August 2023 Chitra Puja

Jai Gurudeva!
Jai to the Kailasa Parampara!
Aum Namah Sivaya!

Early this morning we celebrated our monthly padapuja to Sivaya Subramuniyaswami during the timing of the Chitra nakshatra. Sannyasin Tillainathswami and Yogi Haranandinatha performed the puja while other mathavasis chanted Sri Rudram. Local members and devotees brought an abundance of beautiful flowers and enjoyed their peaceful contemplation of Gurudeva's wisdom, as presence was felt strongly at the height of the puja. Aum.

Swami performs an arati after bathing Gurudeva\

s granite tiruvadi in yogurt '

Monks chant Sri Rudram, at the center of which is found the \"Namah Sivaya\" Mantra

\"Namah Sivaya has such power, the mere intonation of these syllables reaps its own reward in salvaging the soul from bondages of the treacherous instinctive mind and the steel bands of a perfected externalized intellect.\" - Gurudeva

\"In spiritual unfoldment, thinking is not enough.\" - Gurudeva

\"Hinduism is a general and free-flowing, relaxed religion, experienced in the temple, in the ashramas, the aadheenams, at festivals, on pilgrimage and in the home.\" - Gurudeva

\"Goodness and mercy, compassion and caring are the intrinsic, inherent or indwelling nature of the soul. Wisdom and pure knowledge, happiness and joy are the intrinsic nature of the soul.\" - Gurudeva

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