Obstacles

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    Bodhinatha's June 2013 Mid-West Trip Part 6

    After Minnesota, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami traveled to Ontario, Canada, to visit the Hindu Temple of Windsor and the home of one of his formal sishyas. Windsor is just across the ...

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    Persistence and Push (Planning, part III)

    An upadesha by Bodhinatha: May 19, 2011 Bodhinatha explains how to perfect an enterprise or task with deliberate thoughtfulness. It entails having a clear purpose,wise plan, persistence and giving the ...

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    Overcoming Disappointment

    Overcoming disappointment - An Upadesha given by Bodhinatha at Kadavul temple on June 17 2011 Discouragement, depression and despair are obstacles to all human endeavours. The goal of a seeker ...

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    Willpower and Concentration (An upadesha by Bodhinatha)

    An Upadesha given by Bodhinatha on March 14 2011 Bodhinatha explains the relationship between our inner and outer life. Continuity of efforts made in both our inner and outer life ...

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    Becoming Centered

    We welcome Swami Pragyanand from New Delhi, India. Merging with Siva talks about being thrown off center. Being off center is not a negative thing. It is a spiritual opportunity ...

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    Karma Management Part 2

    Review of part 1 plus... Fifth principle: create no negative karmas. Refrain from actions that will create negative karmas. Promise to. Sixth principle: Mitigate past karma. As long as we're ...

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    Moksha, Realizing God

    There is a misconception that one day we are experiencing zero percent God, then the next moment we are experiencing 100 percent God. Enlightenment doesn't just happen in an instant. ...

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    Need for Religion Part 1

    Gurudeva said there is a need for religion. Gurudeva at first just taught meditation, but then later he started teaching devotion and had everyone building temples. Gurudeva realized his devotees ...

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    Karma Management and Ganesha

    With karma management it is important to apply our philosophical understanding to our life in order for it to really benefit us. A new concept is"divinely influence karma." Through the ...

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    Anger and Meditation part 1

    Bodhinatha talks today on how important smooth interpersonal relationships are to the meditator. If our relationships with others are in poor shape, they will come up from our subconscious mind ...

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    Anger (Sneaky) part 2

    In part one of a more detailed talk on anger, Bodhinatha shares with us the effectiveness of some advice he recently gave to someone about the effect of angry episodes ...

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    Anger (Cold Shoulder) part 3

    In part two of this second talk on anger, Bodhinatha goes into the second rung on the ladder of anger, "the cold shoulder." He summarizes the first two rungs by discussing the ...

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    Non-stealing or Non-coveting Part 1

    Bodhinatha continues today with the yamas, the Vedic restraints, with number three, nonstealing, neither stealing, nor coveting nor entering into debt. Though the grossest form of asteya, stealing other people's ...

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    Non-stealing or Non-coveting Part 2

    Bodhinatha talks today on not coveting, an aspect of the yama asteya, nonstealing. Gurudeva described it as owning something mentally and emotionally without actually owning it physically. This easily leads ...

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    Non-stealing or Non-coveting Part 3

    Bodhinatha discusses how to harness desire and conquering the tendency to steal or covet by doing its opposite, giving, which is the niyama of dana. Giving brings true happiness, as ...

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    Vows (Foundation) part 1 of 4

    Bodhinatha talks about the necessity of a proper foundation for spiritual progress, drawing on the example of how skyscrapers are built. This was Gurudeva's strong message when he returned from ...

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    Karma Management Day 3, Part 2

    2002 Kauai Innersearch Day 3, Part 2 Bodhinatha introduces two new concepts about karma, more about astrology and the concept of karmas being active or inactive. ...

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    Karma Management Day 3, Part 3

    2002 Kauai Innersearch Day 3, Part 3 Bodhinatha unveils the 5th principle of Karma Management, "create no new negative karmas." This involves making a promise to ourselves, a vrata of a sort. To fulfill ...

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    Karma Management Day 4, Part 2

    2002 Kauai Innersearch Day 4, Part 2 Bodhinatha gives us two final correct concepts about karma, that we are creating our future in the present and that the ultimate future ...

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    When Everything Seems to Go Wrong

    Everyone has days when everything seems to go wrong. Bodhinatha emphasizes that we must recognize that days like this happen and not have an unrealistic idea that all days are ...

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    Identify with Pure Awareness

    Bodhinatha delves into the nature of awareness, describing that we are not the states of consciousness we experience, rather we are pure awareness that experiences or travels through different areas ...

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    Yama 5 - Kshama, Patience

    Yama number 5 - kshama, patience. The youth group in Malaysia is focusing on the yamas and niyamas as the basics for successful temple worship. There are many opportunities to ...

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    Your Self-Concept; You Are A Divine Soul

    Focus on being a soul, not the body, mind and emotions. When we think of ourselves as a soul we're able to move forward and get closer and closer to ...

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    Chakras In Relation to the Gods

    An important feature of Saiva Siddhanta is the mixing of Monism and Theism. Worshiping in the temple and meditating are inter-related quite dynamically. In our tradition the kundalini force requires ...

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    Patanjali - Overcoming Obstacles with Concentration and Friendliness

    Bodhinatha discusses Patanjali's description of the eight obstacles to progress in Raja Yoga. He discusses two of Patanjali's solutions. One is concentration that comes from an intense interest in the ...

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    Face and Accept Karma; Three Ways to Mitigate Karma

    Human nature is very strange in that we tend to blame others when things go poorly. Avoid that. Accept whatever happens as our own creation. Karma can be mitigated or ...

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    Sadasivanathaswami Innersearch Class - reaction

    A class given by Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami during the 2014 Mauritius Innersearch. He discusses reaction and how, while we might not control what happens to us, we are completely in control ...

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    Patience with karma. Double your Practice.

    Ashramas in family life keep us busy up to age 72 but then there's more time; double your disciplines in purely spiritual pursuits. Be around others striving spiritually. Have confidence ...

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    The Conscious Mind: Shrouding the Soul Body

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    The Conscious Mind: Conscious and Subconscious

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    The Subconscious Mind: Resolving Past Experiences

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    The Subconscious Mind: Facing Old Memories

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    The Subconscious Mind: Never Fear The Past

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    The Subconscious Mind: Meditation's Great Obstacle

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    The Sub of the Subconscious Mind: Where One Plus One Equals Three

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    The Sub of the Subconscious Mind: Resolution In Dreams

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    The Sub of the Subconscious Mind: Helpmate or Hindrance?

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    Color's Magic: Charging Your Aura with Prana

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    Understanding Karma

    Mitigate karma by living a religious life, being disciplined, following dharma, being of service, accepting responsibility. We create the future by how we act in the present, wisely, through introspection, ...

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    Understanding Karma

    Mitigate karma by living a religious life, being disciplined, following dharma, being of service, accepting responsibility. We create the future by how we act in the present, wisely, through introspection, ...

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    Sleep and Dreams: Shared Dreams; Inner Darkness

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    Karma, the Natural Law: The Law of Cause and Effect

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    Karma, the Natural Law: How We Face Our Karma

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    Consistency, Continuity, Learning from Mistakes

    Nalif: The continuity of vibration from one shumnuhm or puja to another. Regret from making a mistake is the greatest obstacle to intuiting the lesson from an experience. The essence ...

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    The Faithful Computer

    Master Course Recording. Chapter 6. Defining subconscious. Reprogramming subconscious mind. Using affirmation. Reprogram subconscious. Work with the hands. Defines sub-subconscious. Study Guide: Continue to keep your appointment with yourself every ...

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    Cultivating Will Power

    Master Course Recording. Chapter 9. Six steps to Self Realization. Gurudeva describes moving awareness from attention to samadhi. Swimming pool metaphor. Cultivate willpower. Discover willpower. Awareness = Willpower = Energy. ...

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    Physical Injury; Daily Sadhana

    A cyberspace devotee asks about the injury that Gurudeva sustained in his back in December 2000 and how one should face physical difficulties. Gurudeva says that if one associated himself ...

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    Good Money, Bad Money

    A cyberspace devotee from the US asks about the nature of bad money. Gurudeva explains that there are two kinds of bad money. ...

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    Kauai's love for Gurudeva

    Gurudeva taught us the importance of giving to the community in which we live, and Bodhinatha discusses various activities that the monastery is involved in with the local island community. ...

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    Fostering Steadfastness

    Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from lesson 21 of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's book "Living with Siva," which discusses the important quality of "dhriti," or "steadfastness." Satguru elaborates on the application of dhriti in our ...