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April 03, 2003
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 Sadhu Paksha Day 3"The giant statue of Dakshinamurthi arrived today. We did a search through the texts of the trilogy and found this written by Gurudeva:Faith has eyes. It has three eyes. The seer who is looking at the world from the perspective of monistic Saiva Siddhanta and sees clearly the final conclusions for all mankind has faith in his perception, because what he sees and has seen becomes stronger in his mind as the years go by. We have the faith of those who have two eyes upraised. They look at the seer as Dakshinamurti, God Himself, and gain strength from His every word. There is also the faith of those who have two eyes lowered. They are reading the scriptures, the teachings of all the seers, and building the aura of faith within their inner psyche. Then there are those who have faith with their eyes closed, blind faith. They know not, read not and are not thinking, but are entranced by the spiritual leader in whom they have faith as a personality. They are nodding their head up and down on his every word and when questioned are not able to adequately explain even one or two of his profound thoughts."
Our Beloved and Revered Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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Cybertalk: Bodhinatha discusses the talk he delivered to a nice metaphysical group that visited from Chicago, describing the 4 self-concepts we evolve through in life - 1) external ego identity (negative) 2) external ego identity (positive) 3) internal spiritual identity of being the soul (but separate from others) 4) internal spiritual identity of being the core of the soul (one with God). How do we move ourselves through these 4 stages of identity? Of course Merging with Siva tells us how, and two of the primary tools are vasana daha tantra and affirmations.
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Today's story begins at the dock in Lihue... with Paramacharya Palaniswami behind the camera and Yoginathaswami watching closely as the container from India is opened.
The word from India had been that fitting the large crate of Dakshinamurthi required major heavy equipment. mmm we need to pull the truck forward to open the doors.
There they are crates from India.
Well, Lakshmanan Nellaiappan, our man in Chennai made sure they did an excellent job of crating. Thank you Nellaiappan!
There were 13 crates in all.
These have to be moved to a flat bed truck to be taken up to the monastery.
Small stones first and then the four sages.
No problem with these crates.
Then out came number one containing Dakshinamurthi.
All were loaded to the flatbed truck and arrived at the temple site.
Small one first off
It's been raining and things are a bit slippery but with the heavy crates all went wel..
Twelve small crates off.
Next the truck backed up close to the location where Dakshinamurthi will be installed.
The monks watch... it's a great moment for everyone. On the right under the banyan tree is where the murthi will be placed with a crane.
The big fork lift comes in from one side.
Markings from India.
Two other forklifts on the opposing side to help stabilize the crate
OK we are up!
The truckdriver moves forward.
OK, now down....
Jai Ganesha!
A quick peek through the slates of the crate.
A very joyful moment for all..
As one monk said....
"Gurudeva's heritage is manifesting all around us!"
Another great gift of India to USA and the Hindus of tomorrow's generations.
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Date: March_23_2003
Title: Malaysia-Singapore Visit Report Part 2
Category: Travels, Pilgrimage and Missions Abroad
Duration: 5 min., 16 seconds
Date Given: February 2, 2003
Given by: Bodhinatha
We had a nice presentation at the Ganesa Temple in Penang, Sakti Vinayagar Temple. Some 600 or so people there, a very big turn out. Each of them came up for vibhuti afterwards. Arumugaswami said, "It was ten a minute, it took an hour. Therefore, there were 600.", which seemed about right.
Anyway, it was a prepared talk which was translated ahead of time, 'My friend, Lord Ganesa' . Of course, you have heard the talk. The challenge was for Ahila, the translator. She had to sit there and read the translation, which was a first for her. She did very, very well. Fortunately she did not try and translate a few of my spontaneous remarks, which would be more challenging.
I was hoping to get a few examples in the talk, real life examples. One came in late, came in during the trip. I thought I would read it anyway this morning. It is such a nice story. It is from Kamala Veylan. We all know Kamala, it was a number of years ago when she was going to university.
She says, "While I was going to University, it was a general practice of mine to vow to Lord Ganesa to complete a certain religious task for a specific duration of time and ask for blessings and help with exams and school work. For example, I would often vow to attend puja at the temple everyday for a week straight and pray for the devas' help to do well on my exams.
During the last year of my degree, I was facing a very important interview for entrance into an internship program. Without acceptance into an internship program, I could not receive the professional designation of 'Registered Dietician' and would not have achieved the goal of four years of University study. The process was highly competitive and as it turned out only one in eight students in my class were admitted into the internship program. As the interview drew near, I went to the temple and sat and prayed to Lord Ganesa. I told him that I would be coming to see him daily, a priority in my life for a minimum of two weeks and as long as I could after that. I prayed to Him to remove any obstacles blocking my path from having a successful interview and being accepted to the internship program. The next day the routine began, I woke up early in the morning and went to the temple for the early morning puja. Only after my attendance at the puja would the rest of my day begin. This routine continued and the day of the interview drew near.
On the day of the interview, I was getting ready and reviewing some possible interview questions my family and I had prepared. I remember I was brushing my teeth when three different interview questions just entered my mind. It was not like the questions had popped up into my mind or that they came up suddenly like a bolt of lightening. It was more like they were there just like I knew what my name was. The interview questions were somewhat unusual and a little complicated to answer. So, I mentally prepared answers to them as I drove to the interview.
As it turned out, I was asked all three questions during the interview. They were asked in exactly the same way they came to me. Thanks to the devas, I had already prepared my answers and was easily able to handle three tough interview questions and finish the interview successfully.
That night I went to the temple and thanked Lord Ganesa and the devas for helping me. A few months later I was accepted into the internship program."
Isn't that a great story? It is just so real. I remember she made reference to it many years ago, but never told the whole story. So I asked her for it and she sent it and said, "You can use my name." She wasn't shy about it. But it is a wonderful story in that, it shows how practical our religion can be and that it should be practical. The worship of Lord Ganesa should help us do better on a test, it should be that practical to us. It should help us get a better job. It should not be something etheric, intangible. It should be pragmatic, something we can see in our lives in a very definite way, how the worship of Lord Ganesa helps us. So, that was the general theme, without this example.
'My friend, Lord Ganesa', as you know, is designed as a theme for children's class, a catchy title for one of the topics in this series of classes for children. We are hoping that the teachers there, which are the Thanabalan family, and also those in Singapore and Klang will use this topic as one of their themes for teaching children.
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