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June 20, 2004"The wise implore us to accept things as they are, to be happy and content at every point in time." --Gurudeva Don't Miss the Show! Join Us for the Gala Cultural Iraivan Temple Benefit Click for more Info... We bring you today a series of photos from Bodhinatha's earlier stay...
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June 19, 2004We have a flood of photos arriving now from Canada, Mauritius and from the previous trip back East. We will have to spread these out over several days. Here at the Aadheenam, the focus is now on the coming Guru Purnima festival which will take place at the end of...
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June 18, 2004Gurudeva presents the "Drug Free Kauai" CD that he had his monks prepare for distribution to the community as one of the Aadheenam's ongoing contributions to the Kauai community. Today we bring you photos from Bodhinatha's stay in Edmonton, with captions sent by Paramacharya Ceyonswami. Shortly after Bodhinatha's arrival in...
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June 15, 2004"After the meditation is over, work to refine every attribute of your nature. Learn to work and work joyfully, for all work is good. Learn to be happy by seeking happiness, not from others but from the depths of the soul itself. In your daily life, observe the play of...
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June 14, 2004The dharmic way is to look within and bring out the latent contentment that is already there by doing nothing to inhibit its natural expression, as santosha, the mood of the soul, permeates out through every cell of the physical body. Contentment is one of the most difficult qualities to...
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June 13, 2004"First we need to know, deep inside ourselves, who is the Supreme God. Is He Siva? Is He Vishnu, Krishna, or is She Durga? Having made that determination, we can gather like-minded people together to design and build a temple to our Supreme God." --Gurudeva Bodhinatha leaves for Canada early...
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June 12, 2004Sun 2 of a quiet phase, tomorrow is Ashram Sadhana day and on Sun 4 (Monday) Bodhinatha leaves for seven days to Vancouver and Edmonton, Canada. At lunch today, Saravananathaswami shared news of travel plans to Canada and also his work on the schedule for the Guru Purnima schedule at...
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June 11, 2004"Goals are generally not used in spiritual life, because the inner mechanism of goal setting is not clearly understood. Dynamic, successful people who go into business for themselves have to have a positive, aggressive plan and keep their lives in a good routine to achieve success. The most prominent among...