 Satguru Siva Yogaswami Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
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 Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Kauai's Hindu Monastery, USA |
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December 23, 2000
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Jyeshtha Hindu Year 5102: Vikrama, the "Year of Fulfillment" |
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 Here's Gurudeva blessing the arrival of the first corner stones to be placed on the Iraivan temple foundation, June 15th, 2000. It was a blessed day.
Cybertalk: A cybercadet from Australia wonders what he can do about his 15 year old son that uses drugs for spiritual awakening. Gurudeva warns that there is a consequence to every short cut and that one simple drug leads to another and a another before resulting in brain damage. Gurudeva says that in Sanatana Dharma sadhana, the ardous path of tapas, is the sustaining path for spirituality.
Do you have questions for Gurudeva? Send to questions@hindu.org.
Please note: Gurudeva only responds to questions from the general public on matters that are suitable for our public cyber audience. Personal or intimate questions sent to this address are not answered. A detailed index of past inspired talks is available here. Transcription of One of Gurudeva's CyberTalks Date: December_19_2000 Title: Abusive Husband Category: Family Duration: 3 min., 01 seconds Date Given: October 18, 2000 A question from aol.com regarding a cyberspace devotee who is wondering, "If the husband is abusing, shall a woman just sit by quietly and take it? Or should she let her voice be heard to correct the situation?" The abused wife is common in the Hindu community. This should be corrected because Hinduism is based on ahimsa - non-hurtfulness physically, mentally or emotionally. For a husband to abuse a wife means that he will be badly abused when that karma returns in his next life, if not at the end of this life. Yes, a wife should let her voice be heard. It does no good to yell, scream, criticize the husband for the abuse. That will only bring more abuse. Let the voice be heard by talking to friends, neighbors, relatives, marriage counsellors or even possibly, to a judge for protection and a temporary separation. It is well known in our great religion that the shakti of the wife makes the husband successful, attractive, magnetic, charismatic in the world. To release that shakti, he must give her all that she needs and all that she wants to keep her happy. One harsh word will stop that process. One slap will cease that process and as a result, bring havoc in his life and hers. It is also well known by elders in our religion that a woman has eighty-four ways of making a man successful in the world, and in his spiritual life as well. However, if she is abused, she has eighty-four ways to destroy him, physically, mentally and emotionally. So, husbands and young men, if you are listening don't take the moods and emotions of your wife or wife-to-be lightly. You might get burned or you might become a very successful, magnetic, charismatic person. Just remember the forMula - 'Give her all that she needs and everything that she wants. Give her all that she needs and everything that she wants.' Keep your wife happy and that happiness will bring joy in you spiritually, emotionally, physically. The worldly life will be a joy also, as every good thing will come to you.  Sun Five today, Paramacharya Bodhinathaswami gave a wonderful discourse on Moksha and Realization of the Self, stressing the importance of right living, not creating bad karmas and that the Realization of Parasivam was a non-experience experience.  Today's tour day brought a wonderful group of people: Linda Warren on the far right from Virginia having a reunion with her friend in the middle (they were childhood friends at 5 years of age), K.R. Prabha and wife from Washington, and on the far left is Martine Thom and her husband from Koloa. She is a professional movie producer and enthusiastic about making a movie about Kauai Aadheenam.  An eleven acre site in Bangalore, India, where 75 Indian families live and daily carve the sacred white granite edifice of Iraivan Temple which will soon begin to be assembled on the island of Kauai  Our worksite in Bangalore has become a giant extended family. Some of the young generation there will have the good fortune of being raised side by side with the stones of the Iraivan temple as their dads patiently continue the carving year after year. This is silpi Ganesan's child who was sitting and playing in front while the Positive Discipline class was in progress. In ancient days the great Maha Rajas were patrons of the sacred arts and the artisans were valued and supported. Today, Gurudeva is doing the same for this lucky group of carvers.  Gurudeva's other monastery in the island country of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean near South Africa  Rajen Manick helps keep the garden around the Ganesha mandapam looking nice. The Pancha Mukha Ganapati is in the center of a small but magical mango grove. In addition to lots of leaves the trees are now dropping fruits which are partially eaten. By whom, you ask? By fruit bats who fly down from the mountains to feast every night.  Walking up Reid Street to visit Ganesha. This is the little lane in front of the Spiritual Park.  Mr PC Shunmmogum of London. He's a Hinduism Today reader living in London. He's come home to Mauritius for a couple of weeks to visit his ailing mom.  Looking over the stage for the Panchaganapati open house: Vennila Mardemootoo and her father. She will do an invocation dance to Ganesha in the mandapam itself while circling Ganesha.  Vennila tells the Sadhaka that Gurudeva has instructed her to always dance for the Gods, rather than the audience. We'll hopefully get some pictures of her dancing tomorrow.  Mr and Mrs Heeroo, both school teachers, came to purchase three books, Living with Siva, Positive Discipline and Dancing with Siva. "How to Become A Hindu"! Gurudeva's latest book release is now available Hot Off the Press! Visit the Himalayan Academy Book Store Web Site get the book and read the incredible testimonies of the early pioneers from the west who chose to make a full and complete conversion to Hinduism, legally change both their first and last names to Hindu names, change their lifestyles, sever their formal connections to previous faiths and joyously face the challenges in joining the tribe of the Sanatana Dharma Visiting Kauai's Hindu Monastery If you are planning to visit Kauai, please go first to our our visitor's page. Thank you. 12 Glorious Days, 8 Enchanting Countries and One Chance in a Lifetime! Join Gurudeva for Himalayan Academy's 17th travel-study program, the 2001 European Innersearch, themed the "Hinduism Today Adventure". Go to www.innersearch.org and for more detailed information, please contact Sadhaka Dandapani. Space is limited and filling up fast! Very Important: Please include your mailing address and telephone number in the body of your message. We will keep you posted as the program develops. Sign our guestbook and we will send you a free issue of our global full-color bi-monthly magazine, Hinduism Today. For those who have been touched spiritually by Gurudeva's work, his books, his guidance, his inspired life and example and even his website, the "Thank You, Gurudeva Fund" has been established within Hindu Heritage Endowment. Proceeds from this fund last forever; they're not a one-time gift. So gifts to this fund have eternal gratitude built into them. They live on in perpetuity. Each month Gurudeva receives the income from the fund to be used at his own discretion to promote his work and mission around the globe. He loves this, for he knows that it comes from all the good souls who have met him and studied with him, traveled with him or just talked with him over the years. A contribution to this fund is tax-deductible. |
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