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May 29, 2003 
Children are constantly learning, and that learning must be guided carefully by the parents. The young's education, recreation and companions must be supervised. They should be taught the scriptures of their lineage. Their religious education is almost always in the hands of the parents. They should be disciplined to study hard, and challenged to excel and fulfill their natural talents. They should be praised and rewarded for their accomplishments. Children need and seek guidance, and only the parents can truly provide it. In general, it is the mother who provides love and encouragement, while the father corrects and disciplines. A child's faults if not corrected will be carried into adult life. Still, care should be taken to not be overly restrictive either. Children should never be struck, beaten, abused or ruled through a sense of fear. Children, be they young or old, have a karma and a dharma of their own. Their parents have a debt to pay them; and they have a debt to return later in life. The Vedas plead, "O friend of men, protect my children. O adorable one, protect my cattle. O sword of flame, protect my nourishment." Aum Namah Sivaya."
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Mathini Waran and her parents are here on a 5-day pilgrimage from Sydney, Australia. Originally from Jaffna her parents used to live near Gurudeva's ashram in Alaveddy. They have heard much about the place from Gurudeva's devotees, Mrs. Nadarajah and the Nagaratnams in Sydney, and are very happy to finally be here at Kauai Aadheenam.
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Cybertalk: Mahasivaratri, Part 3 of 3, Being Still. Bodhinatha elucidates some wonderful quotes from Yogaswami on the theme of "summa iru," which means "be still" in Tamil, one of Yogaswami's mahavakyas, or great sayings, as well as some nice thoughts on the importance of controlling the breath in meditation.
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Pilgrims at the entrance of Kadavul temple.
Alaks and Valli Sevugan visited from Illinois with their daughters Sreya and Keerthi. Their first visit here after hearing about it from friends.
Mathini worships at the San Marga Svayambhu Lingam.
People mover loaded and ready for the tour.
The Sevugan's brought some milk with them and were able to do an abhishekam at the Narmada lingam after a tour of the grounds. Valli Sevugan with her daughter Keerthi make the offering.
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The peedam and Lingam together are taller than Keerthi
Mathini Waran's parents make their offering with water from the stream.
Hugging a Rudraksha Tree was one of Gurudeva's sweet "sadhanas" to be performed by pilgrims.
Gurudeva said the trees would absorb negativities and purify the heart. There is often a deva residing in the rudraksha trees that can send blessings through the tree.
Keerthi is pretty shy but we caught her big smile before she dove behind her mother's sari.
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Sevugan family at the Iraivan Temple.
Mathini Waran and her parents.
At several recent satsangs some of the children, under the watchful eye and artistic ability of Chandra Param, performed a puppet show.
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Date: February_17_1999
Title: Having the Same Religion as Your Guru
Category: Hinduism and Tradition
Duration: 4 min., 45 seconds
Date Given: February 17, 1999
Given By: Gurudeva
Today at Kauai Aadheenam; February 17th.
Yesterday and the day-before, we had a beautiful retreat. We usually don't have guests during our retreat but we made an exception for Ammachi. Amritanandamayi Ma sent fifteen beautiful souls here to Kauai Aadheenam to worship Siva and to have a satsang with me, Gurudeva.
The question came up, which is very interesting, about being a Hindu. "Do you have to be a Hindu to be with a Hindu Guru?" I gave a very interesting answer. It just popped into my head. You can be in a room with your Guru by looking through a glass window. Then, your sadhana is to keep that window clean so you can always have the darshan of your Guru. Of course, the Guru has a public addresses and speakers right out there. But if you really love your Guru, you'll be of the same religion as your Guru is. You'll want to do that. Then, you go through the door and you are no longer on the outside looking in, but you are on the inside with your Guru.
I mentioned to them, "If you really love Ammachi, you'll want to be of the same religion she is and that means commitment. Are you a group of New Age people, who are dedicated to not being committed to anything, totally committed to not being committed?"
They sat up and took notice.
"If you really love Ammachi, really love her, and have really taken her for your Guru, you don't want to be outside looking through a window, and polishing that window as your only sadhana just to make a slight connection. You want to be inside. Once you make the commitment to the Sanatana Dharma, fully and completely, and that becomes your religion as it is her religion, then you'll know all the nuances, all the hidden meanings behind the words."
Compare it to a wife who is of a different religion before she gets married, than her husband. If she really loves her husband, I mean really loves her husband, she'll want to be his religion. She won't make religion a contention between them. However, if she has married for money, for his money, or for social position, or if it is an arranged marriage and the compatibility is really bad, she won't want to become fully his religion. Their souls won't have met, their bodies maybe. Their emotions will tangle over religious issues. Then they say, "Well, we will let the children make up their mind when they grow up, whatever religion they want to be."
Oh, we have seen that happen so much. But if they really love their children, and if they really love each other, they will be of a one religion. The wife won't be on the outside polishing the window, or letting it get dirty and be between them. She will want to be on the inside with her husband and her family.
They caught that idea very nicely. It went right into their mind. So I thought I would share this with everyone in cyberspace. I thought you would like to hear this. So, we will be back again tomorrow. We don't know what today brings, but it is a good astrological time right now for the next thirty days and we are expecting a lot of wonderful things to happen.
Aum Namah Sivaya!
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