A Daily Chronicle of Kauai's Hindu Monastery

Satguru Siva Yogaswami
Jaffna, Sri Lanka

A Daily Chronicle of Kauai's Hindu Monastery

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Kauai's Hindu Monastery, USA

November 8, 2000 - Revati
Hindu Year 5102: Vikrama, the "Year of Fulfillment"

Gurudeva in the Publications building with Acharya Ceyonswami (left) Sannyasin Natarajaswami (back) Acharya Palaniswami (right) and our TAKA Photographer who got into this picture: Sadhaka Jivananadanatha. They were all meeting to review some drawings for a new navagraha mandapam (9 planet pavilion) here in the monastery. A raised platform in the center of the mandapam will be faced with granite carvings of the 12 zodiac symbols.

Title: Memories in Color and Black and White
Category: The Mind
Duration: 4 min., 13 seconds
Date Given: August 20, 2000

Cybertalk: Today we share another portion of one of Gurudeva's inspired talks in Kadavul temple after the morning homa ceremony. First Gurudeva tells about the book "How to Become a Hindu" and how you can use the book to analyse who you are and know who you are. Then Gurudeva gives some insights into the Vasana Daha Tantra (the practice of writing down memories and feelings and burning the paper). Gurudeva compares the memories to movies which are either black and white or color. This is a "must listen" for anyone doing this sadhana or thinking about doing it.

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Transcription of One of Gurudeva's CyberTalks
November_07_2000
Title: What Religious People Do
Category: Good Conduct
Duration: 2 min., 39 seconds
Date Given: September 19, 2000

Well in religious life where you try to remain above good money, bad money, keep the bad money out of religious organizations. Try to remain above back biting. Spiritual people don't back bite because they love everyone and if they have something to say to another they sit down and talk it over with them That's the spiritual way. So the more that the Hindus can live the spiritual life according to Hindu Dharma the better off the entire world will be because Hinduism is based on Ahimsa, non hurtfulness, physically, mentally and emotionally and there's nothing more hurtful than the back biting that someone has done getting back to the individual through other people. Nothing more divisive or harmful. But it does exist and these are not religious people. Therefore religious people don't back bite. Religious people don't become angry. Religious people don't put other people down in order to lift themselves up and religious elders don't demand respect, they know they have to earn respect by their words and their actions and how they treat their families. That's the Sanatana Dharma. Aum Namasivaya

Natarajaswami working on another project. This is the sheet music/notation for the song we ran on this page yesterday. The famed "Arati Song"

Gurudeva's other monastery in the island country of Mauritius
in the Indian Ocean near South Africa

Coming from our morning meditation. Monks who have come back from Mauritius say that "In the morning when the sun hits the sea off the coast, you will see more shades of blue than you can ever image. Like a dream!"

An exquisite view of Dakshinamurthi, one of the statues in our Spiritual Park. Over nine feet tall, it is carved from a single block of granite. The stone is so hard that it will chip concrete, and yet molded into such exquisite features.

Naga, the cobra, and Damaru, the drum of creation. Held in the right hand of Dakshinamurthi, Siva as the silent teacher.

The end of another perfect day in the spiritual island nation of Mauritius.

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

The overview of the Blacksmith workshop at the Iraivan temple worksite. The forefront helper is breaking the coke into smaller pieces. In the center, helper Gunasekaran is passing the heated chisel to the blacksmith to be sharpened.

Here is helper Arumugam breaking the coke. This is a daily routine, because coke comes in big sizes and it needs to be made smaller so that it can be used in the fire place.

This is another closeup view of breaking the coke. The helper is using a two pound hammer.

"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
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INNERSEARCH EUROPE 2001

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