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“Arjava could well be interpreted as simplicity, as many commentators have done. It is easier to remember the truth than remember lies–white lies, gray lies or black lies. It is easier to be straightforward than conniving and deceptive, dishonest. A simple life is an honest life. An honest life is a simple life. When our wants which produce our needs are simple, there is no need to be deceptive or participate in wrongdoing. It’s as simple as that. Arjava means not complicating things, not ramifying concerns and anxieties. This is to say, when a situation occurs, handle the situation within the situation itself. Don’t use the emotion involved in the situation to motivate or manipulate for personal gain in another situation. Don’t owe people favors, and don’t allow people to owe you favors. Don’t promise what you can’t deliver, and do deliver what you promise. This is the Sanatana Dharma way. If the neo-Indian religion is teaching differently, pay no attention. It is all political, and it has no kinship to dharma.” –Gurudeva
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Bodhinatha and Saravananathaswami are very busy in Malaysia. No photos arrived today, though Bodhinatha sends this short note early this morning:
“Good morning from Penang. It is five AM September 11th for us and 11 AM September 10th at the Aadheenam, a bit confusing time difference still. Quite a few hundred devotees at the Murugan temple last night, Thanabalan said they fed 800-900. Off to a good temple start. Devika danced two items quite well for everyone.”
— Bodhinatha
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Today a small film crew came to shoot at the Iraivan site.
Kevin Bird, a Kauaian, is making a documentary on Balinese dance. So today he came up to the monastery with his film crew and the Balinese dancer that the documentary is focused on to film on our grounds.
Here is the dancer, Dewi Aryani posing with Palaniswami. The documentary is titled “Dewi, Portrait of a Balinese Dancer”. Palaniswami shows everyone the beautiful painting of Iraivan and San Marga by iWayan from Bali, where she is from.
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Retrospective shots from Bangalore, June 2004, Saravana Kuppusamy visiting from Malaysia with his wife.
Standing by more jalakam… stone lattices…
Splitting a piece of granite, by hand!
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Date: March031999
Title: Hindu Hospitality
Category: Family
Duration: 3 min., 6 seconds
Date Given: March 03, 1999
Given By: Gurudeva
Today at Kauai Aadheenam. March 3.
We had a wonderful two-day retreat and a beautiful fire-puja this morning, invoking Lord Hanuman for the creation of the foundation of Iraivan Temple.
We have guests today from Hyderabad, India and other Hindu guests from Dallas, Texas. Another guest, a lovely couple from Austria, travelled a long way to come to Kauai Aadheenam. You don’t have to travel so far, sitting at the computer, receiving our hospitality. Our doors are open.
What is hospitality in the Hindu framework? It is that the guest is God. The spirit of energy flowing to the guest is the same spirit of energy exactly as in the household. A righteous household that worships every morning together as a one family is like a temple and guests coming are like deities, the devas, coming to the temple.
There are many dysfunctional families in the world today. What is a dysfunctional family? A dysfunctional family is a family that has no home, even if it is a million-dollar house. It takes a lot to turn that house into a home.
A home is a place where the mother is there. A home is a place where the father comes home a little early to be with his family, not working a little late so he can avoid his family. Not where he comes home, sits down in front of the television while eating his dinner. The kids are running here and there. Mother comes home, she is also tired, and is yelling at the kids. Many million-dollar homes are just houses like a big hotel lobby, totally impersonal. The Guest is not God in those homes. The guest is an intruder.
Think about your home. Is the guest God? And, is it a home or a house? What kind of vibration does it actually have? It takes a lot to make a house a home and you can never make a hotel-lobby into a home. Think about it.
We’ll be back again tomorrow.
Aum Namah Sivaya!
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