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How Do We Celebrate Festivals?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2019-02-22
Festivals are times of intimate devotion and communion with God and the Gods. The shakti of the Deity...
What Is Our Form of Prayer?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2019-01-15
To offer your prayer concentrate, visualize the face of God. Slowly and clearly send your prayer up through...
How Can We Strengthen Our Temple?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2019-01-06
"Blessed with the knowledge that the temple is the home of God and the Gods, we visit often for they are our dear friends." Bhakti yoga is an important part of our practice. The more we visit the temple the more...
Guru's Wisdom
Addressing the challenges facing modern Hindus, including raising children, finding time for spiritual practice, the various yogas, living...
How Do We Visit the Temple?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-12-24
Be close to God by going to the temple. By shifting our minds to our religion the flow...
What Is the Purpose of the Temple?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-11-16
"As you approach God's home, you can feel the spiritual energy, and as you go inside you are engulfed in peace." Trust in and open up to the deity. God is a very subtle presence. The temple and...
How Do We Practice Karma Yoga?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-11-08
ray to Lord Ganesha before beginning work. Turn everything you do into selfless service, seva, karma yoga. Work...
What Is the Value of Spiritual Friends?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-11-02
Friends who are fine, positive and good Hindus will help you most of all. It's important for parents...
Makaif - The Ultimate Practice and Attainment of Siddhanta
Satguru Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiGiven On: 1973-06-06
Makaif is the shum word defined as the ultimate attainment of Siddhanta. Using the shum language, Gurudeva describes...
How Do We Get Along with Others?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-10-26
For peace in the world stop the war in the home." The key to world peace is inside...
What Is the Hindu Way of Greeting?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-10-17
"Namaste" and "vanakkam," core practices of greeting. Recognizing that God is within everyone, the same God within me...
What Is Good Conduct?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-10-03
Good conduct is right thought, right speech and right action." Apply T-H-I-N-K: true, helpful, inspirational, necessary, kind in...
What Are Our Saiva Forehead Marks?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-09-27
The three stripes of vibhuti across the forehead signify trying to purify ourselves from the influence of anava,...
How Do We Use Our Home Shrine?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-09-18
We need to perfect Ishvarapujana, personal worship, before we can expect to do really well in meditation. "The idea of Ishvarapujana, worship, is to always be living with God, living in Siva in God's house..."...
How Do We Receive Guests?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-09-10
Treat the guest as God; the guest's heart is more sensitive than the most sensitive flower. If we...
What Is the Ideal Home?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-09-04
"Harmony is a fragile vibration which the family protects." Gurudeva expressed how deeply integral the Tirukural was to his teachings. It is not enough to take...
Path to Siva Audiobook
A richly illustrated catechism of Saiva Siddhanta for youth, drawn from the Master Course Trilogy, exploring how to...
I am in God, God is Me
Sung by: Dishanna Nagarajan-Pillay
This was an English song based on Gurudeva affirmations "I'm all right, right now." Combined with Yogaswami's affirmations that "We are One God. "Along with...
How Do We Treat the Environment?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-07-29
"The Divine is present everywhere and in all things. All Hindus feel they are guests on the planet with responsibilities to nature." Hindu prayers don't stop...
Why Are We Vegetarian?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-07-20
Vegetarianism: Man's natural and noble diet with a minimum of hurt to other beings. The object of nutrition...
Why Do We Practice Ahimsa?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-07-14
"Ahimsa is called the mahavrata, the great vow." Not harming others, is three-fold: thought, word and deed. Because you see God in everyone you would...
How Do We Meditate? Part 2
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-06-14
"Adjust yourself to the realization that you are a divine being, a self-effulgent, radiant being of light." Jyoti is the Sanskrit word for inner light. To bestow on devotees terms that were more specific,...
How Do We Meditate? Part 1
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-06-08
"Meditation is a long journey, a pilgrimage into the mind itself." In Gurudeva's approach we start meditation with the physical body then get more and more subtle, withdrawing...
What Is Meditation?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-05-23
Meditation is the study of awareness, of yourself and of the universe, experiencing the soul. The purpose of...
What Is Japa?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-05-16
Japa links Siddhanta with Vedanta, being a monist and a theist at the same time. Quieting the mind,...
What Is Yoga?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-04-24
Gurudeva stresses the importance of cultivating devotion to Siva incorporating the yamas and the niyamas, performing atmartha puja....
The Meaning of Sivaratri and Nirvikalpa Samadhi
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-02-19
Mahasivaratri: A time of striving to realize Parasiva. In our teachings yoga is the restraint of mental activity...
Nartana Ritau - A Season For Planning
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-04-17
Bodhinatha describes Nartana Ritau, one of three seasons as created by Gurudeva. Each season corresponds to a book...
What Is Sadhana?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-03-18
"Sadhana is practiced...wherever a pure, serene atmosphere can be found." Achieve steadiness, control of emotions through abhyasa-regular consistent practice with devotion, yoga-the restraint of mental activities and...
How Do We Use Affirmations?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-03-10
Having a positive concept allows us to identify with our inner, spiritual nature so that we truly feel...
Sri Lanka Music Event
A marvelously gifted musician, Thuvarakan, started with some simple drumming. This gave way to a wide-ranging display of...
What Are Our Five Core Practices?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-02-09
The pancha nitya karmas are spiritual practices for all Hindus: worship, holy days, pilgrimage, dharma and rites of...
What Is Our Code of Conduct? Niyamas
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-02-02
In Patanjali's comments on the niyamas he speaks on religious action, kriya, bringing about samadhi and attenuating the...