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What is the Nama Sivaya Mantra?
The letter "Ya" in the Panchakshara Mantra, Namasivaya, stands for the soul. Bodhinatha uses the Panchakshara Mantra to show how the soul is initially drawn by Siva's veiling grace, which ...
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What You Can Do
Upadesha by Gurudeva on What You can Do. Gurudeva encourages and urges all initiates and students to put into practice what they have been taught/they have learnt and to be ...
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Mantra Yoga
The recitation of mantras, known as japa, lies at the very heart of Hindu practice. Focusing the mind on Divinity as part of ones daily sadhana, it unites bhakti with ...
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Niyama 9 - Japa, Recitation
Bodhinatha speaks on the niyama of japa, the many dimensions of the sacred science of chanting a mantra, a holy syllable, word or sentence again and again. Often japa is ...
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Putting Gurudeva's Teachings to the Best Use, Part 1
Bodhinatha holds a class during Gurudeva's mahasamadhi observances about Gurudeva continues to live on in all of our lives since his mahasamadhi. Part 1 is about how Gurudeva influences us ...
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Attenuating Obstacles, Meditation
Understanding keys to the mind and transformation. Kriya, the yoga of action, comprised of tapas, svadhyaya and Ishvara pranayama. Living in the soul nature; attenuating the kleshas. Detaching from the ...
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Activating Kundalini; Patanjali's Kriya Yoga
Unless kundalini is active, the deepest meditative states are not available to us. But to activate kundalini, Gurudeva tells us we must invoke the grace of Lord Ganesha and Lord ...
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Purify Subconscious, Let Go of Negative Attachments
With the worship of Lord Karttikeya, the study of Gurudeva's teachings and the practice of daily sadhana awaken kundalini in a gentle controlled way. Through svadhyaya, communion with Ishta Devata ...
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State of the Church 2004
This morning Bodhinatha spoke following the guru puja held for Gurudeva's 77th jayanti. Bodhinatha shared with us the traditional annual "State of the Church" talk in which he called for 2004 to be ...
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How Do We Celebrate Festivals?
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 64 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing Hindu festivals. ...
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Chakras, Energies, Death and Reincarnation
Master Course Recording. Chapter 10. Defines chakras and moving awareness through them. Kashumlinga, sushumna, simshumbisi. Cycles of man's life every seven years. Defining Aum. Body as temple. Muladhara and memory ...
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The Language of Meditation
Master Course Recording. Chapter 12. Religion is the result of evolution. Are you a Hindu soul? Saivite lifestyle, Saivite thinking. Tirukural. Summa. Kanif. Become a natye. Meditation as a fine ...
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Kundalini
A cyberspace question from San Diego from someone wondering about the kunadlini and whether it can go up the wrong channel. Gurudeva warns individuals not to practice japa, meditation or ...
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Aum Saravanabhava mantra, Monastery for ladies, Merging with Siva
A cyberspace devotee wonders if he needs to be initiated into the mantra "Aum Saravanabhava". Gurudeva says the first step is to become a member of the Hindu religion and ...
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Performance of Japa Yoga, Outcome of Pranayama
A cyberspace devotee from Singapore wants to know why we use the middle finger to move the beads when performing japa. Gurudeva says that we do not use the index ...
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Performance of Japa; Pranayama
A cyberspace devotee in Singapore wants to know why the middle finger is used to move the beads when performing japa. Gurudeva says that the index finger is not used ...
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The Namah Sivaya Mantra
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives a talk on lesson 161 of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's book, Merging With Siva, titled "Panchakshara is Perfection" Satguru discusses the mysticism behind the sacred mantra "Aum Namah Sivaya." ...
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Esoterics of Namasivaya Japa
Aum Namah Sivaya takes us into the reality above and beyond the 'relatively real.' Part of us is always identical with God. Nothing has to happen for that to be ...
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Lord Ganesha Japa
This very ancient japa to Lord Ganesha, "Aum Gam Ganapataye Namaha" said for 108 times, is performed by Pandit Jasraj, who we hosted at Kauai Aadheenam. ...