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Cybertalk: A cyberspace devotee wants to know what is the next thing he should do to advance his mediation. Gurudeva says that all we can do is get our awareness quiet and well-centered and then we have to wait for Siva to come to us. That is the Saiva Siddhanta philosophy. A cyberspace devotee in Malaysia wants to know if he should go deeper into Hinduism or not. Gurudeva says going deeper into Hinduism does not mean you are leaving the world it just means that you are able to function within the world, move the forces of the world, be successful in the world in what you are doing and what you are going to do.

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Date: August_10_2000
Title: Protecting Children from Abuse
Category: Family
Duration: 1 min, 36 seconds

A question from e-mail, from the United Kingdom in England,
Wondering how to protect children from vicious parents who discipline
them through beating, pinching, hitting, locking in closets and
things like that.

Children marched in London protesting a short while ago. There
are many ways you can help, many countries in todays world have
anonymous phone numbers that you can call and report abuse to
children.
In countries and states where it is against the law to perform
these kinds of acts, you can mention in conversations that the
parents are not only teaching the children to be afraid of them but
the parents are teaching the children, that yes it's all right to
break the law, as long as you don't get caught.
You can stand up in your temple society and speak to the
congregation about this subject and we have a lot on the internet
regarding things that you can do, articles that you can read, factual
information to impress the Asian community that they are perpetuating
war. Stop the war in the home we stop the war in the community and
eventually, hopefully in the world

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Happy pilgrims receive blessings from Gurudeva who gives out the traditional holy ash which he applies on the forehead.

This young lady is a doctor in Honolulu and joined the group for bhajan in Kadavul Temple. She is turned out to be quite accomplished at the mridangam.

Gurudeva offered shawls to several couples who were celebrating their wedding anniversary.

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Our tour day group gathers at the temple site to pose in front of the foundation. Our silpis are at work in the back.

Our pilgrims were delighted to find rudraksha beads all around the west side grounds of the temple.

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Here we see the actual blue fruit which is the color of the tears of compassion that rained to earth from Siva's eyes.

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