Thamby Kumaran darshan with Bodhinatha
Thamby Kumaran has been here for a week or so, working closely with Yoginathaswami.
He leaves for home again early tomorrow morning. He gave Bodhinatha an update of his work on Iraivan Temple’s site map.
He has also been working both here and before from California with Swami on plans that detail precisely the excavation work needed to prepare for the entry way stairs to the Nandi Mandapam and around the temple.
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In Patanjali's comments on the niyamas he speaks on religious action, kriya, bringing about samadhi and attenuating the kleshas. We think we have to be detached from that which we are attracted to but we also need to overcome aversion. It's easier to be finite, to have a past and a future than to be infinite, without past and future, so, we're clinging to life. The kleshas are the root source of karma. Quiet mental activity produced by the kleshas through meditation and achieve santosha, peace of mind. "Men of discrimination see sorrow in all experience."
Path to Siva, Lesson 40, Niyamas.
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July 2nd, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Years ago Thamby was remodeling a fireplace in upscale Peidmont. Before putting the wall up, he carefully and securely framed an electrical socket in the framing. The multi-millionaire owner asked Thamby, “why do you go to so much trouble to make that so perfect? No-one will ever know.”
Thamby looked up and replied, “Yes, you’re right. But I’ll know.”
Integrity.