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February 12, 2004Today's innersearch story continues with our stay in Tanjavur and calls to mind these words of Gurudeva: "Saivism is ancient, truly ageless, for it has no beginning. It is the precursor of the many-faceted religion now termed Hinduism. Scholars trace the roots of Siva worship back more than 8,000 years...
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February 11, 2004Our series of images from Tanjavur today take us up, up into the perspective of the millennium and these words of Gurudeva take on super-solid meaning... "There are many people in the world today intent on taking your religion away from you. Saivites have the greatest and philosophically most comprehensive...
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February 10, 2004Gurudeva would say, "If you want to get to know me you must first get to know my friends, Lord Ganesha, Lord Murugan and Lord Siva." Many Innersearchers had read the book "Loving Ganesha" and queried us about any writing on Lord Murugan. Well, such a book has been thought...
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January 31, 2004Gurudeva with his walking staff. He writes in Merging with Siva, "The final goal of human life is realization and liberation -- realization of the Absolute, Unmanifest, Parasiva, Nirguna Brahman, and liberation from birth. This realization cannot be brought about solely by an effort of the mind, by any discipline...
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January 30, 2004Gurudeva on the beach in Kapaa town. He came here daily for many years to work on his books. In Living with Siva, he wrote, "If you ever becomes discouraged and wonder about the path, remember that there are three pillars of Hinduism that will keep you on the path:...
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January 27, 2004Gurudeva is out by the Iraivan foundation, shortly after the concrete placement was completed. In Living with Siva, Gurudeva writes, "Life as we normally live it, says Vedanta, is based on ignorance of our true nature. We are like pedigreed animals wallowing in the mud, believing we are swine, divine...
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January 26, 2004Gurudeva on the coral reef outside the condominium where he did much of his editing work in the afternoon. In Merging with Siva, Gurudeva wrote, "Even when God Realization is attained, the soul body continues to evolve in this and other worlds until it merges with the Primal Soul, as...
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January 25, 2004Every day following the early morning puja for Gurudeva and the monks in Kadavul Temple, Gurudeva would come to the Yogaswami shrine in the adjacent Guru temple, place flowers upon the bronze statue of Yogaswami and worship his guru. A satguru, we are reminded in the lexicon of Living with...