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September 12, 2003"Hinduism demands deep devotion through bhakti yoga in the kriya pada, softening the intellect and unfolding love. In kriya, the second stage of religiousness, our sadhana, which was mostly external in charya, is now also internal. Kriya, literally "action or rite," is a stirring of the soul in awareness of...
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August 31, 2003Today was Chitra puja day for this month. A quiet pada puja was held at Kauai Aadheenam in the early morning hours. Our Beloved and Revered Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Attained Maha Samadhi on November 12th, 2001Click to read for Details. We are pleased to announce the web release of Satguru...
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August 30, 2003Happy Ganesha Chaturthi to you all! Today Lord Ganesha's birthday is being celebrated here in America and tomorrow in Mauritius. We have lots of photos from Bodhinatha's mission, which has been these past few days, visiting with the extended families in Mauritius. Gurudeva worked hard to re-establish the extended family...
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August 29, 2003"Our soul is God Siva's emanational creation, the source of all our higher functions, including knowledge, will and love. Our soul is neither male nor female. It is that which never dies, even when its four outer sheaths-- physical, pranic, instinctive and mental--change form and perish as they naturally do....
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August 28, 2003"Good evening! It is wonderful to be in Mauritius and see how strong Saivism is here. You have the advantage, not enjoyed in countries like Sri Lanka and Malaysia, that Hindus form the majority of the population of this beautiful island nation. This makes it possible for you to set...
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August 25, 2003Ganesha Chaturthi falls this year on August 30th. It's one of the biggest Hindu festivals. Gurudeva popularized the Ganesha Visarjana (immersion of Ganesha images on Ganesha Chaturthi) among his devotees and promoted it widely as a "Hindu Solidarity" event in Australia where is now observed every year. In Mauritius we...
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August 24, 2003"Devotion in Hinduism is known as bhakti. It is an entire realm of knowledge and practice unto itself, ranging from the child-like wonder of the unknown and the mysterious to the deep reverence which comes with understanding of the esoteric interworkings of the three worlds. " Gurudeva Our Beloved and...
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August 23, 2003"We strive to understand the mind in its fourfold nature: chitta, consciousness; manas, instinctive mind; buddhi, intellectual mind; and ahamkara, ego or I-maker. We perform japa, meditation and yoga each day. Such spiritual discipline is known as sadhana. It is the mystical, mental, physical and devotional exercise that enables us...