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Yogaswami wrote:

"Sang the Sages of old: "Thou Art One; In many art Thou too." Thus it is clear that there is nothing apart from the Supreme One. His Will prevails from everlasting to everlasting. The Word--It vibrates in the light of Peace--Mounam (Silence). The Act--It pulsates in the light of Peace--Mounam (Silence). Everything radiates the effulgence of Peace Perfect Peace."

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Paramacharya Palaniswami and Sadhaka Dandapani meet with Jiva Rajasankara to discuss the days in Bangalore that occur during the upcoming January-February 2004 Innersearch Travel-study program in South India. Jiva has great plans in store for Bodhinatha and those who join him for these weeks of pilrimage.

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The temple has been pristine for several months, and now will again pick up new levels of scaffolding, tents and safety rails, but at a higher level as the work continues.

A view from the path of the Saivite Saints.

It's hard to imagine but the top of the vimanam, (main temple sanctum tower) will be yet another 19 feet up from the level of the top course you see here.

The Siddhidata Kulam has constructed an ingenious tent covering that has an openable top to allow stones to be dropped down into the center from above the tent.

Our silpis started work today, carving some stones and were still in "orientation" mode. The next main event will be some crane work next week and later a ceremony to start course 17, which is officially the first course of the vimanam.

Jiva brought CD's from Bangalore with wonderful photos taken at the carving site over the past two years.

Many of these stones are already incorporated in the temple by now.

A corner of one course.

Another corner stone.

Even the silpis themselves are amazed at the beauty of the work they have done.

They are so happy to be able to take their time and do such an exquisite job.

It can take many months to complete one stone which has these delicately fluted ornaments.

Cross-lighting reveals the lovely work.

The white granite glistens on bright sunny days...

And, when it rains the stone turn grey and show off all their patterns.

This water lily blossomed today. It lives in one of the temple ponds and was waiting for the summer sun...

Like the soul, it arises from the mud and reaches toward the light.

Aum Namasivaya!

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Date: March_13_1999
Title: Family Home Evening
Category: Karma
Duration: 3 min., 45 seconds
Date Given: March 13, 1999
Given by: Gurudeva

Today at Kauai Aadheenam, it is the thirteenth of March. Greetings everyone! Here we are in cyberspace again. We just had a beautiful day yesterday. You have seen the pictures on the internet.

Today, we have been thinking about gossip. That is the occupation of a lot of people, carrying stories about other people from one person to another. It creates negative karma for you if you gossip about another behind that person's back. If you hear gossip about somebody else, the wise thing to do is to let it die with you. If you have anything to say about that person, say something good that will get back to that person. They will like you better and you are spreading good karma around in a very wonderful way.

We hope that answers that question. Another question here is about the family evening on Monday.

That seems to have attracted some attention in our cyberspace congregation. The family evening on Monday, when the family gets together and praises each other. To put somebody down, to destroy their self-confidence is like hurting them. You hurt their future because if you gave them more self-confidence, you would help their future and the good karma of what they did, will go right back to you.

You cannot adjust the law of karma. It is unfailing, but you can mitigate it with intelligence. That means you can modify it.

So, if you hear gossip about someone, or you hear someone putting somebody down to their face or behind their back, you be the one to put them up. In Hindu society, it is almost a negative cultural expression of knocking someone down, to lower their esteem. To talk one way to their face, and another way behind their back. That is all the instinctive, the lower instinctive, intellectual mind. It has nothing to do with success. It has nothing to do with a balanced life or a loving life. It is destructive.

Praise your children. Find the good things that they do and tell them how well they have done. Avoid tearing them down and mentioning that they are stupid, that they don't have enough brains, that they are too slow or that they are naughty. If you tell a child that he is naughty constantly, he will be naughtier. If you tell a child he is nice constantly, he will be nice. It just works like that. All psychiatrists agree with that philosophy to be sure, as well as mothers and fathers who really love their children and take an interest in their children.

Well, I think we answered a lot of questions today. We'll be back again in cyberspace tomorrow. We'll be seeing you in our familiar place. You, right in front of your computer. Me, sitting right here at Kauai Aadheenam, looking psychically at you.

Aum Namah Sivaya.

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