"We have three eyes. We see with our physical eyes and then we think about what we have seen. Going into meditation, we see with our third eye our thoughts.
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Gurudeva
Gurudeva, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Founder of Kauai's Hindu Monastery
Our December 2011 news video covers events in November, including progress on the giant Hanuman statue to be placed near the San Marga Iraivan Temple, events with Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami in Malaysia and Mauritius, development of ebook editions of the monastery’s publications and the visit of one of the senior priests from Chidambaram Temple in Tamil Nadu, India.
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Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Jan/Feb/Mar 2012 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. If we start at the beginning and work systematically, we can replace undesirable qualities with their opposites. Watch the video below.
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Our November 2011 news video covers events in October, including: two swamis’ attendance at the Uberoi Foundation’s 2011 Experts Meeting at Loyola Marymount University where they released our book “The History of Hindu India;” the gathering of nearly 100 people from around the world on Kauai for four days of celebrations of Gurudeva’s life and remembrances of his mahasamadhi a decade ago; testimony from Aran Veylan about Gurudeva instructing him to start the Mahaganapati Temple in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; photos of the Nandi and yalli handrails for Iraivan Temple; an update on our “Save the Agamas” project in India; and a major upgrade to the monastery electrical system by the monks, volunteer Easvan Param and the island electric company.
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Feel Gurudeva’s shakti, absorb the blessings, touch his feet as if you were there.
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The Singaporean devotees brought with them the new Raja Mela Thalam which the Aadheenam purchased for Kadavul Temple. The Thalam was manufactured in Kanchipuram and shipped to Singapore. There the devotees dismantled it to fit in their luggage.
Here it is being re-assembled.
What is it? You are probably asking. This is an automatic drum, bell, cymbal machine! Truly fun! Quite cool, and not the least bit hilarious when you see it running! If you have experienced one of these in use in a Hindu temple before, you will know what we’re talking about.
Sannyasin Senthilnathaswami, Bhani Karthigesu and Dohadeva Samugam are reassembling it.
First: the bells must be put back on.
Bhani took photos of everything before taking it apart in Singapore. Yoginathaswami jumps in to help with the assembly.
Bells are on. Next the cymbals.
And finally the 24-inch brass drum.
We got a 110 volt to 220 volt converter and are ready to plug it in.
Yes, it works!
And it is really loud! Everyone plugs their ears, and you can hear it everywhere in the Aadheenam, and beyond. Enjoy the video below!
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Our October 2011 news video covers events in August and September, including: Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami’s travels to Trinidad and Guyana; the release of our latest book, The Guru Chronicles; two swamis’ presentations at the Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference in Columbus, Ohio; an interview in Toronto with Dr. James George, who knew Yogaswami when he was stationed as the Canadian High Commissioner to Ceylon in the early 1960s; the visit of Shivarathri Desikendra Mahaswamiji of JSS Suttur Math in Mysore, India; and brainstorming sessions with leading web design firm Happy Cog for the monastery’s completely overhauled website to be launched at the beginning of 2012.
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The history of India and Hinduism is taught in 6th and 7th grade social studies classes to nearly 4 million American children each year, along with the history of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and sometimes Jainism. The course material on Hinduism is negative in tone and scholastically deficient. This presentation will explain how the course material is created and adopted, and how Hindus can improve the process.
Presented by Acharya Arumuganathaswami, managing editor of Hinduism Today, at the Uberoi Conference, held October 1, 2011, at Loyola-Marymount University in Los Angeles, October 1, 2011. The History of Hindu India described in the presentation was given an award at the conference. You may purchase it by clicking here.
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Here is a short, trendy video by the Hindu Students Association, from their QuickFire series. They asked Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami to talk about how to live a fulfilling life, from the Hindu perspective. We shot it at the monastery, and they edited and released it on their YouTube channel. Enjoy!
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Inspired Talk: Title: Niyama Ten: Tapas
Category: Soul Duration: 15 min, 4 secs
Date Given: 2012-01-11
Given by: Bodhinatha
Description:
Tapas is to practice austerity, serious disciplines, penance and sacrifice which increases the speed at which we are moving forward on the spiritual path. Daily sadhanas and penance to atone for misdeeds are obligatory. Austerities, assigned and overseen by a guru, give a great sense of release from the past, a profounder understanding of the path and deepening of one's worship and meditation. Meditation on Ishana and Tatpurusha: veiling and revealing grace. All along we are Siva and finally that dawns on us.
