Wisdom

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      Bondage: Anava, Karma, Maya

      Why aren't we with God Siva? Bondage: anava, karma and maya. The law of karma is teaching us to understand the behavior which is conducive to the unfoldment of the ...

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      Be a Spiritual Leader

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives a presentation on a topic which featured in the June/July/August 2011 edition of the Hinduism Today's Publisher Desk article entirled "Be a Spiritual Leader". In this presentation Bodhinatha ...

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      Siva Is the Life of Your Life

      Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami gives a talk to his monastics reminding them of the simple truth that God Siva is the life of our lives. Holding on to that truth at ...

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      Karma Yoga

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives a presentation entitled "Karma Yoga". In this presentation, Bodhinatha delves into the spiritualizatio of action, outlines how the orderly fulfilment of duties to the best of ...

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      Growing Up Without Prejudice - Publisher Desk

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the April/May/June 2016 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. "Conflict and violence have their roots in hatred learned during youth. By teaching children tolerance, we create a more peaceful future." In order to build a peaceful world and society, we must refine our character ...

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      Appreciation

      Many times we don't tell people how much we appreciate them. A bird visited us for lunch a number of days in a row and took some food each day. ...

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      Mistakes are not problems

      Cybertalk: Gurudeva said, "Problems are not problems. A problem is a repetition of the past that needs to be adjusted." It means that when we make a mistake, we think that we shouldn't have done what we did; it would be better if it didn't happen. ...

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      Passing Your Knowledge On

      The Master Course lesson of the day and the sutra are on the senior monastics accepting new monastics for training. We have a duty to pass the wisdom of our ...

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      Gurudeva's Spiritual Toolbox

      Gurudeva said you can either use these tools, or hang them on the wall. The Yamas and Niyamas are two of these tools. When you get to these chapters in ...

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      Yamas and Niyamas part 3 Ashtanga Yoga

      The Yamas are the first stage of the spiritual path. It is the first step in ashtanga yoga, followed by niyama. If someone want to follow the traditional yoga path, ...

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      Karma Management Day 2, Part 3

      2002 Kauai Innersearch Day 2, Part 3 Bodhinatha reviews the first two principles of Karma Management and proceeds with number 3, "forgive the offender" and number 4, "consider the consequences." The first three principles ...

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      Karma Management Day 3, Part 1

      Kauai Innersearch Day 3, Part 1Bodhinatha begins this day's talk with a joke about monism, then reads from a Transcendental Meditation (TM) brochure on how to fix your karma by ...

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      Karma Management Day 3, Part 2

      2002 Kauai Innersearch Day 3, Part 2 Bodhinatha introduces two new concepts about karma, more about astrology and the concept of karmas being active or inactive. ...

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      Gurudeva's Mahavakya Part 2

      Bodhiantha continues in Part 2 of his talk on the mahavakya, or great sayings, of our guru parampara. This part is on Gurudeva's mahavakya, split into five groups, with a ...

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      The Aftermath of Self Realization

      Bodhinatha talks about what the experience of Parasiva causes to happen within us. He describes 3 ways our consciousness is impacted in the aftermath of Parasiva, based on Gurudeva's statements ...

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      Resolving Difficulties with Others

      Gurudeva sanctioned the prayaschitta of walking prostrations for pilgrims and members who come to Kauai Aadheenam. The Jivana Ritau is a study of Living with Siva, and of the sutras ...

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      Jnana. Self Correcting Awareness.

      Iccha , Kriya and Jnana Shakti: the pattern of life. We can always use more of the power of wisdom, Jnana Shakti. The power of desire, Iccha Shakti. If it ...

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      Making Wise Decisions

      Contact intuitional guidance with clarity and detail for important decisions: the answer comes right to you. Postpone key decisions when emotional or upset. Major decisions need to be made by ...

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      All Religions Not the Same; Right Beliefs; Accepting

      "Truth is one, paths are many." Some religions feel that it's their duty to try and convert, that theirs is the only true path. For someone starting on the path they need to discard the ...

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      Remain Apart From "Put Down People"

      Gurudeva speaks about Sutra #12 of Living with Siva. Gurudeva discusses how we can deal with the put down people, the winner and loser people, those in competition, those living ...

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      Jnana Yoga, Jnana Pada

      Distinguishing Jnana Yoga from the Jnana Pada. A significant component of Jnana Yoga, the path of knowledge, is scriptural study. Jnana Pada, actually achieving the goal of Parasiva, is the ...

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      Four Places In Which to See God

      Where and how to look for Divinity. Four places to see God: In great teachers, in other people, in the temple, inside yourself. The seed of divinity is in all ...

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      What Is Our Form of Prayer?

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 63 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing Hindu prayer. ...

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      Maturing Through Experience - Reaching Omniscience

      Bodhinatha's comments on Dancing with Siva on how maturing through experience eventually takes leads to revealing our all-knowingness. He give examples from the life of Yogaswami how a great jnani ...

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      Being Passively Aggressive

      Today Gurudeva explains the spiritual concept of being "passively aggressive," how to be aggressive when the time is right to accomplish a goal, but how also to be passive when resistence ...

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      Use of Psychic Powers

      Today Gurudeva answers a question about psychic powers, and how these are used by spiritual leaders to get their job done. It is traditional in Hinduism that psychic abilities are ...

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      Karma, Wisdom and Soul Power

      Today Gurudeva answers a question from someone who is in love with a girl he hasn't met. He says he should get someone to introduce them, then if the girl ...

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      Friend or Acquaintance?

      Gurudeva gives us a Sadhana to perform whereby we may discern who are our friends and who are our acquaintances. Gurudeva explains the line that we should not cross with ...

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      Use of Psychic Powers

      Today Gurudeva answers a question about psychic powers, and how these are used by spiritual leaders to get their job done. It is traditional in Hinduism that psychic abilities are ...

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      2001, 75th Jayanthi Talk, Part 4

      A guru, a Satguru is like a knife. He is like a pen. He is like a pencil. ...

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      2001, 75th Jayanthi Talk, Part 4

      A guru, a Satguru is like a knife. He is like a pen. He is like a pencil. ...

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      What is a self-effulgent form?

      A cyberspace devotee wants to know what it means when it is said that souls in the third world live in their self-effulgent form. Gurudeva says self-effulgent means full of ...

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      Diplomacy, Discriminating Speech

      Gurudeva talks about diplomacy, keeping the pranas flowing in a positive way by being careful about what to share with others, also knowing what areas are best not to be ...

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      The Life of Your Life

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Sivaya Subramuniyaswamis book Living With Siva, chapter 274, discussing the importance of non-violence. One of the foundations for living a spiritual life. He continues on ...

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      The Third Dimension and the Shum Perspective, Part 2

      "The third dimension is the essence of duality, the shifting of forces constantly. A constant ebb and flow of the odic forces characterizes this dimension. It is always in flux, always changing. Within the changing world of the third dimension are two basic and intricate energy flows. Shum words associated with the third dimension relating to the first three chakras. Akalyisimbi-the first chakra; in Sanskrit the muladhara. Rehnamtyevum-the second chakra; in Sanskrit svadhishthana. Bivumbika-the third chakra; ...

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      From Merging With Siva - The River of Life

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part one of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings ...