 Satguru Siva Yogaswami Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
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January 7, 2001
January 7: Rohini Until 6:23AM HST January 8: Ardra Until 1:20AM Tue HST Hindu Year 5102: Vikrama, the "Year of Fulfillment" |
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 Gurudeva at the ocean. . .he's getting better day by day. His look reminds this TAKA caption writer of Yogaswami's wonderful song: "The single Word hath purified my dross. Sing the soulful incantation of Siva, Siva . . . Enraptured in an ecstasy, Siva, Siva, by constancy of love do I apprehend; yet in trepidation, I gaze at nothing. Magnificient indeed is the mystery, baffling the ken of e'en the realised seers."
--Natchintanai. 18.
Gurudeva's radio address to Sri Lankan Tamils in 35 countries continues today. In Part 3, Gurudeva talks about the message that was given to him by Satguru Yogaswami when he was 22 years old. Gurudeva also says that this is a special time for all of us to get together to pray for peace in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
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: January_01_2001 Title: Where to Place the Home Altar, Should we Meditate Everyday? Category: Hinduism and Tradition Duration: 2 min., 05 seconds Date Given: November 26, 2000 Good morning everyone. A cyberspace devotee from Selangor, Malaysia wonders, where to place the altar in her home. She has a two-storey home and she can place it, either upstairs or downstairs, she says. Around every Hindu temple that is properly managed, there are a number of devas in the Pretaloka, who help the devotees in their daily life. So, the purpose of having a shrine in your home is to attract these guardian devas into your home. Thus, we can prevent conflict, misunderstanding, hurt feelings and have happiness, light and love. The altar should face East, if possible. Of course, the vibration upstairs is much better than downstairs. The room in which your shrine is actually the home or the living place of these devonic beings. Your home is connected to the temple that you go to worship at least once a week. A question from Malaysia in Johor Baharu wondering whether we should meditate everyday or only occasionally? Sit quietly everyday, preferably after you perform your morning puja and also after attending a temple puja and internalize the worship. External worship within a temple or a shrine and internal worship within yourself through attempts at meditation - this is the heart and core of the Saiva Siddhanta philosophy. Whether you can control your mind or not, think about the energy within your body. That is coming right from God, right from Siva this very moment. Sit quietly, breathe deeply and as your thoughts go here, there and everywhere, the light that lights up those thoughts is quiet and it is coming right from Siva, this very moment.  Our pilgrim group has dwindled a bit as some have gone home, but still we have a lovely satsang every morning in the temple with people from all over the world coming together for worship in Siva's Paradise in Hawaii.  We are featuring today our Mothers from Canada, as we know their families are watching from home:
This is Mrs. Mahalakshmi Nataraja from Edmonton. Her son's name is Baskaran and he is one of the trustees of the Edmonton, Maha Ganapati Temple Society. She is originally from a village in Jaffna called Vaddukotai.
 Mrs. Sivajnanavathy Sivasubramaniam has been living since 1983 in Edmonton, Canada with her daughter and son. She is originally from Achuvely, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.  Mrs. Puvaneswary Vijayaratnam has been living for the past ten years in Toronto. She is originally from Arali, Jaffna.  Mrs. Saraswathy Sivasithambaram is originally from Tirunelvely, Jaffna. Her family were ardent devotees of Yogaswami. In 1972 she hosted Gurudeva and some of the monks when they were in Sri Lanka. She has been living the past 16 years in Canada, part of the year with her children in Toronto and part of the year in Edmonton. Her son-in-law, Mohan Tyagaraja, is also a trustee of the Edmonton Maha Ganapati Temple Society. Her other son-in-law, Jnanakumar, is a trustee of the Murugan in Calgary,  Kohila Vivegananthan now living in Toronto, lived 8 years in England and then 27 years in Canada. She was a school teacher, originally from Tirunelvely, Jaffna.  Shymala Kanagasaby originally from Sanguvely, Jaffna, now living in the Toronto for the past 14 years.  Parameswary Nagaratnam from Nallur. She has been living in Toronto for 14 years.  The ladies took a short tour of the publications building. They don't usually use computers and it was quite interesting for them to view these pages on screen and to visit with our staff photographer, Sadhaka Jivananandanatha who processes all these pictures every day. Thambynathan Nutanaya (right) is helping to host them.  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  We had a lovely group of Gurudeva's devotees from Mauritius come to the temple site. This is a group photo taken with my mother (Mrs. Kanmani Rajasankara, left front in green)  Uma Maheswaran admiring the ornate carvings of the special Pothigai. We are heading into a three day full moon retreat. Stay tuned for a new wonderful series of stones being carved that will be posted starting next phase.
Click here to view this day last year. "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. 
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