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Grace in the Guru's Presence
An Upadesha by Bodhinatha: Personal experience of God is a focus point of the Hindu Religion. Being within the Guru's presence is great help to experience the divine within. Chellapa ...
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Bodhinatha Gives Mantra Diksha at Tiruvannamalai
In one of Saivism's greatest temples, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami leads his 90 students traveling on the Innersearch program to a sacred homa. Priests chant sanskrit slokas. Bodhinatha initiates Karttikeya Katir ...
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March 2013 News Video
Our March 2013 new video covers event in February and March 2013 including: The Guru Chronicles audio book and Raj Narayan's visit, Martin Mosko and the Iraivan temple landscaping progress, ...
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December 2013 News Video
Our December 2013 news video covers events in November 2013 including: Skanda Shashthi festival puja, an invitation to our 2014 Mauritius Innersearch Travel-Study Program, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's Publisher's Desk editorial ...
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February 2014 News Video
Our February 2014 news video covers events in January 2014, including: The monastery's Tai Pusam celebration, Brahmachari Girish taking his vows as a supplicant, progress on the Media Studio renovation ...
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July 2014 News Video
Our July 2014 news video covers events in June 2014, including: The initiation of our newest sannyasin, Kaivalyanathaswami; the shipping of completed stones from Bangaluru to Kauai; and our Hinduism ...
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August 2014 News Video
Our August 2014 news video covers events in July 2014, including: our 2014 Innersearch travel-study program, held on the island nation of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean; and the initiation ...
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2014 Innersearch Mauritius Compilation Video
A compilation video of the Himalayan Academy 2014 Mauritius Innersearch Travel-Study Program. Fifty-two participants from ten nations joined seven monks from Kauai Aadheenam for a two-week study program on the ...
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April 2015 News Video
Our April 2015 News Video covers events in March 2015, including: Paramaguru Yogaswami's mahasamadhi celebration, our recent progress on the Path of the Saiva Saints as we get ready to ...
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May 2015 News Video
Our May 2015 News Video covers events in April 2015, including: the annual ladies retreat that took place in Kauai, some recent work of our digital publications team, our progress ...
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October 2013 News Video
Our October 2013 news video covers events in August and September 2013 including: Satguru Bodhinatha's and Shanmuganathaswami's recent travels, including initiations, vows and the Aloha dinner in Mauritius, Bangaluru temple ...
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October 2016 News Video
Our 2016 October News Video covers events in September 2016 including travels by two of our monks to the Mainland US and Canada, the return of Satguru from his recent ...
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December 2016 News Video
Our December 2016 news video covers events from November, 2016, including a visit from Sri Sri Jayendrapuri Mahaswamiji; our yearly Skanda Shasthi celebrations, along with a concurring vow taken by ...
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August 2017 Monthly News Video
Kauai's Hindu Monastery brings you news from July, 2017, including: Our annual celebration of Satguru Purnima. In addition to Kauai island residents, devotees flew in from Turkey, Malaysia, California, Canada ...
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Jayanthi Address
Gurudeva's Shakti is so strong here at Kauai Aadheenam, stronger than any other place. Initiations are an important part of Saivism. It starts an inner process. The Paramachaya initiations of ...
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Bodhinatha's Travels to Mauritius part 1
Bodhinatha reports on his recent trip to Mauritius, Malaysia and Singapore. On the way to Mauritius he stopped in Malaysia and had an uplifting and well attended satsang with our ...
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State of the Church Address, 2003
Bodhinatha gives the Annual State of the Church Address by the Guru Mahasannidhanam of Kauai Aadheenam. He reviewed the progress of 2002 including new students and members. and presented the ...
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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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Niyama 6 - Siddhanta Shravana
The niyama of siddhanta shravana involves studying and listening to learned people, our primary scriptures, the Vedas, and other holy texts. This guides us to become more spiritual people. But ...
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The Role of the Guru
Choose a sect of Hinduism and a guru and dedicate yourself to him. The need for a guru is preeminent in Saiva Siddhanta. A guru focuses on our weakest areas, ...
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Improving Our Behavior with the Help of the Guru - Part 1
Part 1 of 7 - Bodhinatha gives a class during Guru Purnima on the role of the guru. The guru has five major tasks, to provide encouragement to keep striving, ...
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Becoming a More Spiritual Person Part 1
Part 1 of 3 - Bodhinatha gives a second class during Guru Purnima on the role of the guru. Beginning with a glorious quote from Gurudeva about the spirit of ...
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Niyama 9 - Japa, Recitation
Bodhinatha speaks on the niyama of japa, the many dimensions of the sacred science of chanting a mantra, a holy syllable, word or sentence again and again. Often japa is ...
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Putting Gurudeva's Teachings to the Best Use, Part 2
Bodhinatha continues his Gurudeva mahasamadhi observances class with this part on how Gurudeva continues to influence us by his teachings. All who continue to put into practice the teachings he ...
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The Mission of the Mission - Our Monastic Order
Bodhinatha comments on lesson 331 from Living with Siva in which Gurudeva describes the spiritual inner work of his monastic order and the general guideline for how they live and ...
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Initiation from the Guru
Gurudeva tells how one may become a member of Saiva Siddhanta Church and tells about Coconut Money Tree and Hindu Heritage Endowment. Gurudeva tells a story about the value of ...
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State of the Church 2004
This morning Bodhinatha spoke following the guru puja held for Gurudeva's 77th jayanti. Bodhinatha shared with us the traditional annual "State of the Church" talk in which he called for 2004 to be ...
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When are We Ready for Initiation?
Today Gurudeva describes his ashram on the Garden Island of Kauai in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Then he answers a question about initiation, how one first becomes a ...
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Chanting Aum Namasivaya; Charity; Violent Video Games
Today Gurudeva answers questions about mantras and initiations, including Aum Namasivaya, about giving money to homeless people and about violence in America, especially as seen in yesterday's school shootings. He ...
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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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Meaning of Initiation
A provocative question comes in to Gurudeva today about taking initiation from a Guru. What happens if that Guru passes? Do we need to take another initiation from a living ...
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Our True Identity, Part 1
Gurudeva answers a deep question from an e-devotee today. The question was a long one about what is our real identity at the deepest level. Gurudeva answered in the context ...
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Our True Identity, Part 2
Today we conclude Gurudeva's answer to the question about the nature of our soul. Gurudeva discusses our realization of the deepest parts of our being, Satchidananda and Parasiva, as well ...
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Mantrams and initiations
Today Gurudeva answers questions about mantras and initiations, including Aum Namasivaya, about giving money to homeless people and about violence in America, especially as seen in yesterday's school shootings. He ...