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July 17, 2003 
Gurudeva could well be called the "Great Communicator," ever on call to take care of the smallest details of the karmas of his close devotees and ever urging his monks to communicate the greatness and heritage of Sanatana Dharma to the world through publications.
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We are very happy to have our long-time sishya and one of the founding member families of Saiva Siddhanta Church, Mauritius, with us today. This is Kulapati Manogaran ("Manon") Mardemootoo and Kulamata Sornumbal Mardemootoo from Port Louis, Mauritius.
Bodhinatha continues with a second subject on the importance of the guru in our religious lives, which begins the talks he gave as part of the Satguru Purnima festival last phase.
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Title: The Niyama of Santosha, Contentment Category: Good Conduct Duration: 11 minutes, 43 seconds Date Given: June 9, 2003 Date Posted:July_17_2003 Given by: Bodhinatha |
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Manon is a leading attorney in the country of Mauritius and was instrumental in establishing Saiva Siddhanta Church as an act of Parliament there after which we were able to build up the beautiful Spiritual Park and Dharmasala at Rempart. And Sornumbal has been a strong force behind all kinds of Saiva Siddhanta Church activities in the country. Thank you both for all your dedicated support and energy!
Manon, when he is not in court or at his office, loves to take care of plants and bonsai is one of his hobbies. Here he admires a bonsai sitting in front of our temple.
This powerful photo of His Holiness Swami Buaji Maharaj was taken at the open house. Many people told us later what an inspiration it was to have this 114-year old yogi share his wisdom with all the guests.
We continue with our last series of photos from the open house day. After the speeches Senator Gary Hooser takes a hammer and chisel and makes a few chips on one of Iraivan's stones.
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Afterward all the speeches were over the guests were given the opportunity to see the temple work up close and personal and to also chip on a stone. The bright man on the left is our good and joyful friend, the famous singer of Hawaiian music, Larry Rivera.
Smiling faces before what to many was a magic wonderment.
This photo shows the size of the capstone of the temple...
Our silpis on show for the guests
The temple with special decorations...
We got a glimpse of the future today as many people pondered the greatness of the tradition behind this edifice.
Our stalwart sevaks, the local family members, man a small refreshment booth to provide lemonade to all.
Many could hardly believe their eyes, standing close to the stones.
Our monks stroll among the crowd, to touch base with everyone and answer questions.
"Wow! That stone is really hard!"
"My goodness, how long do you think it would take to carve just one stone?!"
It was a gorgeous day...
Yogi Japendranatha has a full load. "OK, the Aadheenam Express Shuttle is leaving again, we have room for one more."
Saravananathaswami answering questions and receiving the appreciations and thanks that so many offered to the monks today for having this open house and letting everyone join in the temple progress.
Shanmugam Sthapati knows enough English to hold his own in a conversation with our island friends.
Just standing by the pillars has an uplifting effect.
Back at the Aadheenam the crowd that remained gathers for a wonderful feast. We fed over 550 people that day.
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Date: April_10_1999
Title: Lord Ganesha
Category: God and Lords of Dharma
Duration: 5 min., 51 seconds
Given by: Gurudeva
Today at Kauai Aadheenam, it is the 10th of April.
The question has come up, "Who is the great, elephant-headed God Ganesha?"
Lord Ganesha is becoming very popular in the world. He drank all the milk in London, also in New Delhi. The miracle is documented by newspapers and scientists all over the world. Lord Ganesha is truly a God that you can contact easily. He is in-charge of time and He is in-charge of memory. You want to improve your memory, pray to Lord Ganesha.
We have a very nice treat today. We have a Brahmachari here, who is going to read from the Master Course - Book Two, for children 8-9 years of age. He is going to read about Lord Ganesha and tell you something about the Master Course. But, it will be in the beautiful Malay language. Let us hear what he has to say and I'll be back to talk to you a little bit more.
{Brahmachari Nanthakumar speaks in Malay.}
Gurudeva: That was very beautiful and thank you very much. Devotees in Malaysia, if you would like to receive a copy of this beautiful course of lessons, we do have a free copy in Malaysia for you. So, send me your name and address and we will see that you get a copy, with no charge, right from Malaysia. We have sent hundreds and hundreds of these to schools and temples throughout the country. There are about 30,000 temples in Malaysia and our aim is to get one of these to each temple for the children to read .
Well, the only word in Malay that I know, as I said the other day, was 'awaas'. Take care of yourself. Be cautious. Take care of yourself, your body. It is the only one you have and you want it to last as long as possible. Eat well, breathe deeply. Think good thoughts, because even the thoughts that you think, their karma will come to you through other people's minds.
Lots of blessings from this and inner worlds. We'll be back again tomorrow.
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