Results for: Bodhinatha, audio, karma

Colors Magic: Sing to the Baby - Karma Mitigation

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2022-07-15

Seed karmas of the child can be harmonized, mitigated and lightened through religious songs and by flooding the...

Aura, the Fourth Aspect of Man

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2022-04-25

The human aura is the colorful spectrum that registers reactionary patterns of the instinctive mind. Fear, anger and...

Life, the Great Experience - Clear White Light - Part 3

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2021-11-05

The clear white light is always there, it's covered up; pranayama quiets the mind of thought and purifies...

Life, the Great Experience - Dharma - Part 2

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2021-10-30

Gurudeva: "Liberation comes when dharma has been well-performed, all our karmas are resolved and God has been fully realized." The soul body is maturing through experience in the world. Every experience is a good experience...

Awareness and Omnipresence-Yoga Sutras, Part 2

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2021-01-14

Patanjali: "Yoga is the restraint of mental activities. Then awareness abides in its essential nature." Awareness disunites with mental activities. Disunion also takes place in deep meditation, the sustained experience of...

Learn, Serve, Meditate, Surrender

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2020-04-16

God Siva is the energy within us. "God is the Life of our life." The experiences in the world, facing its challenges are giving...

How Do We Observe Pilgrimage?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2019-01-29

Set aside ordinary affairs, prepare inwardly, get into the spirit of pilgrimage "... a special cherished time to take problems and prayers to God." The shakti and blessings are...

How Do We Visit the Temple?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2018-12-24

Be close to God by going to the temple. By shifting our minds to our religion the flow...

How Do We Practice Karma Yoga?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2018-11-08

ray to Lord Ganesha before beginning work. Turn everything you do into selfless service, seva, karma yoga. Work...

What Are Our Saiva Forehead Marks?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2018-09-27

The three stripes of vibhuti across the forehead signify trying to purify ourselves from the influence of anava,...

Path to Siva Audiobook

A richly illustrated catechism of Saiva Siddhanta for youth, drawn from the Master Course Trilogy, exploring how to...

Why Do We Practice Ahimsa?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2018-07-14

"Ahimsa is called the mahavrata, the great vow." Not harming others, is three-fold: thought, word and deed. Because you see God in everyone you would...

What Are Our Five Core Practices?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2018-02-09

The pancha nitya karmas are spiritual practices for all Hindus: worship, holy days, pilgrimage, dharma and rites of...

What Is Our Code of Conduct? Niyamas

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2018-02-02

In Patanjali's comments on the niyamas he speaks on religious action, kriya, bringing about samadhi and attenuating the...

What Is Our Code of Conduct? Yamas

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2018-01-26

"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...

What is Reincarnation?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2017-11-06

The destiny of all souls without exception is moksha. To achieve moksha we need to engage in the...

What Is Karma?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2017-09-14

"There are three kinds of karma: the karma of all deeds done in our past lives; the karmas we bring into this birth to experience; and the karmas we are making by our actions now." Karma is an automatic system of divine justice. Karma is self-created destiny; a consequence or fruit of...

Who is Lord Murugan?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2017-06-18

The blessings of Lord Murugan awaken wisdom which resides in his chakra. "Pray to Lord Murugan to unravel the great mysteries of the universe." When we get emotional we...

Why Are We Not All-Knowing Like Siva?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2017-05-04

The three bonds/pashas, given by Lord Siva: karma, maya and anava, are there to mature the soul. At...

Four Stages On the Path of Personal Evolution

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2017-02-24

The soul body takes many lifetimes to mature. The height of divine consciousness: There is no difference between...

What Are Siva's Traditional Forms

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2017-01-28

"Every form is a form of Siva." The Sivalinga symbolizes Siva's formless state. Yantras for Siva temples involve the Panchakshara Mantra. Kadavul represents Si,...

Who Is Siva?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2017-01-07

Lord Siva is the Supreme Being of the universe, not one of many gods. To Saivites Siva is...

Accept the World, Take Responsibility

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2016-07-28

What is happening in the world is supposed to be happening, not because God wants it to happen...

Temples, Monasteries, Peace

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2016-06-22

A temple helps you be a more peaceful person, live more deeply inside and into our soul nature....

Bondage: Anava, Karma, Maya

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2016-06-06

Why aren't we with God Siva? Bondage: anava, karma and maya. The law of karma is teaching us...

Moksha and The Two Paths

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2016-03-17

Moksha's three aspects: fully realizing God, resolving karma, performing dharma well. The advanced soul. Through many lives, have...

Focus on Moving Forward Toward Moksha

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2016-02-24

Facing challenges that are difficult cause us to mature spiritually. Doing what is next, our personal path of...

Resolve, Mitigate, Dissolve Karma

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2015-12-20

Internalizing and externalizing. Turning within, we're uplifting ourselves. Astrology choreographs and spreads out our karma. Purification, focus on...

Handling Life's Experiences

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2015-06-25

The three gunas: brightness (satya,) activity (rajas), inertia (tamas). Each soul needs a certain amount of experience before...

Progressive Stages of Practice

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2015-02-27

The progressive practice of karma, bhakti and raja yogas. Suffering is caused by our own improper, unwise action,...

Harnessing Reaction; Live in the Box of Dharma

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2015-01-07

Responding and handling karma when feeling mistreated. The goal: insight into our self, get into a more refined...

Face and Accept Karma; Three Ways to Mitigate Karma

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-12-30

Human nature is very strange in that we tend to blame others when things go poorly. Avoid that....

How Is All Karma Finally Resolved If We Make Karma in Each Life?

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-11-16

Bodhinatha answers an interesting question: if we are making karma in each life, how can we ever possibly...

Karma Management Review

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-04-17

Moksha includes resolving karma. Even if you realize God, if you have karma you haven't resolved, you're going...

Nine Ways to Merge With Siva

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-02-27

On Mahasivaratri, February 27, 2014, Satguru Bodhinathaswami comments on Gurudeva's introduction to Merging with Siva, where he elucidates...

Resentment; Control of Speech; Responding Kindly

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Given On: 2014-01-25

"Realize That God Is Love." Resentment is a barrier in spiritual life. Accept the Hindu point of view, that whatever happens to...