Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Satguru Śivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Śiva.
“The Hindu does not have to die to have a final judgment or to enter into heaven, for heaven is a state of mind and being fully existent in every human being this very moment. There are people walking on this Earth today who are living in heaven, and there are those who are living in hellish states as well. All that the Hindu has to do is go to the temple. As soon as he goes to the temple, to a pūjā, he is contacting the divine forces. During the pūjā, he is totally judged by the Deity. All of his karma is brought current and he goes away feeling good. Or he might go away feeling guilty. That is good, too, because then he performs penance, prāyaśchitta, and resolves unseemly karma quickly.“
Additionally, today also marks 99 years since our late Gurudeva’s birth day in 1927. Here are some words he uttered in 2001 regarding diplomacy and discriminating speech.
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This was very timely. Thank you, Gurudeva.
Jai Gurudeva the magnificent . . .
Left no stone unturned. No subject taboo . . . for all who approached Him, He reached down into darkness mire, and pulled untold thousands into Spirit’s fire.