Fear

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    God of Fear/God of Love - Publisher's Desk

    Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Jul/Aug/Sep 2013 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. "Love is the basis of worship in all Hindu denominations, expressed through bhakti yoga toward one's chosen Deity." Bodhinatha clarifies that Hinduism is a joyous religion characterised by an outpouring of love ...

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    Satya, or Truthfulness

    Bodhinatha talks about the second yama, truthfulness, satya, with regard to lying and betraying promises. Lying builds a layer of darkness in the subconscious that covers up the soul nature. ...

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    Mauritius Trip Talks

    Bodhinatha tells us of the theme for his trip to Asia coming up, focusing on the parents as the first guru, positive discipline, and that magically the sutra of the ...

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    The Importance of Controlling Anger

    Part 2 of 4 - In Bodhinatha's moksha ritau address for 2002, he continues with a practical explanation of the affects of anger and how important it is to get ...

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    How Temple Worship Can Help Our Life

    How can we improve our behavior? Making good use of the Hindu temple is one of these ways. Bodhinatha also discusses how the worship of Ganesha can help us to ...

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    Yama 4 - Brahmacharya

    Bodhinatha spoke on the yama of brahmacharya, purity and chastity, today. He described it as the harnessing of the instincts, including sexual desire, stressing the value of remaining celibate until ...

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    Overview of Upcoming Ganesha Chaturthi Trip

    Bodhinatha offers everyone in the temple an overview of his coming trip to California, Mauritius, Malaysia and Singapore. Click below to listen. Real Audio --- | --- MP3 (Quicktime or ...

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    Yama 2 - Satya, Truthfulness

    Bodhinatha speaks on satya, the second yama. Truthfulness relates to what we say and honesty to what we do. People lie when they are fearful. People also lie to make ...

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    Putting Gurudeva's Teachings to the Best Use, Part 3

    Bodhinatha continues his Gurudeva mahasamadhi observances class with this part on ashtanga yoga, which is the teaching of our Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. When you go to study yoga somewhere ...

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    Are Souls And World Essentially Good?

    The world does contain suffering; it's this way for a reason. If the world was perfect why would we want to transcend it? We're not all in the same place ...

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    Influences in the Conscious Mind

    On the spiritual path be careful to not let the worldly approach of others influence us. Take time each day for spiritual practice; turn off the externalizing and limiting conscious ...

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    Stabilize Consciousness in the Muladhara Chakra and Above

    The challenge of not falling below the muladhara chakra. "Achieve freedom with responsibility," living in the box of dharma. Ahimsa and himsa: Patanjali advises: to overcome the propensity to do harm, cultivate the ...

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    Closing Off the Lower Chakras

    There is a continuity between the dominant states of consciousness you are in at the time of death and what you experience after death. The goal is to aim for ...

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    Sadhana, Fearlessness

    Today Gurudeva talks about fears, how they hold us down in consciousness. Gurudeva talks about real fear and unrealistic fears and how we can bring what we fear upon us. ...

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    The Conscious Mind: The Donkey And the Carrot

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    The Conscious Mind: Reason Reigns Supreme

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    The Astral Body: The Aura and Instinctive Mind

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    Good fear; Bad fear

    Today Gurudeva talks about fear, good fear and bad fear--good fear of real danger, and bad fears that are negative thinking, creating problems where they do not exist. Bad fear, ...

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    Conquering Fear

    Today Gurudeva again addresses the subject of fear, how to conquer fear with a positive plan. He suggests you write out your mission in life, first by stating that, "I am an important person," ...

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    Worry

    Today Gurudeva talks about worry, how if you worry long and hard that something might happen to you, it will--you'll actually create it. On the other hand, you can turn ...

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    The Fine Art of Meditation: Energy and Meditation

    Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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    Remolding the Subconscious; You Are a Divine Being

    Gurudeva gives a number of ways to impress and remold the subconscious mind that we are a spiritual being. Affirmations work better after Maha Vasana Daha Tantra. If we experience ...

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    Positive Attitude; Fear

    Today Gurudeva answers a question about how to protect yourself against "witchcraft." He advises that one should stay away from people who try witchcraft, especially since it is your own ...

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    The Great Story of Awareness

    Master Course recording. Chapter 1. Gurudeva defines who is a mystic and what awareness is. Gurudeva elaborates on 5 states of mind, Self Realization, darshan. Dedication: This course is dedicated ...

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    The Donkey and the Carrot

    Master Course Recording. Chapter 5. Five states of mind. Defining conscious mind. Body of the soul.Defining subconscious mind. Programming subconscious. Attention and concentration. Mulingnishum. Study Guide: Breath is life, and ...

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    Overcoming Fear

    Today Gurudeva gives some insights and advice to an e-devotee who wrote in saying, "Fear is a problem in my life." Gurudeva advises not taking on other people's problems and finishing whatever you have started. ...

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    Qualities and duties of a guru; Mental illness

    A cyberspace devotee in Texas wonders what are the duties and qualities of a guru. Gurudeva says that by looking at those around the guru one can discern the qualities ...

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    Fear of Death, Part 1

    Gurudeva answers an e-devotee's question: "Why do we fear death?" This is extremely timely as relatives of two of our Saiva Siddhanta Church families decided to leave their physical bodies behind yesterday. Gurudeva mentions ...

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    Fear of Death, Part 2

    Gurudeva continues today with part to of his answer to the question, Why do we fear death when we know all about the soul, karma and the reincarnation process? Gurudeva ...

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    Conquering Fear

    Today Gurudeva again addresses the subject of fear, how to conquer fear with a positive plan. He suggests you write out your mission in life, first by stating that, "I am an important person," ...

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    Mental Illness

    An e-devotee in Edmonton Canada asks Gurudeva what mental illness is. Gurudeva, in a short answer, explains the Hindu perspective that mental illness is seen generally as a congestion of ...

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    Karma Management Seminar Part 2

    Karma Management Seminar day 2 given to pilgrims and devotees at the 9th Annual Mahasamadhi Celebration preliminary to the presentation in Malaysia with questions and answers. ...

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    Bhakti, the Foundation, Leads to Humility

    Attainment beyond anava marga. Acknowledging and coming closer to the Deities. True humility and devotion result from sincere temple worship. Charya involves shutting out anger with love. Dancing with Siva ...

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    River of Life, Developing Vision, MWS Part 6

    The three rivers inside of us: Ida is the Ganga of the lower world, pingala the river Yamuna, and between ida and pingala is sushumna, the subtle river Sarasvati. Ganga ...