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      February 2015 News Video

      Our February 2015 News Video covers events in January 2015, including: Satguru Bodhinatha's trip to Sri Lanka, filming of the Ellora Caves for The History of Hindu India movie series, ...

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      September 2016 News Video

      Our September 2016 news video covers events in August 2016, including Satguru's recent travels around the world (including Mauritius, Mainland, US, India and Sri Lanka), our recent guests and the ...

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      Interview with Dr. James George

      In September of 2011 Paramacharya Sadasivanatha and Sannyasin Senthilnathaswami flew to Toronto, Canada, for a rare meeting and interview with Dr. James George, who spent many moments with and was ...

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      March 2017 Monastery News Video

      Kauai's Hindu Monastery brings you news from February, 2017, including: Two monks don the yellow robes of tapas and take their next step in monastic life-that of the Yogi Tapasvin; ...

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      July 2017 Monthly News Video

      Kauai's Hindu Monastery brings you news from June, 2017, including: Vaikasi Visakam On June 7th the aadheenam's swamis, yogis and sadhaka celebrated Vaikasi Visakam with an abhishekam to Lord Murugan ...

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      Yoga Swamigal

      S. Ambikaipakam, born 1908 in Chunnakam, Sri Lanka, was a life-long close disciple of the great sage and yoga siddha of Sri Lanka, Siva Yogaswami. He was close to Swami ...

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      Antar Mandir, The Inner Temple

      I am working on an article countering the intention of some in North India to build a Sri Ram temple at Ayodhya whether it causes violence or not. We should ...

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      Words of Our Master

      Yogar Swamigal was perhaps the greatest of the mystics that lived iin recent times. He was immaculate in appearance as he was pure in thought. The silver-white hair and beard ...

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      Testament of Truth

      A rich compendium of the life, utterances and teachings of one of the 20th century's greatest Hindu mystics and saints: Siva Yogaswami. Ma Navaratnam covers his life and teaching drawing ...

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      Stories of the Kailasa Parampara

      Bodhinatha presents a talk concerning the Kailasa Parampara. Gurudeva's first meeting with Yogaswami presented including that Gurudeva had a vision of Yogaswami before they met in person. Yogaswami stories about ...

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      The Future of Our Monastery (November 2011)

      Bodhinatha gives a general overview of his travels and the progress of the mission of Kauai Aadheenam in publicaitons and in our missions overseas ...

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      Mahasivaratri, 2003, Part 2

      Mahasivaratri, Part 2 of 3, Yogaswami as an Example of Saiva Siddhanta. Bodhinatha acknowledges the presence of some special guests from Canada who were close to Yogaswami, Gurudeva's guru, and ...

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      Saiva Siddhanta, a Path of Knowing Thyself

      Bodhinatha is getting ready for his trip to Toronto, Canada. His talk is titled "Saiva Siddhanta A Path of Knowing Thyself". In summarySaiva Siddhanta focuses on both devotion to God and meditation. Siva Yogaswami was ...

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      Putting Gurudeva's Teachings to the Best Use, Part 4

      Bodhinatha continues his Gurudeva mahasamadhi observances class with this part on the importance of The Master Course Trilogy in helping us establish our foundation of philosophical understanding (Dancing with Siva) ...

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      Visiting the Temple Purifies the Mind, Grants Humility

      Religion needs to be of the present. Mankind is evolving spiritually; mass consciousness is rising. When we go to the temple, in the right spirit, contributing devotion and prana, being ...

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      Sleep and Dreams: Interpreting Dreams

      Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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      Superconscious Soul Power

      Today Gurudeva describes the morning fire puja in honor of his guru, Sivayogaswami of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and the reopening of the Saiva Siddhanta Church of Sri Lanka. He asks ...

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      The Making of a Master

      Master Course Recording. Chapter 2, Gurudeva describes his catalysts and the systematic process of unfoldment. Yogaswami. Initiation. Study Guide: Cultivate the great art of doing nothing. Before listening to Master, ...

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      The Two Paths

      Master Course Recording. Chapter 11. Odic and actinic forces. Move awareness into simshumbisi, sushumna. Difference and similarities between man and woman. Ida and pingala. Sannyasin ideals. Attitude toward family life. ...

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      The Language of Meditation

      Master Course Recording. Chapter 12. Religion is the result of evolution. Are you a Hindu soul? Saivite lifestyle, Saivite thinking. Tirukural. Summa. Kanif. Become a natye. Meditation as a fine ...

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      2001, 75th Jayanthi Talk, Part 3

      A beautiful telling of Gurudeva's life accomplishments: "I am seventy-five years of age now and when I was twenty-two years of age, Satguru Yogaswami gave me some whispers in the ear, very confidential. But he said, 'Go back to America and build bridges, feed thousands. You will build palaces.' I was very young then, I didn't know. I didn't know that a palace is a kovil, meaning a temple!" ...

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      Gurudeva Interviewed by Loni Petranek, Part II

      This is Part II of a radio interview conducted by Loni Petranek with Gurudeva. The interview gives an overview of Gurudeva's worldwide mission. Today Loni asks Gurudeva to tell a ...

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      Nandinatha Sutras

      A cyberspace devotee asks how closely should we follow the Nandinatha sutras. Gurudeva says if we were to ask the elders that visit us here at Kauai Aadheenam as to ...

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      The Guru Chronicles Audio Book - Introduction

      This is an excerpt (the introduction) from The Guru Chronicles Audio Book. The complete audio book is available on an 8GB USB thumb drive that contains The Guru Chronicles Audio ...