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December 12, 2003Sadhu Paksha, Day 12 Only about 1 month left before the departure to India for the Innersearch. Our two main coordinators will be going to California in advance: ===================== It is not often that Gurudeva's swamis are in California, but this will happen briefly on January 15. Paramacharya Palaniswami is...
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December 11, 2003Sadhu Paksha, Day 11 A wonderful day in Siva's perfect universe. The monastics are working diligently on a million details for the Innersearch Indian Odyssey 2004, with several in India traveling from temple to temple to arrange our special visits and pujas, our cultural events, our meager (SMILE) meals and...
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December 10, 2003Sadhu Paksha Day Ten: We are back from a 3-day retreat... Here's a little story. Several years ago, Gurudeva asked Natarajnathaswami to teach a young man in the monastery, who could not read English, the basics of Saivism from Dancing with Siva. Natarajnathaswami is also quite and artist and to...
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November 29, 2003"Each Saivite is unique in his or her quest, yet all seek the same things in life: to be happy and secure, loved and appreciated, creative and useful. Saivism has an established culture which fulfills these essential human wants and helps us understand the world and our place in it....
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November 28, 2003It's a quiet day at the Aadheenam. Everyone is working intently on their duties. Join Bodhinatha in Malaysia! Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami will be traveling through Malaysia on his pilgrimage to India in 2004. Please join him and his devotees for a gala event in KL. Monday, Jan 19th, 2004 Kalamandapam,...
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November 27, 2003"Hold your consciousness high, keep your mind alive and alert so that your soul is alive and alert. You have heard me say many times, "Observation is the first awakening of the soul." If your observation is intense and accurate, your mind is not bothered and you are not regretting...
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November 26, 2003Gurudeva some years ago with the latest iBook computer. He always encouraged the monks to keep up-to-date with the latest tools, while being careful to make sure the kept their proper place in our lives. "The computer is just like the mind. It has memory, a certain amount of reasoning...
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November 25, 2003"Santosha is the goal; dharma, good conduct, remains the director of how you should act and respond to fulfill your karma. This goal is attainable by following the ten Vedic restraints: not harming others by thought, word or deed, refraining from lying, not entering into debt, being tolerant with people...