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“When a situation comes up, I observe how the conscious mind looks at it. Then I ask how my subconscious would see it. Pondering further, I inquire how my subsuperconscious relates to it; then, how my superconscious views it. Through this process I get a clear picture of what happened, how it happened and if I should take it seriously. You might react strongly to a happening, but when you look closely you see it wasn’t much to be concerned about. It is just the subconscious reacting, so you forget it. The subconscious was the problem. It is your subsuperconscious, intuitive understanding that makes such judgments.”
–Gurudeva
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End of Phase Notice
This edition of TAKA will remain posted over our
coming two-day retreat until the evening of Sun 1, Dvitya Tithi, Thursday, May 20th.
Ramana Puppala and his brother decided that it was their turn to treat their
grandparents so they brought them on a pilgrimage to Kauai. Their
grandparents said they have been wanting to come here for some years now.
The Puppala family had a wonderful meeting with Bodhinatha asking very
astute questions on Hinduism and bringing out some very insightful
answers from Bodhinatha. It is always inspiring to see young people who take
pride in their religion.
Bodhinatha’s next travel is to Atlanta, Georgia, and Bethesda, Maryland. Please visit his travel page for more information.
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Puppala family out on San Marga…
At Dakshinamurthi. One of the young men has a picture of himself when he was six-years old with a coloring book that we had printed over two decades ago!
Michael Duncan with his son Michael the second, “Moose” and his daughter Ruby and his wife Ratna from Thailand. Moose is actually 13 years old and a sharp young man… He impressed Paramacharya Ceyonswami when, after giving his birth date and time, it was determined that his Lagna (rising sign) is on the cusp between two signs. Moose promptly suggested “Just print out both charts and let me see them… I’ll tell you which is me.” Moose doesn’t know anything about astrology, but that’s exactly what an astrologer would do. The family travels regularly from their homes in Hawaii, New Mexico and Thailand, so Moose has a very broad and detached perspective on life.
Kirit Mody and family added to our ever increasing group of Hindus that are visiting. Mr & Mrs Mody are visiting their daughter who works in Honolulu and she brought her parents over to Kauai to see Iraivan.
Mody’s with Bodhinatha
Govinda & Indira Srikantiah from San Jose, Callifornia, were among our guests today as well.
Govinda & Indira Srikantiah have met Gurudeva a few times in the past and are subscribers to Hinduism Today. Mrs. Srikantiah made some payasam as prasadam for Siva keeping alive the tradition of bringing offerings to the temple.
Aside from quite an unusual stream of Hindu pilgrims who came with the intent to see Bodhinatha and the Aadheenam, it was also tour day and we had a over 50 tourists…
Many are here to see the “botanical garden,” and photograph the unusual plants on the way to San Marga.
It was a bright and beautiful day and a colorful crowd.
“Awesome!” is the word about the temple…
Everyone gets to observe the silpis working on some giant roof beams.
Wow, those are big stones!
If this is the traffic we are seeing in the “off season,” we can expect a very busy summer.
While Yogi Mahadevan hosts the tourists, Sadhaka Dandapani took care of the Hindu pilgrims today…
Inside the Lambodara Kulam office Sadhaka Haranandi works on advance coordination of Iraivan Day which falls tomorrow on the first day of the retreat. He has to work out a duty roster for all the monks for a 5 hour period in the morning.
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Today’s Inspired Talk |
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Title: Getting to Know God through Sadhana Category: The Ultimate Goals of Life Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds Date Given: April 13, 2004 Date Posted: May_17_2004 Given by: Bodhinatha |
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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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