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"Anna purne sada purne
Sankara prana vallabhe
Jnana, vairagya siddyartham
Bhiksham dehi cha Parvati
Mata cha Parvati devi..."

It is a beautiful prayer to the Divine Mother, source of life, the fullness of Being, begging that by this food we might also be blessed with vital energy, wisdom, detachment, spiritual power, the fellowship of Siva Bhaktars... and more.

Cybertalk: This is part eleven of a radio interview conducted by Loni Petranek with Gurudeva. Today Gurudeva and Loni talk more about the new resurgence of the mother spirit.

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Date: March_11_2001
Title: Gurudeva Interviewed by Loni Petranek, Part V
Category: The Guru
Duration: 3 min., 40 seconds
Date Given: August 20, 2000

Gurudeva: Similarly, if a movie star acting out some violent portrayal of a part, causes somebody else to do that, the karma comes back on him. The producer, the writer, the camera people, everybody shares a little bit of that very bad karma. So, that is kind of scary, fooling around with the law of karma.

Loni: Well, I am glad you brought that up, because many people don't take responsibility for their actions, thoughts, words and deeds. I think, that is a very important thing to bring up in the CD.

Gurudeva: Yes, taking responsibility and knowing the consequences of the actions. Like, no kid will ride a 50 foot wave because he knows the consequence of that action. Well, taking ice ruins the brain, that is the consequence there. You become a walking zombie eventually or go to free room and board, with Warden Neal at KCCC.

Loni: Yes, yes. Also, some of them actually do it when they are pregnant. So then, you are passing this on to the other generation.

Gurudeva: Exactly. So, this is an educational CD and it is to go to PTA members. In fact, 10 are going out to PTA members next week and then, they will have discussions about them. It is being supported with community funds, which is nice. Rotary Club, King Motor and other organizations.

Loni: Now, speaking about a vision in the future. You just started laying cement for this wonderful temple that you have envisioned. What was the intent of actually having this temple on Kauai?

Gurudeva: In India, there are many places of pilgrimage where you can go. No one takes a vacation there, they go on a pilgrimage. A vacation to a citizen of India is rather new. They go on a religious pilgrimage. They prepare for the pilgrimage. They take the children on the pilgrimage and that is how the religion is taught, with the people they meet along the way and so forth. So right now, we have millions of people from India, who are Hindus, in the United States, Europe, Singapore and Malaysia, who cannot find their way around in India or it is too expensive for them to fly from New York to India. Their children have never been to India because they have been born in America. But, they are of our religion. So, we have created a place of pilgrimage here on Kauai. Even now, every day we have 3 or 4 families, from India or of Indian origin, from Guyana, or Malaysia, or Singapore come to the monastery, participating in building the temple. Funds are coming in from over 40 countries, regularly month after month. So, through the years it will be a place of pilgrimage. People won't live on the island, they will just come to the island. We have no living facilities. So, they will be in B & B's and hotels, in the Kapaa side probably. They will stay for a week or two and then go back, renewed and uplifted.
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Father and son students of Billy Topatate and the Mystical Sciences Institute of Chicago visiting Kauai.

The lead team on the Sun One parade. Sadhaka's Nilakantha and Tejadeva are learning to play the Tavil. Natyam Tyaganatha pours the water that was blessed at the homa on the four corners of the Iraivan Temple Foundation.

Martine Thom Productions have been very busy, filming and interviewing monks all day long, then going home and viewing all the footage. They only have two days left before Zack Green (sound man holding the sound boom) and Zachary Williams (the camera man) go home to Vancouver.

These beautiful TI plants adorn the edge of our the "Pali Path" that runs along the monastery frontage, over-looking the valley of the Wailua River and up to the Waialeale Mountain which was clear today. The TI plants were sacred to the Hawaiians and provide spiritual protection. The leaves are used for ceremonies and others for cooking.

Here is a shot of Saint Tiruvalluvar, the author of the classic "Tirukkural."

We continue now with Yogaswami's famous song:

San Marga VIII.
Lo, Siva looks upon the human beings with joy, as
blossoms of
beauty adorning the garden of His world.
The goldsmith melts the gold and fashions from it
many an ornament.
Siva, the renowned goldsmith takes the molten gold
of the soul,
and fashions many a jewel for diverse purposes.
The physician heals many an ailment by prescribing
efficacious
decoction, made up of different medicinal herbs.
So too our great Divine Physician heals many an
afflication
of the Soul by admonishing a blend of the gross and
subtle
matter and secures for it eternal bliss.
The mother delights in seeing her child happy and
presents him
with many toys. So too are we, the children of
Parama-Siva,
richly blessed by His manifold gifts of love.

The enlightened ones will not yield to the
temptations of the
deluding senses, because they know the Truth, that
the Atma
is the Eternal Self.
They will not yield to the sorrows of desire and
attachment.
Their glory is extolled by the Vedas and Agamas.
Truly their presence on earth emanates an unseen
power of Love.
This is the secret of victorious Living.

Nachintanai -376.

Our 11-acre village in India is home to 75 Indian master craftsmen who live there and work each day on the carving of the sacred white granite Siva Temple which will soon be shipped soon to Kauai and assembled. See our latest February 2001 Building Fund Progress Report and join our family of contributors today!

We bring you some "historical" shots from the Bangalore temple carving site. Here, after a small puja blessing, a giant stone receives its first blow from the master carver.

The huge pieces are moved on roller poles with the help of 20 or 30 men pulling together.

These pillars will eventually be stood upright and hold up the roof stones of the temple.

Gurudeva's other monastery in the island country of Mauritius
in the Indian Ocean near South Africa

Mrs Arnasalon comes regularly to help keep the garden around the Ganesha
Mandapam looking nice.

Jetunshiv and his son have brought cuttings of flowering plants to beautify the grounds. Here they are with Sadhaka Jothinatha planting the cuttings in a shady spot. Good luck!

Mr & Mrs Shashikiran Vaze from Bombay. Mr Vaze is a Vastu consultant on his ninth visit to Mauritius. This time he's brought his wife and son.

Mr Vaze gives advice for proper placement and re-alignment of architectural and landscape elements of homes and offices according to the Vastu Shastras. See his website at www.geocities.com/shashi_vaze

Mr and Mrs Ashis Mulloo brought the Vaze family to the Spiritual Park. The Mulloo family are long time supporters. Their computer graphics and printing businesses, Imagepoint and Quad Printing, produce the Spiritual Park newsletter and occasional souvenir magazines.

Though it looks somewhat like the forest of the Black River Gorges in the southwest of Mauritius, this photo is actually from the island of Dominica in the West Indies. Gurudeva and the participants of this year's Caribbean Innersearch are shown here doing a riverside meditation. This is one of the many spiritual activities that are a vital part of the Innersearch travel study program. You can be a part of it also! For more information about the next Innersearch this coming August see below.

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