A Daily Chronicle of Kauai's Hindu Monastery

Satguru Siva Yogaswami Jaffna, Sri Lanka		Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Kauai's Hindu Monastery, USA
	November 21, 1999 - Bharani

ItÍs Sivalaya Deepam today, a day when Siva appeared as a pillar of light. Brahma tried to find the top of this Infinite Pillar, called Sthanu, but failed Vishnu dug into the Earth to find the bottom of the pillar, but never reached it. Even the Gods cannot fathom the full extent of our Infinite Lord, say the ancient texts. Today after the homa gurudeva sat before the Lingam and gave a most wonderful talk. Notice that the crystal is lighted specially today, glowing from within! What a beautiful image. Gurudeva spoke of the Vedic concept of sacrifice, and his talk will be here on TAKA next week. Stay tuned, and come back for this very special talk. New! Satguru Speaks Again! Today's TAKA talk: Sacrifice and Renunciation: Listen to the first part of Gurudeva's latest talk on Sacrifice and Renunciation and learn the importance of sacrifice, what the basic components of a religion are and hear Gurudeva tell a short story from one of his travels in India. 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. Here is the homa, members worshipping and Gurudeva presiding. The two guests are from Montreal, Canada, and were mentioned yesterday in TAKA. Aum sivaya, swaha! As the celebrants chant this mantram 108 times in unison, our honored guests, Rajamani and Rukmani join Gurudeva in offering the traditional nine kinds of grain to Agni, the Fire, which is consciousness. Then at the zenith, offerings are made into the havana. Everyone adjourned after the ritual bathing of Siva to the Peacock Court, where Rukmani gave a most wonderful and learned lecture on the nature of sannyas, of renunciation, as it has effected the Hindu Renaissance in the last few hundred years. She noted the great social revivalists and innovators, those who changed peopleÍs lives for the better, those who served society, clarified Hindu dharma, uplifted the least priviledged of Indians. It was a fine talk and all listed raptly. Thank you, Rukmani, for bringing all your fine insights to Kauai. After listening to you today, we can understand fully why it is that you have perhaps the only Hindu Chair in the world of academia. 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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