June 2020 Chitra Puja

This morning our monks began their week with a padapuja to Gurudeva during the chitra nakshatra. Nakshatras are the 27 lunar mansions in Vedic astrology or divisions along the ecliptic. We celebrate and connect inwardly with Gurudeva during this time because it was during the chitra nakshatra in November of 2001 that he attained his mahasamadhi. Today's puja was performed by yogis Dayanatha and Haranandinatha, with the monks attending to chant Sri Rudram, invoke Gurudeva's presence and to dive within. Aum Namah Sivaya. Jai Gurudeva!

\"Good people are the best teachers of good conduct, and should be sought out and heeded when we need help or advice. Talk with them, the wise ones, and in good judgment be guided accordingly.\" - Gurudeva

\"The whole world is an ashram in which all are doing sadhana. We must love the world, which is God\

s creation. Those who despise, hate and fear the world do not understand the intrinsic goodness of all.\"'

\"Performing daily sadhana, keeping good company, pilgrimaging to holy places, seeing to others\

needs--these evoke the higher energies, direct the mind to useful thoughts and avoid the creation of troublesome new karmas.\"'

\"There is a great wisdom in cultivated affectionate detachment. Let go of the past. Let go of the future. Be a being right now.\"

\"The next time you are in a state of worldliness--jealous, angry or feeling sorry for yourself--sit down and seek for the light.\"

\"Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness.\"

\"We have taken birth in a physical body to grow and evolve into our divine potential.\"

\"Our saints have sung that Siva is within us, and we are within Siva. Knowing that, fear and worry and doubt are forever gone from our mind.\"

\"Your journey on this Earth has only one goal, Self Realization. You are here to attain the highest possible states of consciousness. You are not here to react to the petty incidents that occur in the valley of the subconscious.\"

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