The Subconscious Aura
The Illumination of Man
GURUDEVA’S 1970 AUDIO MASTER COURSE – CHAPTER 7
Five States of Mind
The Donkey and the Carrot
GURUDEVA’S 1970 AUDIO MASTER COURSE – CHAPTER 9
Find the Self
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami speaks on the mystical meaning of life and reminds us why we are here on Earth.
June Chitra Padapuja
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"We're here to realize the Self, have that one dramatic experience where everything that we thought was things is turned upside down, and our whole perspective afterwards changes. That is the purpose for living on this Earth." - Gurudeva
This morning, during the chitra nakshatra, our monastics observed our monthly padapuja to Gurudeva's thiruvadi. Yogi's Dayanatha and Haranandinatha performed the abhishekam while Satguru and the monks chanting Sri Rudram. Aum.
Cultivating Will Power
GURUDEVA'S 1970 AUDIO MASTER COURSE - CHAPTER 9
Extraordinary Sketches of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami – Part 1
Natalie Levin, of Tucson, Arizona (yes the same Natalie who sculpted the bronze Sadasiva murti that sits in the Aadheenam Sacred Garden), spent the last couple of winter months making extraordinary sketches of our Gurudeva. She wanted to give expression to his profundity, his clarity, his various moods, the richness of his inner being. When she sent the last few to Sadasivanathaswami, she included some commentary. Paramacharya found her words so revealing he asked her to do the same for the whole series of 20 sketches. The result: two videos of Natalie sharing what each one means to her. This is the first, and in a week or two we will post the second one. Good job, Natalie!
May 2020 Chitra Puja
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Jai Gurudeva!
Today we celebrated our monthly Chitra padapuja to Gurudeva Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. Yogi's Jayanatha and Dayanatha performed the short abhishekam and puja while Satguru and other monks chanted Sri Rudram and dove within in meditation. Aum Namah Sivaya.
April Chitra Puja
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Jai Gurudeva!
Recently we celebrated our monthly padapuja to Gurudeva. Due to virus-related restrictions, we only had our monks present for the event. Still, it was powerful as usual as Gurudeva's love and blessing flowed forth to us all. Aum Namah Sivaya.
"Humility is intelligence; arrogance is ignorance. To accept one's karma and the responsibility for one's actions is strength. To blame another is weakness and foolishness." - Gurudeva
February 2020 Chitra Puja
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Jai Gurudeva!
This morning we celebrated Gurudeva with our monthly padapuja during the chitra nakshatra. Yogi Dayanatha and Nirvani Tejadevanatha performed the padapuja to Gurudeva's tiruvadi. Aum.
"Unfoldment doesn't take a lot of time. It just takes a lot of willpower." - Gurudeva
January 2020 Chitra Puja
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Jai Gurudeva!
Above are photos from our recent Chitra Padapuja for Sivaya Subramuniyaswami.
Jai Gurudeva!
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Today is the chitra nakshatra, and our monthly padapuja to Gurudeva. Here are a few more wonderful sketches from Natali in Tucson to enjoy. Aum.
"It is not a matter of becoming the Self, but of realizing that you never were not the Self. And what is that Self? It is Parasiva. It is God. It is That which is beyond the mind, beyond thought, feeling and emotion, beyond time, form and space." Gurudeva
From Our Gurus' Teachings
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