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Atti Chudi

Auvaiyar was a saint of Tamil Nadu (ca 200 BCE), a contemporary of Saint Tiruvalluvar, devotee of Lord Ganesha and Karttikeya and one of the greatest literary figures in ancient ...
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The Art of Listening

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the July/August/September 2015 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. In this edition Bodhinatha explains how listening is an art which can lead to spiritual ...
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Effort

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's presentation on a topic entitled "Effort" is in two parts. Part 1 focuses on the real spirit of the MasterCourse, as expounded by Gurudeva in his Introduction ...
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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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Ten Tales About Religious Life

Ten Tales About Religious Life is a series of short stories for 10 to 12-year-olds illustrating key concepts for good conduct for Hindus in a modern context in a cultural ...
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Ten Tales About Self-Control

Ten Tales About Self-Control is a series of short stories for 10 to 12-year-olds illustrating key concepts for good conduct for Hindus in a modern context in a cultural setting ...
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Fixing Problems

Problems are important for spiritual progress. We need a Guru to help us see our problems. We need to accept what comes to us as our karma, we don't because ...
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What Is Our Code of Conduct? Yamas

"Siva's devotees...move the forces of the world and are not moved or affected by them." We meet and interact with all kinds of people. If we're not following all the yamas it gets difficult to hold spirituality and to meditate. Actions which deviate from ...
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Life Skills for Hindu Teens

Its tough being a Hindu teen in the 21st century, whether you live in India or in the West. There are too many examples of what you should not do ...
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Growing Up Hindu: Educational Insight

These ten qualities:positive self-concept, perceptive self-correction, powerful self-control, etc. are basic qualities needed by anyone who wants to be happy, religious and successful when they reach adulthood. For this first ...
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Tirukural

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami-a living legend, yoga master and author of Merging with Siva-recognized the immense value of the Tirukural in 1949 as a young seeker in Sri Lanka. Decades later ...
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A Personal Plan - Part 1

Having an up-to-date personal plan is quite helpful for our spiritual life. It helps us follow a balanced approach to living and provides specific goals in the various departments of ...
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A Personal Plan - Part 2

Continuing his talk on having personal plans, Bodhinatha invites participants to list four activities each in the five areas of a plan, namely - spiritual, social, cultural, economic and educational. ...
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Gossip and backbiting

Bodhinatha utilizes input gathered from Innersearch participants to expand on the topic: Gossip and Backbiting. Bodhinatha explains the four tests for speech: true, kind, helpful and necessary and discusses how ...
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Spiritualizing Daily Life -- Six Challenges in Life

Bodhinatha begins a series of talks which focus on the topic of Spiritualizing Daily Life. He includes the themes The World is an Ashram and Work is Worship. Six common ...
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Spiritualizing Daily Life and Opportunities to Serve

Bodhinatha describes how the Digital Edition of Hinduism Today will contain rich media audio and video files. Yogaswami said that the world is an ashram. Bodhinatha explains that the world ...
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Facing Life's Challenges: The Fourth Challenge--Disturbed Emotions

Bodhinatha lists many common causes of emotional upsets. He then lists seven obstacles to resolution of the upset. Finally, he lists four keys to handling disturbed emotions. ...
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Ananda-happiness

Bodhinatha discourses on the third of five beliefs and five practices; the third belief being ananda-happiness. Many associate happiness with desire. Bodhinatha presents bhashya on Gurudeva's outlook on desire: "Desire is life and the reason we desire things is because we are alive. Desire is energy expressing itself." ...
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Spiritualizing life and giving

Dividing life into spiritual and non-spiritual is flawed. Separation of work and worship is a western perspective. Spiritual progress can be made during all hours of the day by "Spiritualizing Daily Life." ...
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Nartana Ritau - A Season For Planning

Bodhinatha describes Nartana Ritau, one of three seasons as created by Gurudeva. Each season corresponds to a book of the Master Course Trilogy. Nartana Ritau-Dancing with Siva-philosophy, begins on the ...
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Positive Change through Observation

Green in the aura; a balance between two extremes. Look a little harder into other people and recognize their good qualities. Change requires observation. Negativity can be overcome. Confidence can ...
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Self Image, Spiritual Progress, Moksha.

What Gurudeva means: Iraivan a moksha temple: 0:2:20 Self-image. Making mistakes in life: 0:7:1 Feeling good about ourselves, penance: 0:10:3 Character flaws. Issue with self-image. Sutra 1 DWS: 0:12:4 Hindu ...
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Harmony in Relationships with Others.

Yoga is controlling awareness throughout the day. Interpersonal relationships impact our meditations. Mystical way of adjusting relationships. Find, understand, accept, work harmoniously with that quality of others hidden within our ...
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Soul Love, True Love

Gurudeva tells us he sees us as shining souls and that we can penetrate his picture and see him also as a soul form. Gurudeva tells us how we can ...
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Improve Life, Exemplify

Gurudeva tells us today is the end of a phase according to our moon calendar followed by description of the purpose of retreat and worship of Lord Muruga at the ...
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Realize Untarnished Perfection

Gurudeva tells us about the proper use of the computer and gives us a sadhana. Gurudeva reveals to us the nature of our soul which we may learn about on ...
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Work Is Worship

Bodhinatha gives us a preview of a talk that he will be giving at the Iraivan Temple carving site in Bangalore, India, on the upcoming 2004 Indian Odyssey Innersearch Travel-Study ...
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Work Is Worship

Bodhinatha spoke today on the concept of "work is worship" in the Hindu religion. He recounted how many visitors have told him "We are so busy, Swami, we just don't have any time for spiritual things." That is a Western concept, he noted, that our ...
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Drawing the Lesson from Each Experience

Today Bodhinatha spoke on facing life's challenges by cultivating a contemplative lifestyle. He read from Gurudeva's teachings on this and stressed the importance of regular worship in the home and ...
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Success and Happiness in Life, Part 1

Part 1 of 2. Bodhinatha gives a wonderful talk about the Hindu view of success in life. An initial view of success from the western point of view falls short, ...
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What Is Good Conduct?

Good conduct is right thought, right speech and right action." Apply T-H-I-N-K: true, helpful, inspirational, necessary, kind in our thoughts, words and deeds. "Conduct ourself properly within ourself." Encourage rather than discourage. Praise rather ...
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What Is the Hindu Way of Greeting?

"Namaste" and "vanakkam," core practices of greeting. Recognizing that God is within everyone, the same God within me is within you. A Hindu concept not necessarily believed by other religions. ...
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How Do We Get Along with Others?

For peace in the world stop the war in the home." The key to world peace is inside the individual. The most important thing I can do today is be ...
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How Do We Get Along with Others?

For peace in the world stop the war in the home." The key to world peace is inside the individual. The most important thing I can do today is be ...
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Discipline Thinking about the Future

Worry, thinking about unnecessary negative patterns, excessive talk: Wastes energy, over-stimulates intellect and desire. Discipline, quiet the mind. Make an appointment with yourself to think through major decisions. We can ...
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What Is the Value of Spiritual Friends?

Friends who are fine, positive and good Hindus will help you most of all. It's important for parents of teenagers to know their teenager's friends. Our strength comes from mixing ...
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How Do We Practice Karma Yoga?

ray to Lord Ganesha before beginning work. Turn everything you do into selfless service, seva, karma yoga. Work becomes worship. Hold the perspective of Sivanadiyar that you are the devoted ...
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Worry

Today Gurudeva talks about worry, how if you worry long and hard that something might happen to you, it will--you'll actually create it. On the other hand, you can turn ...
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How to Make Up Your Mind

Today Gurudeva answers the question, "How do I make up my mind?" He explains the best place to go for advice, and what to do when you are "in doubt." ...
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There is more to Life than a Computer Screen

Today Gurudeva describes his morning meditation on computers, on spending too much time in front of them at the expense of interaction with real people and experience of nature. Don't ...
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Why Should We Learn a Cultural Art?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 66 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing the importance of Hindu Art and Culture ...
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How Can We Be Strong Saivite Hindus?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 67 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing how to be a strong Saivite Hindu ...
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Sustaining Successes

Gurudeva responds to a query about how to avoid negating our successes. A cyber devotee posed that some people seem to have it all together and be confidently on top ...
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Friends Vs. Acquaintances

Today Gurudeva explains the difference between a friend and an acquaintance, and why we should seek out true friends rather than rely on acquaintances. ...
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The Leaders of Tomorrow

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami Discussed lesson 54 from "Merging With Siva," titled "The Leaders of Tomorrow." ...
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Insight: Yoga and Human Biology

The practice of yoga and the science of yoga, or yoga bhyasa and yogavidya, are two of the traditional ways that yoga is described. Yoga is a practice (abhyasa) and ...