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“When one looks at the Earth and the Sun, one thinks more of the Earth than of the Sun, which is so far away. Traveling through space toward the Sun, the Earth fades into a distant speck and one contemplates the Sun as it looms larger and larger as he draws nearer and nearer. There is no intellect here, you see, for the intellect is connected to the Earth in its exterior ramifications of worldliness. The devotee’s path is to merge into the Sun. The devotee’s path is to merge–in the totality of his awareness, willpower and life force–into the Self, God, Siva. Siva is the ancient name of the Self, God. Mystically, Shi is the Absolute state. Va is the All-Pervading Self flowing through the mind. It is only when the devotee, through yoga disciplines under the direction of his satguru, traverses the thought strata of his mind that he begins to experience what he has been learning philosophically. Then the Sun, his Siva, the Self God, blooms paramount before his vision. Earthiness, worldliness, humanness, instinctiveness fade into a speck within his memory patterns; and like the astronaut hurtling through space toward the Sun, awe-struck as to the impending annihilation of the remnants of his identity, the devotee piercing his inner depths awes at the magnificence of Siva. ” — Gurudeva
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In the Ganapati Kulam the focus is on the coming issue of Hinduism Today. Natarajnathaswami is working here on an interesting My Turn article.
Dr. Manickavel has known us for many years and used to live in Edmonton, Canada and then moved back to India, where he is living in Chidambaram. His field of study has involved bio ethics, and in this issue he examines stem cell research.
Our managing editor, Arumugaswami has engineered again the coverage of the 2004 Ujjain Kumbhamela, by sending world class photographer Thomas Kelly from Nepal and our correspondent Rajiv Malik to the event. The results are in: 100’s and 100’s of photos and reams of reports and interviews.
Arumugaswami is working hard on this huge project. Here he shows the past issue of Hinduism Today where we have covered previous Kumbhamelas. We are proud to say that the coverage of the melas in Hinduism Today has been recognized worldwide as about as good as it ever gets in the global media.
Natarajnathaswami, our art director has been laying out the photo spreads of the mela. Here is using a book by the famed artist Indra Sharma, with whom we have collaborated for many years.
This artwork illustrates the story behind the Kumbhamela: the churning of the milk ocean and the drops of Amritam that fell to earth at the sacred spots where these melas are held.
Indra Sharma’s work is really incredible. This is a magnificent painting of Lord Shiva.
Sadhaka Dandapani, of the Ekadanta Kulam, the man usually behind the camera. Today was the Ekadanta Kulam report day, and he shared with the monks some of his current duties. He does a lot of hosting these days as the visitor traffic is especially high during summer months and is helping with various Iraivan Temple projects, assisting Saravananathaswami to set up Bodhinatha’s future trips and working with advance planning for the next Innersearch.
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Color Trilogy Complete! We are happy to announce that the new edition of the enormously popular Dancing with Siva is now available in hard back with all new color artwork. It’s truly an amazing and beautiful work, with more art than any of the collection. This completes the fulfillment of the vision that Gurudeva had of his Master Course Trilogy being produced in full color. In addition, Bodhinatha is taking pro-active steps to bring Gurudeva’s teachings out in a new forms that can be broadly disseminated in the mass mind. With this in mind we, are also pleased to announce that the Dancing with Siva pocketbook is also available. Keep the three-pound book in your shrine room, and take the little one with you on the airplane or subway! How little? It’s just 3″ by 4.5″ — truly pocket-sized, and just over half an inch thick. Yet it is a full 375 pages, containing ALL of the 155 sutras. Available now at our online store. The complete Trilogy is being offered at a discount. |
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