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One of Gurudeva’s favorite activities: signing books for those who have purchased them. It meant that the teachings were going out to one more home. He wrote about this foundational aspect of his mission:
“I was asked recently what to do about all the things that you cannot avoid listening to and seeing on the TV and news and reading about–atrocities, crime, murders, poverty, unfairness–which may tend to disturb one’s sadhana. To perform good sadhana, we have to have a good philosophical foundation, which is found in Dancing with Siva, Living with Siva and Merging with Siva–The Master Course trilogy. A good philosophical foundation allows us to understand why we have the highest and the lowest human expressions here on planet Earth. Philosophers and mystics have for centuries said, “Only on planet Earth in a physical body can you realize the Self, because only here, in this world, do you have all twenty-one chakras functioning.” You need the lowest in order to realize the highest. Some people are born peaceful because of merits attained in past lives. They are born helpful, and they are the uplifters of mankind. Others are born angry, scheming, conniving, resentful, and they are the doubters, the detractors, of mankind. But all have an equal place here on planet Earth. All are going through a similar evolution up the spinal column to the top of the head, through the door of Brahman and finally out.”
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Sadhu Paksha Day Ten.
All is quiet at home… as we write these captions, Bodhinatha is settling into this accommodations in Toronto. He and Yoginathaswami had a one night stop over in San Francisco, which means a good night’s rest before the mission begins of intensive activities for a week of days in a row.
He will be in Toronto until the 16th and then fly to Montreal for activities there on the 17th. See his travel page for details and timings of events.
TRAVEL NEWS! Bodhinatha is now visiting Toronto and Montreal. His next travel is September 8-23: Malaysia, Singapore and Mauritius. See travel page for more information.
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We take you now to our own Kauai, Wailua Saiva Siddhanta Church Mission where the sishya are working hard on their next fund raising goal: to make 100 Rudraksha Malas. The sales of these beautiful malas go to the Iraivan Building Fund. One Hundred malas at $60.00 each will be $6,000.00 for the temple!
Saiva Siddhanta Church
Wailua Mission
It’s the All Wailua Mission Monday Family Home Evening at the home of Kulapati Durvasa and Kulamata Isani Alahan…Tonight the focus is the Rudraksha Iraivan Fund Raising Project. Here the ladies are do the final work of stringing and finishing the malas…
Kulamata Amala Seyon and Sitara Alahan…
The mission is getting a little extra help from the Mahadevan Family who are here on Kauai on pilgrimage to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in the spiritual atmosphere of Kadavul Temple… Dasan Mahadevan here…
And his shakti, Shakti Mahadevan…
Matriarch of the household, Kulamata Isani Alahan.
Eldest daughter, Nisha Alahan..
Kulapati Durvasa Alahan in the back with the other men…
Brahmachari Rajadeva Alahan.
Tandu Sivanathan…
The men are drilling and then stringing the beads on wires…
These racks are then pressure washed to remove all traces of the fruit fibers and yield and exquisitely finish rudraksha.
Kauai Master Course student Gale Mariah Martin joins the team this evening.
A joyful evening doing Sivathondu (karma yoga) in the company of like-minded devotees… such precious hours are rare in this life and a treasure…
Sitara Alahan very concentrated.
A tray of finished tassles, ready to be attached to “Guru” bead on each mala.
A strong nylon thread is used to string the beads.
After tying of the final bead, a candle is used to melt and bond the final knot.
The young ladies of the Alahan family were fortunate to spend several years in India. Sitara and Priya Alahan play the veena.
Our veena player does a finished mala fashion show 😉
Priya Alahan…
Sitara…
These beautiful hand made rudraksha malas available from our web site… Order now and help Iraivan!
The finished work for the evening, offered before the Lord Ganesha…
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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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