January Padapuja

Over the retreat, the aadheenam celebrated the chitra Nakshatra with its monthly padapuja to Gurudeva's tiruvadi in Kadavul Temple. Immediately following the Natyam ceremony for Natyam Mayuranatha, the monks gathered in the temple and began Sri Rudram. Sadhaka Jayanatha and Nirvani Tejadevanatha were the evening's pujaris. Oil, milk, yogurt, honey, coconut water and other prana-filled substances were offered at Gurudeva's holy feet. Following Rudram, the puja was done in meditative silence, with just the ringing of a bell and the passing of flame.

"Train your mind to awaken the spiritual being. This is as difficult to do as it is to train a person to dance or to swim, or to accomplish any athletic feat requiring a highly trained body. You have to always be the master, and be attentive to your goals in life." Gurudeva

\"Through silence, quieting your mind, you can become That which you truly are and shine out through that which you thought you were.\"

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Siva\'s will be done\'--the first sadhana on the path. \'Siva\'s will be done\'--the last sadhana on the path, after all others have been perfected.\"'

\"Keep your meditation abilities and activities to yourself. Don\

t talk about inner things with anyone but your guru. When it comes others\' time to turn within, they will do so naturally, just as you did. That is the law.\"'

\"Find out what is holding you back. Face yourself and find out what is keeping you from expressing the great things which are within you here and now. After all, life is meant to be lived joyously\"

\"Love and dedication and the outpouring from the highest chakras of spiritual energies of the lay devotee are often greater than any professional priest could summon within himself. \"

\"Everyone is on this planet for one purpose. That purpose will be known to you through your powers of meditation, through seeing and then finally realizing your Self at the very core of the universe itself.\"

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