Happy Jivana Ritau!
During Jivana Ritau, the rainy season, from mid-August to mid-December, Living with Siva: Hinduism’s Contemporary Culture is the primary text. The key word of this season is work. The colors are rust, copper-maroon and all shades of red–rust for earthy preservation, copper-maroon for fulfillment and red for physical energy. The Aadheenam’s 60-foot flag pole flies the rust-colored dhvaja, symbolizing environmental care. Copper-maroon and all shades of red adorn our smaller flags. This is the season of honoring and showing appreciation for those in the vanaprastha ashrama, life’s elder advisor stage.
The focus is on preserving what has been created, manifesting goals and fulfilling plans made in the past. Inwardly the emphasis is on direct cognition and caring for the practical details of the external world. Practicality is a word much used this season. In the monasteries and the missions, there is a big push on studying the sutras of Living with Siva and the Shastras. The format of the mission satsanga changes into one that in fact helps everyone live and breathe with Lord Siva through personal adjustment to the aphorisms of Living with Siva, which define tradition, culture and protocol.
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August 16th, 2017 at 9:29 pm
Very talented drone operator !
August 16th, 2017 at 10:04 pm
Yes, talented!! Nice to have this venue to be included! In gratitude, Aum shivaya ?
August 17th, 2017 at 8:24 am
Aum! One more thumbs up for the operator of the drone. It is lovely to get that perspective and makes it easier for me to connect with the darshan. Many thanks for this post.
Aum Namah Sivaya.
August 17th, 2017 at 3:05 pm
Thank you to the drone operator esp. the swamis inside the temple and the
music is superb.
August 17th, 2017 at 5:24 pm
Thanks,
Aum Namah Shivay!
August 18th, 2017 at 11:46 am
Mountaintop consciousness through quadcopter expertise – sincere mikka mahalos for the technical excellence which journeys one to Kauai Aadheenam