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“Giving, dana, is the third great religious practice, or niyama. It is important to remember that giving freely of one’s goods in fulfilling needs, making someone happy or putting a smile on his face, mitigates selfishness, greed, avarice and hoarding. But the most important factor is “without thought of reward.” The reward of joy and the fullness you feel is immediate as the gift passes from your two hands into the outstretched hands of the receiver. Dana is often translated as “charity.” But charity in modern context is a special kind of giving by those who have to those who have not. This is not the true spirit of dana. The word fulfillment might describe dana better. The fulfillment of giving that wells up within the giver as the gift is being prepared and as the gift is being presented and released, the fulfillment of the expectancy of the receiver or the surprise of the receiver, and the fullness that exists afterwards are all a part of dana.”
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Bodhinatha with the Aadheenam Kartar of Madurai Aadheenam, India.
Bodhinatha leaves for a few days in Houston, Texas, tomorrow…
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Sun Four today… quiet inner dynamism as usual, spectacularly sunny clear Kauai day. The Siddhidata Kulam gave their phasely activities update. They have caught up the general Aadheenam grounds and equipment maintenance routines that were left by the wayside during the Guru Purnima festival. Yoginathaswami is working closely with Shanmugam Sthapati to prepare a list of stones for the carving site in India: which should be carved next and then a precise order for packing and shipping to Kauai. This is critical to keep the assembly going here on Kauai. If one stone is missing or out of order, it can hold up the team here. They are also doing advance work in preparation for the raising up the capstone, crane rental, insurance, etc. And preparing for the removal of all the sand that fills up the inner sanctum. It is packed in as hard as a rock and ramps will be made to catch it as they use a fire hose to “melt out” the sand from the inside. Aadheenam plumping renovation and re-routing continues and each afternoon the whole team spends sometime in the ever evolving Anna Purna vegetable garden.
TRAVEL NEWS! Bodhinatha’s next visit is July 23-27 to Houston, Texas. See travel page for more information.
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Yesterday’s observation of the flow of young couples was manifest again today…
Rajiv and Anjali Giri, newlyweds, from San Francisco were our guests today. Rajiv’s father, Rajendra who lives in Colorado, is a lifetime subscriber to Hinduism Today and a strong supporter of Gurudeva’s work.
It was the newlyweds first visit to Kauai but they said it was certainly not their last. They enjoyed the tour of the grounds and Iraivan Temple. They later met with Paramacharya Palaniswami in the Hinduism Today office. Rajiv runs an online matrimonial website. http://www.indianmatrimonials.com
Just before they left they met with Bodhinatha who presented them with a shawl.
Anjali asked him for some words of wisdom for a happy life and Bodhinatha said one of the main keys to a successful marriage is to resolve problems that may have arose during the day by lovingly talking them over before going to bed at night.
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