 Satguru Siva Yogaswami Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
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 Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Kauai's Hindu Monastery, USA |
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June 11, 2000
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Chitra Hindu Year 5102: Vikrama, the "Year of Fulfillment" |
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 This lovely couple is from Southern California. They are subscribers to Hinduism Today. Mr. and Mrs. E. and Susan Bhoothalingam. They live in Las Vegas. He is a psychiatrist.
Cybertalk: An e-devotee from Memphis asks about the efficacy of praying to a picture of a Guru who has passed on into the inner worlds, specifically, Sage Yogaswami. Does the deceased guru hear the prayer? Gurudeva explains that it depends upon the guru and where exactly they go after leaving their physical body. In Yogaswami's case, Gurudeva tells, the answer is definitely "Yes."
Do you have questions for Gurudeva? A detailed index of past inspired talks is available here. Transcription of One of Gurudeva's CyberTalks Date: November 14, 1999 Title: Stop War in the Home, Muruga Watches, Skanda Shasti (2 of 4) Category: Family, Festivals and Sacraments Duration: 7 min. 53 seconds. Date Given: November 13, 1999 Given by: Gurudeva We're very happy to have all the pilgrims here today from many countries. When the Lord Nataraja deity here arrived from India we wondered where to put Him, where to place Him, where would this temple be? Lord Muruga appeared in an early morning vision with His Vel and knocked it on the cement, three times, indicating the place where Nataraja was to be. This was formerly a Murugan temple, here on this property, for a thousand years. The Hawaiian people called Him, God Ku or Ku-mara. He's a virgin God, a Sannyasin, God of the Sannyasins and the protector and implementor of dharma. His Vel represents the broadness of the mind, of the intellect, and the point of discrimination, proper decision, which will destroy all negativity. Now today in Asia, in the United States and among Hindus all over the world, there's a war going on in every home. Few homes are exempt from the beating of children, verbal abuse between husband and wife. The meaning of the seven steps around the homa fire has been lost. One step for wealth, one step for abundance, one step when the husband promises "I will honor you and I will protect you and treat you like a Goddess." I don't think she would marry him if he actually said what he was going to do - "You cross me lady, I'll slap you across the face. You do that more than once, I'll knock you down, take your hair and pull you across the room." Like you see in Indian movies, showing you what you should do in the home to solve problems. Those movies should be banned. Everybody's making a big fuss about Xena, they should be making a bigger fuss about what's shown in India today. Lord Muruga has vowed to bring peace into the homes and stop the war within the home. Because, Hinduism will not come up, community will not come up, the nation will not come up, the world will not come up until there is harmony within the home, until problems are solved before bedtime, until children are not abused and pushed down into fear, into a condition where they've lost all self respect. Lord Muruga is here to stop these abusive practices, which is a Christian influence; we know that. They have in their book twenty different verses of how you should beat your kid and why it's your Christian duty to do so and even killing, if necessary. Kids are getting killed. The child commits suicide because of physical or verbal abuse. It may not be man's law that it's murder. But it's the karmic law that he was forced into and was murdered. That means the parents have to be murdered in their next life. A small child is defenseless, comes into the world honestly and openly, expecting food, clothing, education, love, roof over his head. Who knows who he was in a past life? The karma of hitting a child, with one slap, brings five to ten similar slaps to the parent, who committed that sin. It will manifest in a krishna karma, kukarma, black karma - in an automobile accident, being pulled out of the car and mugged by thugs or professionally beaten by torture chambers, as you see and read and hear about on CNN. That karma when it comes back, it comes back fast. But, the child has to grow up going through the hate of his parents, living with that hate, trying to deal with it. The children are very, very intelligent these days, different than twenty or thirty years ago. Children are watching television. They see on TV, those people that are loved and hugged, appreciated, lifted up and nice things are said to them. They see on TV, those people that people do not like, that they hate, are put down, told they're stupid, they're worthless, they're no good, they're hit and sometimes killed. Therefore, the child will know with the first slap, that he is hated, no longer wanted. Where are they to go? You can't, at a young age, go make a living. They can't run away from home, though some of them do and join gangs. That's the only love and friendship that they have--to suffer with other people who have been suffering because of parental abuse, verbal abuse, physical abuse. But, Lord Muruga is watching very closely, through the temples that have been established for Him, in the United States, in Europe, England, Germany, France and all around the world. He is watching, very carefully, the condition within the home and making great efforts to bring up the conscience of the father, making great efforts to bring up the conscience of the mother, making great efforts to bring up the family so that problems are solved quickly, intelligently, immediately.  He is from Chennai originally and married an American girl and they have been happily married for 35 years and came to Kauai for their wedding anniversary. They had a long talk with Gurudeva and stayed for lunch. They said there is a small North India style temple coming up in Las Vegas. They got copies of Gurudeva's books and talked with him about subconscious purification and were interested in the practice of Vasana Daha Tantra (writing down your concerns, problems, regrets etc an burning the paper.) They express concerns about violent cartoons and working mothers. Susan was eloquent about the problems of wives working, leaving the children alone during the day and is a proud "Stay At Home Mom."
 Retrospective from Malaysia: Gurudeva on stage at the Aboorvas Maha Yagna event at Batu Caves. His "bala yogis" all seated in the front. Muthukumarswami Kurukkal is to Kumarswami's left.  View from the platform. A giant colorful crowd assembled to participate in the events, one of which was the performance of 108 homa simultaneously. We estimated about 4000-5000 people in the immediate vicinity of the platform, mostly under the tents around the side and back of the field (it was sunny and extremely hot). The lotus with the small havanakunda in the foreground was originally closed and held the Aboorvass book and magazine that Gurudeva and Samy Vellu released together.  A dear old friend, Dato Samy Vellu, senior Tamil government minister in Malaysia in charge of the Department of Works.  These young men spent almost a year in India, training at Trichyswami's Guru Kulam in Bangalore. They have been dedicated by their families to be trained to enter the Hindu priesthood and become monastics if they want to when they grow older.  Taking a break from the crowds, Gurudeva goes over to the Divine Life Society which is situated just beneath Batu Caves. There he performs arati to the image of Swami Sivananda, enshrined in the society's temple.  Thambynathan Gurudasanathan's (one of the young residents here at the monastery) parents Mr. and Mrs. Chandramohan and Kanesamma, about to prostrate to Gurudeva at our impromptu satsang in a beautiful conference room in the Marriott in downtown KL. About 120 people attended. It was wonderful. Gurudeva's devotees greet him after many years of waiting for this opportunity. Some of the students are meeting him for the first time!  One evening there was a magnificent reception for Gurudeva at the magnificent Selangor Kandaswamy Temple. Gurudeva is greeted by the priest (left) and Mr. Perambalam, temple president. This temple has just a vel in the inner sanctum like Nallur. Wonderful, powerful vibration there.  A traditional parade to the entrance.  The head priest performs arati to a new Muruga/Shakti shrine outside behind the temple. Gurudeva goes into a large hall at the temple. Here he releases, S. M. Ponniah's translation of verses from the Tirumantiram. Profits of the sale of the book will go to Iraivan Temple.  This temple is managed by the Sri Lankan community. Gurudeva honours Yogaswami, his own Satguru and TiruMular whose portraits grace the stage of the hall at the Kandasamy Temple where he gives his talk and booksigning.  He also releases Weaver's Wisdom and Loving Ganesha, Malaysia printing. Acharya Kumarswami and Sadhaka Japendranatha, who were traveling with Gurudeva and who do all the pre-press work for our books said that the Malaysia editions were even better quality than the US edition. Congratulations to Mr. Sothinathan, owner of Umma Publications who got the printing down in time for this event.  Booksigning! People touched Gurudeva's feet under the table when they came up and Kumarswami sat on the side and gave our vibhuti prasadam. Sivaram and the balayogis all helped with stickers and pens. Gurudeva's Travel Itinerary/Visiting Kauai's Hindu Monastery Click here for information about Gurudeva's travels. Gurudeva returns from his Singapore, Malaysia mission tomorrow. Next on the travel roster will be the July trip to Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. Information on events there and who to contact for program dates and times are posted. And 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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