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One of Yogaswamis’ most famous songs is most appropriate for today’s TAKA (see the report from Malaysia below.)
Sivam art our father and mother.
Sivam art our dear brethren.
Sivam art the matchless consort.
Sivam art the adorable children.
Verily Sivam art the ruler too.
Sivam art the host of heavenly gods.
This universe and all therein art Sivam.
My own invincible Lord is Sivam.
–Natchintanai.
Our Beloved and Revered Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Attained Maha Samadhi on November 12th, 2001
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At Kauai Aadheenam, the monks don’t hire servants for the regular household chores of life. We do it all ourselves. Our TAKA photographer was on vigil today from 12 Noon to 3 PM and chose his subjects from the immediate surroundings. At 12:30 PM at the end of the morning before lunch the monks do “Ashram Sadhana,” and clean for half-an-hour. Here is Saravananathaswami dusting in the Guru Peedam.
Sadhaka Tyaganatha, who you have all seen as the priest in the Sun One Homa pictures, is also a master at sewing. Over the past week he has undertaken a massive project to re-do the awning over the front of Kadavul Temple. His heavy duty sewing machine has been moved to the courtyard where he has room to lay out the big pieces to the awning puzzle. Gurudeva encouraged all the monks to nurture an art form or a craft. Creating things, planting, building things, cooking, sewing, making your own furniture… working with hands to make beautiful and useful things is an important part of any spiritual lifestyle, keeping one well grounded at the same time one is engaged at other times in the depths of kundalini yoga meditations. It’s also a lot of fun and you save a lot of money at the same time!
In the Guru temple we have this gold plated statue of Siva Yogaswami that has a perpetual lamp before it. We look forward to having something like this for Gurudeva in the future.
Yogaswami holds a small crystal in his hand, reminding us of the famous saying about a realized seer as being one “who holds truth in the palm of his hand.”
In our temple we have an image of Ardhanarisvara, Siva of the half male, half female form.
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Work continues at the temple site. Shanmuga Stapathi here carefully levels a stone in the back of the doorway of Iraivan.
Recently our youth and young adults in Malaysia were inspired to hold a “Family Day” which turned out to be a huge success.
Arvindraj who had come to Kauai on Task Force writes:
“A wonderful and happy Family Day. The main objectives were to foster
harmony among our Church members and Himalayan Academy students. But beyond that, we could see that the elders (Kulapatis & Kulamatas) have begun to have a different perspective of the youth (including their own children). They began to realize that the youth were capable
of carrying responsibility and therefore a higher level of trust was developing. Likewise the youth saw a more lighter & youthful side of the Kulapatis & Kulamatas. All this while, some of the youth had this idea that all Kulapatis & Kulamatas without exception were very strict. But having seen this lighter side of them & also after having included them in all our games & activities, the ice really broke and the elders & the youth started to mingle freely & all became closer. The feeling that we were all indeed one big happy family…the SSC Family permeated very strongly. In that kind of an atmosphere we could feel Gurudeva’s presence & love flowing through everyone.We sincerely hope that we can maintain that kind of vibration throughout all our activities Saiva Siddhanta Church.
Pictured here:
Some of the students and members who helped to organise the family day(From Left Standing – Sarkunavathy , Annapoorani , Barathy , Nanthakumar,Gunalan – From lefy Sitting – Puvana , Ratna and Mohana)
The final organizational meeting before the event at Sockanathan’s home
Preparation for the event. Some last minute shopping by Barathy and Annapoorani.
The Souvenirs for the participants: Sea shells . Art done by Kavidah and Puvana.
Two dynamic young ladies Ratna and Mohana who were at the entrance to
receive the participants. Each was given a cap (due to the current hot spell) and a program & guideline booklet.
A game of concentration played on the first night.
A game of creativity and fast thinking.
One of the few days in a year where the ladies of the mission can forget
about their daily chores and are pampered like queens.
2nd day- Natchintanai and simple prayers in the morning.
Games at the beach – Kulapathi Murugesu aiming to hit a castle of tin cans.
Children having fun with the sand under the watchful eyes of youths.
After the tiring games at the beach – lunch is served.
Kailasam the Master of Ceremnies and Yogandran both students of Himalayan Academy with the children during lunch hour. They came forward to sponsor the food and the souvenirs of Family Day. Thank you Kailasam and Yogandran!
Kulapati Dhasan acting as the King of Punjab, escorting his wife, the queen to her seat.
Kulapati Appasamy acted as Pukalenthi, the famous poet and his lovely wife.
King Sengootavan and the Queen – Kulapati Guhan and his wife arriving to witness the night events.
Divya and Shivani acting in a drama. The children are talented and full of creativity.
All the kings of neighbouring nations sitting together to watch their prince and princess perform.
Kulamatha Rajalaskmi sang a classical song. She has a talent for singing.
Brother Arvind with youth, discussing the Youth Seminar and other plans for the year for Malaysia
The happy family, a small part of the global Saiva Siddhanta Church family at the end of
the event.
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Innersearch 2002 in Hawaii!
Our next Innersearch Travel-Study program will be held right here on the island of Kauai in the summer of 2002. It’s the first such program on the Garden Island since 1974! From July 17 to July 22 we will enjoy daily classes with the swamis, join in the annual Guru Purnima festival, be inspired by local culture, explore the lush tropical island in exciting and non-touristy ways, and more. Be prepared for a wonderful spiritual experience in paradise with meditations, seminars and sacred ceremonies at the Siva temple of Kauai’s Hindu Monastery. Many have applied already, and there is a limit of 50 participants, so we recommend everyone apply as soon as possible. Interested? Please request an application from pilgrim@searchbeyond.com |
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