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May 17, 2001 
Gurudeva held a Saiva Swami Sangam meeting today to have our Sadhaka who have returned from Mauritius share a report on their mission and the state of things at our Indian Ocean branch. Both Sadhaka Jothinatha and Sadhaka Adinatha gave glowing reports of the wonderful maturity that Gurudeva's sishya, our Church members in Mauritius, have shown in taking charge of the Mauritius Dharmasala in the absence of the monastics. The center has grown up slowly over the years into a spiritual show piece on the northern shores of the tiny beautiful island off the coast of Africa. The members now take on the full responsibility for the maintenance and hosting duties of the property. The center will be maintained as a monastic center and be available to the monks when they go to Mauritius. This is the same pattern that Gurudeva had in Alaveddy, Sri Lanka, where a group of men formed a committee to run our Subramuniya Ashram.
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Title: How to love the Gods? |
Cybertalk: A cyberspace devotee wants to know how one can learn to love the Gods. Gurudeva says to have love in your heart you have to get rid of all the things in your heart that you don't love. If you are having a conflict with someone mentally say "I love you" and "You love me" and make the energy flowing between you and the person you are having a conflict with flow smoothly.
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Date: April_28_2001
Title: Commitment vs Looking in From the Outside
Category: The Spiritual Path
Duration: 1 min., 58 seconds
Date Given: April 13, 2001
A cyberspace devotee in Redding, California asks the question, "If I hurt two people and one of them forgives me and the other one doesn't, and then we all die. How does this affect the soul?"
Well first of all, ask yourself these questions. Are you in Sanatana Dharma and have you accepted all of the basic fundamental principles of karma, dharma, reincarnation, the existence of an all pervasive God? Are you on the outside, looking through the window to the inside? Or, are you totally committed on the inside and having accepted Sanatana Dharma as the only religion in your life?
If you are a person with a Western religious background, different laws apply. If you are a person who is, 100 percent, living up to the principles of Sanatana Dharma and has made all the commitments necessary, then another set of laws apply.
When we were at the United Nations and the spiritual and religious leaders were gathered there, we met also University intellectuals, who had made no commitment towards Sanatana Dharma. But, they were playing games with the principles of Sanatana Dharma, asking all kinds of questions. The answers only form new questions. They do not get lived in the lives of the intellectual person who has made no commitment - heart, soul and mind.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mohan and their and two daughters all traveled from points far and wide to have a family reunion with their elderly grand mother from Hyderabad, India. What a wonderful place for everyone to come together!
The ever shining Agni homa from our Sun One ceremonies reminds us of the great continuity of the Sanatana Dharma from ancient times until today. Much speculation continues in the world of DNA research, among linguists about the origins of Vedic man. The Aryan invasion theory, still widely promulgated in modern text books, has been shown to be a complete myth. On the other hand, Vedic fire altars can be found in Iran, and as far north as Finland! Even today, one of the oldest living indigenous tribal groups in Russia, that have continuity of the religious traditions since ancient days, hold a secret fire ceremony in a forest reserve that can only be entered by members of their faith. One could speculate that the debate of the source of Vedic culture may be permanently clouded in obscurity. But the evidence is clear: Sanatana Dharma covered vast segments of humanity in ancient days.
Our two hosts. Sadhaka Thondunathan and Sadhaka Mahadevan take a break while pilgrims attend temple ceremonies. We are seeing a steady stream now of guests, and expect more to come during the summer season when schools are closed. As the word spreads about the building of Iraivan Temple, we can look forward to a swelling number of people who come to "the place where the world comes to pray."
The reservoir just 500 yards North of the monastery property has been drained enough to allow the AMFAC engineers to make badly needed repairs on the water gates that control the exits and inflows of water to the reservoir. This is one of their last duties before the company turns over the irrigation system to the East Kauai Water Cooperative, of which the monastery is an active part. The small stream that feeds our monastery land with the precious waters of life... we call it our "Narmada" stream in remembrance of that sacred river in India. The Siddhidata Kulam team's affirmation begins with the statement: "The growing of food and the maintenance of the Narmada stream are our first priorities."
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