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More of Satguru’s Activity in Mauritius

This second image collection shows Satguru giving second vishesha diksha (blessing and directive to personally perform puja daily) to a SSC sishya, then giving mantra diksha (blessing and directive to change 108 Namasivaya daily) to three SSC sishyas.

On subsequent days Satguru met individually with more devotee families and had a afternoon interview with Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation at their studio in Port Louis for a show called Encounter. The interviewer focused exclusively on philosophical questions. Satguru also met with the American Ambassador to Mauritius, Henry Jardine. His previous posts include Calcutta, where he learned Bengali, and Bangkok, where he learned some Thai. He is quite knowledgeable in the current state of Hinduism. 

A couple of young sishyas also produced a short video highlighting the monthly Ganesha Homa at our Spiritual Park and interspersed commentary given by Satguru and Shanmuganathaswami a few days ago. Here is the video

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August 2025 Chitra Padapuja

Jai Gurudeva!

Early this morning, our monks celebrated August’s Chitra nakshatra with our monthly padapuja to Gurudeva. This was the first time Sadhaka Sabanatha performed the puja as the main pujari, with Sadhaka Shankaranatha assisting. Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami is traveling, but our monks and island members attended, invoking the love and blessings of Gurudeva. Aum.

“We do not follow the way of words, which is repeating from memory verses and stanzas of scripture with meager mental interpretations of their meaning. We follow the way of transformational spiritual unfoldment. We follow the mārga of sādhana and tapas.” – Gurudeva

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Bodhinatha Arrives in Mauritius

On August 22 Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and Shanmuganathaswami arrived in Mauritius for a five-day visit with our members. He was greeted by devotees at the airport and later paraded by a large group through the Spiritual Park with drums and conch shells, and lots of melodious chanting. There were multiple events, initiations, ground-breaking, wedding blessings, upadeshas and gatherings.

Bodhinatha sent a note despite how busy he has been:

“Aloha, everyone! From 9 AM to noon Satsang at the Spiritual Park was arranged for members and a few devotees. Perhaps 150 attended. A Ganesha Arati fwas ollowed by a ground-breaking ceremony for the soon-to-be-built Gurudeva bronze shrine. Next was a full pada puja followed by my talk on how rising through the chakras is like climbing Mt. Everest. Next we had two Vishesha Dikshas and three Samaya Dikshas. The morning concluded with vibhuti blessings and lots of photos with individual families.”

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New Digital Picture Frame

Adjacent to our monastery kitchen is what we call the Kopi Kadai, a small area with beverage facilities and breakfast buffet counter. A couple decades ago we had a painting on the wall, and then shifted to a digital slideshow picture frame once that came on the market. It served us for quite a while until finally the screen lighting died, so we just got a new frame and are adding many photos and paintings to it.

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Merging with Siva Translated to French

A big “Thank you” to SSC sishya Rajen Manick for undertaking the French translation of Merging with Siva, Hinduism’s Contemporary Metaphysics. Spanning a couple years, he spent countless hours in Mauritius—and during a taskforce seva period at Kauai Aadheenam— to carefully translate the Introduction, 365 daily lessons, the resource sections such as Cognizantability, and the glossary. We know this will help the large French-speaking world get further introduced to Gurudeva’s insights.

You can read on the website or download a PDF or ePub here.

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