing you information, but if you don't send an address there is nothing he can do.
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