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What Is the Ideal Home?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-09-04
"Harmony is a fragile vibration which the family protects." Gurudeva expressed how deeply integral the Tirukural was to his teachings. It is not enough to take...
How Do We Treat the Environment?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-07-29
"The Divine is present everywhere and in all things. All Hindus feel they are guests on the planet with responsibilities to nature." Hindu prayers don't stop...
Why Are We Vegetarian?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-07-20
Vegetarianism: Man's natural and noble diet with a minimum of hurt to other beings. The object of nutrition...
Why Do We Practice Ahimsa?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven 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...
How Do We Meditate? Part 2
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-06-14
"Adjust yourself to the realization that you are a divine being, a self-effulgent, radiant being of light." Jyoti is the Sanskrit word for inner light. To bestow on devotees terms that were more specific,...
How Do We Meditate? Part 1
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-06-08
"Meditation is a long journey, a pilgrimage into the mind itself." In Gurudeva's approach we start meditation with the physical body then get more and more subtle, withdrawing...
What Is Meditation?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-05-23
Meditation is the study of awareness, of yourself and of the universe, experiencing the soul. The purpose of...
What Is Japa?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-05-16
Japa links Siddhanta with Vedanta, being a monist and a theist at the same time. Quieting the mind,...
What Is Yoga?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-04-24
Gurudeva stresses the importance of cultivating devotion to Siva incorporating the yamas and the niyamas, performing atmartha puja....