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Today was Chitra Puja and our minds were with Gurudeva more than ever…. early this morning Paramacharya Palaniswami and Sadhaka Dandapani flew off to Arizona for Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations. At the Aadheenam renovation work continues and stones have arrived from India…
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Bodhinatha is in Mauritius and but we have no photos from there today, so we will step back in time to Bodhinatha’s arrival in Malaysia and the events in Penang. Here he is at the temple event on the evening of his arrival in Malaysia.
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Back at the Aadheenam, this morning we held Chitra Guru puja… Yogi Japendranatha does the puja.
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The final two of three containers that have arrived on Kauai were unloaded today. Another huge lion pillar is being extract with the professional assistance of one of Kauai Commercial’s drivers and the silpis deft handling…
Yoginathaswami guides the operation carefully, translating for the silpis to the driver.
Almost out….
Now over here…
And, ready for uncrating…
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Visits Malaysia — Penang
For those of you who may not know, Penang is a small island off the coast of Northwest Malaysia, connected to the mainland by a bridge… It’s a high-tech city with one of Malaysia’s most important Universities.
Kulapati Ananda Sivanesan, being the older Kulapati there, garlands Bodhinatha at the Penang airport.
All the devotees of northern Malaysia are overjoyed to be with their Satguru…
A big banner greets Bodhinatha at the Nattukottai Chettiar Sri Thandayuthapani temple.
A look inside to the highly decorated hall and throne for the arriving holy man.
Everyone is waiting…
Kulapati Ananda garlands at the entrance.
Kulamata Thamaraiveni Sivanesan, Kulamata Kunawathy Sivaceyon and Kulamata Ahila Ganesan showing arathi.
Temple priest invites Bodhinatha with kumbha.
A big crowd is on hand inside the temple.
Bodhinatha paraded around the temple.
Worshipping before Lord Murugan in the form of Thandayuthapani.
Archana being done for Bodhinatha.
Bodhinatha looks like a King seated upon the golden throne.
View of Gurudeva, Bodhinatha and Saravananatha swami
Crowd listening to Nutanaya Sivaceyon giving a biography on Bodhinatha in English and Devala Sivaceyon translating it in Tamil. These two teenagers did a wonderful job !
New arrival in Malaysia, Devika Ajaya, now married to Sivaram, giving a short explanation prior her dance.
The crowd is very impressed by the high standard of this young lady from America.
Bodhinatha gives a talk on Lord Murugan. Kulapati Bala Sivaceyon translated it in Tamil.
Bodhinatha’s talk.
Thanabalan Ganesan gives a short Thank You speech in English
Kulamata Ahila Ganesan translated the Thank You speech in Tamil.
Devotees coming forward in perfect discipline to receive vibhuti prasadam from Bodhinatha.
Next Bodhinatha goes to the home of the new Sivaram family. Amma and aunty showing arathi to Bodhinatha.
Bodhinatha takes his seat…
Followed by pada puja… the pictures speak for themselves!
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Date: March041999
Title: Achieving Forgiveness
Category: Self Improvement
Duration: 3 min., 18 seconds
Date Given: March_04_1999
Given By: Gurudeva
Today at Kauai Aadheenam. It is March 4, already! The month is well on its way!
We want to welcome everybody tuning in to Cyberspace Ashram. We are very happy that you came in today. Today, I have been asked to talk about ‘Forgiveness,
One of the most difficult accomplishments for most humans is to forgive. It is so easy to hold resentment. It is so easy to take offense. It is almost habitual, it is almost a habit.
When we take offense, when we hold against other people things that we think that they didn’t have the heart to do but they did do, all we are doing is burdening ourselves. When we breathe and lift our energies into our heart chakra, we begin to feel more mellowed and more understanding about what happened, why it happened. We don’t even have to know why because it is our own karma. Whatever is done to us, we did to somebody else.
Forgiveness takes humility. Humility is not a weakness. Humility is a power. It takes great strength to be humble and even greater strength to remain humble because by being humble, we go within ourselves. By being proud, arrogant and self-centered, we go inside other people. That is where we get into trouble.
So, forgiveness is an art. It is a yoga. Better still , it is samayama. It is a Raja yoga, a lifting up of instinctive energies into the heart chakra until we become mellow and humble. Then we can say in our heart, “I forgive” and by doing so release the burden of remembering everything we hate and everything we dislike, all of our resentments and all of our criticisms to those around us, especially our loved ones. Many people are closer to people they are working with in offices and hospitals than they are to their own family.
Forgiveness softens the heart, I’ve heard that. But, reverse that. Soften your heart, then we are able to forgive.
Well, I hope this meant something to somebody out there in cyberspace tuning in to our ashram.
We want to welcome Carole Kahn and the whole Kahn family online. We are very happy that you are tuning in to Kauai Aadheenam today. We will be back again tomorrow.
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