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Prapatti and Bhakti Yoga
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-09-05
Devotion is a calm, intelligent expression of love for the Deity. Emotion means excitement. Create a closeness to...
Esoterics of Worship and Psychic Exploration.
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-08-30
Gurudeva was able to see the three worlds connecting in the temple. Puja and worship enables the beings...
Standing in God's Presence
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-08-22
In the normal process of prayer, sometimes, our thoughts are not that clear, concentrated or powerful. Written prayer...
The Four Perspectives of the Mind
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-08-01
Awareness, energy, willpower are the same thing. Interest-awareness can shift energy levels. Strengthening willpower. Inner and outer willpower...
The Meditator: Remolding the Subconscious
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-07-15
Through deliberate effort we don't have to think the way we think; to remember the things about the...
Being dynamic in meditation
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-07-02
With successful meditation our external point of reference changes and we become aware of ourselves as a spiritual...
From Darkness to Light
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-06-16
The light of understanding is the foundation for the bright light of spiritual perception. The self-concept of Divine...
Lotus of the Heart and Simshumbisi
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-06-09
A reading from "Merging With Siva" titled: "The Lotus of the Heart," shows the way to "Opening an inner door for awareness to flow through;" followed by a parallel Shum lesson highlighting...
The Clear White Light
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-06-02
Selections from: "Merging With Siva," "The Clear White Light," with bhashya on components such as: Our own greatness and spiritual potential, worry and...
Awareness and Observation
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-05-17
Upadesha on "Wisdom's Path." All states of consciousness already exist. There is just one mind. Pure awareness does not...
Awareness in context of the Shum language
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-05-11
Bhashya on "Merging With Siva: The Story of Awareness." "We can put awareness, which we are, into the state of consciousness we choose to put it in if we keep control of our mind." Shum images that describe awareness and awareness traveling in the higher dimensions are discussed...
The River of Life
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-05-04
Recap of trip to Michigan for the Council of Hindu Temples of North America and receiving the Sanatana...
Sustaining and Deepening Meditation Utilizing Shum
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-04-25
Lesson One from Merging With Siva is read with bhashya and emphasis on the externalities of the world,...
State of the Church 2007
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-04-18
Planning for the future. Shum Mamsani booklet in progress includes: Story of Shum language, states of awareness, meditations,...
The role of the sannyasin in world stabilization.
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-03-27
The monastery's internal approach to improving the world by achieving and sustaining spiritual consciousness. Readings from Saiva Dharma...
The State of the World
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-03-20
Three viewpoints on the state of the world: trying to improve it, being realistic about trying to change...
Mamsani-Basic Shum Mind Maps
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-03-13
To energize the mamsani, monthly meditations on them to commence shortly. Bhashya on four vibratory rates of our...
Spiritualizing life and giving
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-03-05
Dividing life into spiritual and non-spiritual is flawed. Separation of work and worship is a western perspective. Spiritual...
Aadheenam update on evolving projects for 2007
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-02-25
Bodhinatha shares a casual but highly informative update on the future -- educational, digital initiatives and upcoming travels...
Enduring Happiness
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-02-18
Redirecting and transmuting desire is discussed for the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of Yogaswami's Mahasamadhi. How to...
Maha Sivaratri: Who Am I?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-02-15
The essence of Mahasivaratri is to have a deeper experience of God. 'Who Am I?' is explored going...
Nine Ways of Merging with Siva
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-02-11
This is the last talk given immediately before Mahasivaratri. In this Bodhinatha reads from Merging with Siva about...
Kaif: Awareness Aware of Itself.
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-02-04
The reading of a talk by Gurudeva on kaif, awareness aware of itself, which includes techniques to achieve...
The Advaitin: The Beginning of the Shum Language
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-01-27
The transcript for today's talk includes Bodhinatha's "Introduction to Shum" which was given on January 5th. Technical problems prevented recording...
The Sixth and Seventh Dimensions
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-01-20
Excerpts from Gurudeva's original writings explaining the sixth dimension: The superconscious plane, the heart of the generative and...
The Fifth Dimension
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2007-01-12
Before we reach the sixth and seventh dimensions we experience the fifth dimension. Yet this can be experienced...
Four perspectives mentioned in the Shum language
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2006-12-29
Bodhinatha begins with a brief history of Chidambaram. He also mentions that we will celebrate Gurudeva's vision which...
The Fourth Dimension
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2006-12-21
Bodhinatha reads from a thirty-seven year old talk about the nature of the fourth dimension. He explains that...
Introduction to "What is Hinduism?" found in Hinduism Today.
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2006-11-15
Bodhinatha describes the new book "What is Hinduism." He explains all of the reasons behind the production of this book...
Gurudeva and the Shum Language
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2006-11-14
The story of Gurudeva's unfoldment of the Shum language is related. Some effects and uses of the Shum...
The Mission of Our Mission
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2006-11-07
Bodhinatha pulls from Gurudeva's writings in his Trilogy extracts in explaining the nature of our order and its...
The World and Theism
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2006-10-31
The Saiva Siddhanta concept of the world is presented as well as bhashya on monism, theism, maya, moksha,...
Saiva Siddhanta A Path of Devotion and Meditation
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2006-10-23
Bodhinatha provides information on various sects of Saivam and then describes the padas of Nalupadasaivam which "are what each human soul must pass through in many births to attain its final goal of moksha." Mahavakyam...
Excerpts from prior talks
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2006-10-09
Bodhinatha distills portions of talks he has given in the past to present various topics: an analogy between...
Experiential Faith
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2006-10-01
Bodhinatha compares faith based on belief with the faith that comes from one's personal experience of God. Three...
Ganesha the Lord of Obstacles
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2006-08-27
Bodhinatha discourses on Ganesha, the Lord of Obstacles and gives effective ways to worship Lord Ganapati as He...