Gurudeva sits in the morning with Brahmachari Nanthakumaran from Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, and Acharya Ceyonswami and Sannyasin Yoginathaswami and talks to them about Shum, the language of meditation that you see hanging on the walls behind Gurudeva.
Satguru Speaks
Cybertalk: Part 3 of Gurudeva's Sivaratri upadesha explores spiritual
solutions to the problems of humanity. Gurudeva stresses that Lord Siva's
philosophy teaches that problems are meant to be solved, they are not meant
to be lived with. Gurudeva also explains the powers that Lord Siva gives to
His devotees, to take negative energy and make it positive and to influence
by example.
Title: Sivaratri 2000, part 3
Category: Meditation and Yoga
Duration: 4 min., 16 seconds
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A detailed index of past inspired talks is available here.
Mr. Radhakrishnan his wife Saradha from Phoenix Arizona, long time readers of Hinduism Today and Gurudeva's books, they devotees of Swami Ishwaranandagiri in Rajasthan, India. They came to Kauai Aadheenam for their 25 th wedding anniversary day, to receive Gurudeva's blessings. Here is a lovely video of the event.
Look, it's a movie!
Gurudeva Blesses the Radhakrishnans
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Requires QuickTime.
Dr. Jegathesan and family, originally from Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Kanthimathi also a doctor and their three daughters, Meera, Mithila and Mythri. they are now living in Connecticut. Jagethsan's father Proctor Kanagaratnam, is the president of the Jaffna Divine Life Society, a devotee of Swami Satchidananda. He received Gurudeva at the Divine Life Society on Gurudeva's last trip to Jaffna.
Yesterday, Sannyasin Kartikkeyanathaswami showed Ameya through the "Nada Guha" "Sound Cave" which is our small but high-tech sound studio. Today he returned to his home in Illinois.
Every evening Brahmachari Tejadeva performs puja to Ganesha and Muruga shrines on the outside walls of Kadavul Shiva temple
Sadhaka Thondunatha with the cat that he is responsible for: Shanti.
Shanti lives most of her life in the publications building.
Morning shot of Mount Waialeale.
The summit buried in clouds.
A late in the day shot, as cloud cover pulls back from the western horizon just before sunset over Mount Waialeale revealing classic rays of light from above.
Photos From Our Branch Monastery
On the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius On their way the pilgrims have stopped at
countless shrines and temples. Now they've parked
the kanwar to go to a little shrine in a cane
field, we take this opportunity to get a full view
of it.
A labor of love. Made with expensive wood and
great care, like a piece of fine furniture. And
yet, as soon as the Ganga water is removed from it
and placed in the temple, the kanwar will have
lost its usefulness and purpose, and those who
made it will immediately dismantle it. When one
works for God, the value system is different.
The kanwar and pilgrims take an unexpected right
turn onto our little road. Sadhaka Haranandinatha
(left) wonders, "Where?... what?... Are they going
to our place?..."
"Yes, they are! I can't believe it!" Without a
word being said, the pilgrims took our obvious
interest and delight in their project as an
invitation. Here they come! What a wonderful turn
of events! Good thing we heard about it and came!
The pilgrims enter our property. Notice they have
come through a first gate, but they won't come
through the gate in the foreground, for that is
the one that leads to the monastery. They will
take a path between the two gates here, which
leads to the public area, the Spiritual Park and
Pancha Ganapati Mandapam, the real one. This is
theirs and their kanwar's last stop; how utterly
perfect!
At the mandapam, the pilgrims enjoy a brief arati
to Lord Pancha Ganapati then pose for a group
shot. It is a joyous moment for everyone. A
congregation we did not know we had, suddenly
manifested, having come home after a long
pilgrimage. We welcome them heartily and invite
them to come often and think of the Spiritual Park
and its mandapam as their own. AUM Namasivaya.
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GURUDEVA'S BOOK SIGNINGS IN FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA
It's a pleasure to inform you that Gurudeva, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
will stop in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on his way to conduct a travel/study
Innersearch cruise in the Caribbean. You are invited to attend his
presentation of the newly illustrated 2nd edition of Loving Ganesha,
Hinduism's Endearing Elephant-faced God at Borders Books and Music, on March
25 at 12pm. His other books will also be available at the store. For
directions and details please contact the bookstore's Events Coordinator,
Richelle, at 954-566-6335. View a map of the store location at
www.borders.com. Gurudeva will also stop in Northern California on his
return from the Innersearch program, presenting Loving Ganesha at Barnes and
Noble in San Mateo on April 5 at 7pm. For directions and details please
contact Sharon Anderson, at 650-341-5560. View a map of the store location
at www.barnesandnoble.com. Don't miss these rare events!
THANK YOU, GURUDEVA!
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 are forever, not a one-time gift, so gifts to this fund have an 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, or traveled or just talked with him, over the years. A contribution to this fund is tax-deductible.
GURUDEVA'S MANY CYBERTALKS ARE NOW ONLINE
All of Gurudeva's Cybertalks are now on this site at:
/audio/
You will find here over 200 Inspired Talks, thoughtfully organized, with thorough text descriptions (yes, they are searchable!) so you can find the subjects that are of deepest interest to you. We encourage everyone to go to the page, bookmark it and visit now and again to listed to the wisdom of our beloved Satguru. Wow! What a grand addition to our website this is! Thanks to the many talented hands that made this possible.
Year 2001 Summer European Innersearch
The Caribbean Innersearch 2000 Travel/Study Program is full, but there will be another Innersearch to Northern Europe next summer, where Gurudeva has started several important temple in the last two decades.
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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