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May 20, 2001Sun Five is "Upadesha" day. At 7:00 AM Gurudeva speaks to the congregation and answers questions from "Cyberspace cadets" who listen to his talks and view these daily web pages. Be surprised! No new audio today. Take this opportunity for an adventure. This link will take you to a random...
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May 19, 2001Gurudeva spoke to the monks today about remaining two-thirds within and one-third without. Much of it was good advice for anyone: "How do you know if you are becoming externalized. Well, there are sign posts. If you start seeing everyone's faults and in your mind thinking: Oh this one said...
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May 18, 2001Gurudeva with Sannyasin Skandanathaswami. Swami is the "Talaivar" or "Coordinator" for the Pilliyar Kulam. This is the group of monastics who handle all the business, finances, sales, book and magazine distribution, subscriptions for Hinduism Today, purchasing, travel arrangements, advertising sales for Hinduism Today, daily mail, managing our retail store here...
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May 17, 2001Gurudeva held a Saiva Swami Sangam meeting today to have our Sadhaka who have returned from Mauritius share a report on their mission and the state of things at our Indian Ocean branch. Both Sadhaka Jothinatha and Sadhaka Adinatha gave glowing reports of the wonderful maturity that Gurudeva's sishya, our...
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May 16, 2001Sun One morning brings us our wonderful Vedic Yagna (Fire Ceremony). Gurudeva here blesses the swamis after the ceremony with holy ash, known as "Vibhuthi" which means "Resplendent." The ash represents the purification of the anava (ego), karma (effects of past deeds) and maya (the relatively real material universe) which...
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May 13, 2001It is our daily blessing to have our noon meal all together with Gurudeva. Some people think monastic life is hard, but then think of having a family of 30 people, all working together, sharing the tasks of life together, supporting one another, caring for one another. It often seems...
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May 12, 2001Gurudeva listens intently as the monks do their daily "sharing" at lunch hour. Today the Siddhidata Kulam described their week of work. They spent quite a bit of time mastering our irrigation canal which had sprung a few leaks in its banks. They are also working hard to reach their...
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May 11, 2001Today Gurudeva reminded us: "ahimsa, non-hurtfulness -- is the foundation of the Hindu philosophy. Parents in our congregation who are teaching Positive Discipline classes are very grateful for this wisdom. They have found a new way to treat their children, and if we continue to work hard we can change...