Family Life

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    Chicago satsang May 2008-part 2

    Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami met with a small group of Hindus to share activities of Kauai's Hindu Monastery, mainly the publication of Hinduism Today magazine. He also answered their questions about ...

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    Be a Spiritual Leader! - Publisher's Desk

    Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Jul/Aug/Sep 2011 edition of HInduism Today magazine. in order to achieve world peace we need to stop the war in the home; ...

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    The Art of Listening

    Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the July/August/September 2015 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. In this edition Bodhinatha explains how listening is an art which can lead to spiritual ...

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    Satguru Speaks on Managing Your Subconscious Mind

    An Upadesha by Bodhinatha on May 6 2008 Bodhinatha read out a lesson on Managing Your Subconscious Mind from Merging with Siva. The subconscious mind is likened to a basement ...

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    Living with Siva

    Living with Siva is the second in the series of The Master Course trilogy. The 365 daily lessons include spiritual rules "for the lion-hearted" on God, worship, marriage and family life, money, ...

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    Controlling Anger part 1

    In part one of a talk on anger, Bodhinatha speaks of the various levels of difficulty people have with this instinctive state of consciousness. Gurudeva gave some very useful suggestions ...

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    Stoppt-den-Krieg-zu-Hause

    German translation of Stop the War in the Home. ...

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    Modern Matchmaking

    From Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswamis Living With Siva, with excerpts from Kavita Ramdyas Bollywood Weddings; Rajini Vaidynathans We Just Clicked; and The Eight Steps of The Traditional Matchmaking Process ...

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    Home Festivals

    Hinduism is a celebratory religion, and nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in the yearly cycle of home festivals. In 1998, renowned Chennai artist S. Rajam sought to ...

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    Family Life & Monastic Life

    In Hinduism there has always been a choice of paths to followgrihastha or sannyasa, family or monk. Unfortunately, in modern Hinduism the distinction between the two has become muddled, both ...

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    Tirukural, Chapter 5-6, Synopsis

    Bodhinatha continues with his series of synopsis of the Tirukural, Chapters 5-6, Family Life. He uses modern prose form to introduce and focus on the essence of the chapters. This ...

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    Hindu Culture and the Temple

    Bodhinatha speaks on Hindu culture, the theme of the Jivana Ritau, and begins with Gurudeva's central thoughts on culture which are captured in the five Living with Siva sutras on ...

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    Yama 8 - Arjava, Honesty

    Yama number 8 - arjava, honesty. Part of the reason for these talks is that there is a high demand in Malaysia. We need to harness the tendency to be ...

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    Nine Ways to Merge With Siva

    On Mahasivaratri, February 27, 2014, Satguru Bodhinathaswami comments on Gurudeva's introduction to Merging with Siva, where he elucidates nine different ways that we can merge with God Siva. Everyone on ...

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    Tools of the Mind

    Gurudeva talks about extended families worldwide. Every member of Saiva Siddhanta Church becomes a foster member of an extended family. Gurudeva talks about Monday family home evening, study of sadhanas ...

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    Bear Cheerfully and Happily

    Gurudeva talks about Siva's day, Monday, family home evening Gurudeva tells us about our face, karma, living life joyously. Gurudeva gives information to us about the astral plane, the akasha ...

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    Parents Make a House a Home

    Gurudeva discusses the 20 years of publishing of Hinduism today. Church families arrived on Kauai. European countries and courts have outlawed child beating in homes and schools. All countries must ...

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    A Father's Story from Prison

    Gurudeva introduces men in prison who tell their stories about drugs. Today, Gerald, an inmate tells about crystal meth/amphetamine use and what it did to his life. The cost of ...

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    The Home and Mothers who Work

    The Home and Mothers who Work: A mother's place is in the home. Why? What makes a home? A home is a vibration, not just furniture. ...

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    Guru's Wisdom

    Addressing the challenges facing modern Hindus, including raising children, finding time for spiritual practice, the various yogas, living dharmically, managing stress, treating work as worship, using the power of affirmation ...

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    Hindu Hospitality

    Today Gurudeva talks about the Hindu view of hospitality, how the guest is treated as God. He talks about the dysfunctional family, one that may live in a big house, ...

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    Making a House a Home

    Today Gurudeva talks about the home, and wealth, how having money doesn't necessarily create a happy home. The person with a lot of money might have gotten there by sacrificing ...

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    Hotel-lobby or Home

    Today Gurudeva talks again about the "hotel lobby" home, the one in which parents and children just drop in for a bit and then leave. This, he explains, is the dysfunctional ...

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    A House, A Home, or a Hotel Lobby

    Today Gurudeva answers a question about mystical people in the Abrahamic religions, and the many paths to God. He again talks abou the home, and how just have two Mercedes, ...

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    Why Should We Learn a Cultural Art?

    Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 66 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing the importance of Hindu Art and Culture ...

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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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    Sivaratri 2000 Part 4

    Gurudeva makes the distinction clear between those who complain about rules, and those who follow them happily. He also outlines the practices and principles of the Saivite Hindu family, and ...

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    Bear Cheerfully and Happily

    Gurudeva talks about Siva's day, Monday, family home evening Gurudeva tells us about our face, karma, living life joyously. Gurudeva gives information to us about the astral plane, the akasha ...

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    Building the Home Vibration

    An e-devotee asks Gurudeva about the Dharma that women should follow in terms of working or staying home. Gurudeva explains why the women's dharma is to build the vibration of ...

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    Caring for Aged and Infirm Elders

    Cyber-devotee, Shekar, asks about caring for elderly parents. Is a nursing home an option? Gurudeva advises Shekar to care for his parents at home, and in the case of someone ...

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    No Divorce in Hinduism

    Gurudeva begins today's talk by giving his shortest answer ever to Tiru, in Singapore, who asks how to teach meditation to a five-year-old child. Then Gurudeva continues with a longer ...

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    One Religion in the Home

    An e-devotee from Malaysia asks about marrying a man of another religion. If she does, what religion should she follow? Gurudeva says that tradition tells that she should follow the ...

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    Caring for a Dying Dog

    An e-devotee in Arizona asks about the proper way to care for an elderly dog. Gurudeva answers that a domesticated dog which has been in the family for a long ...

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    Grihasta Dharma

    A devotee attending a homa during Guru Purnima celebrations asks Gurudeva about grihastha dharma. Gurudeva continues to emphasize that the responsibility for the family is with the husband, and that ...

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    A Troubled Father

    A question comes in from a concerned Asian family whose father comes home late, having drunk too much and tending to anger. Gurudeva advises not to disturb him by giving ...

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    Objections to Marriage

    We pray that we are not too late in putting up this response. A woman in Selangor, Malaysia, asks Gurudeva what to do regarding her desires to marry a certain ...

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    Making Teenagers Delinquent

    A question about how mothers can help teenagers through their "troubled years" triggers an impassioned response from Gurudeva about how children used to be raised as compared to how they are ...

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    Making Teenagers Delinquent, pt. 1

    A question about how mothers can help teenagers through their "troubled years" triggers an impassioned response from Gurudeva about how children used to be raised as compared to how they are ...

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    Money Can't Buy You Wealth

    A e-devotee in Germany asks about wealth. Gurudeva explains how many people approach wealth as the accumulation of money and possessions. But the spiritual, asian way of wealth is different. ...

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    Responding to Abuse

    Christina, from California, asks Gurudeva what to do if we encounter abusive situations. Is it our karma to know about it, or are we making karma by not doing something? ...

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    Peace in the Home

    When Positive Discipline author, Jane Nelson, was visiting Kauai Aadheenam, Gurudeva was asked how a family can have peace in the home. Gurudeva's main point, which he stresses and expands ...

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    Protecting Children from Abuse

    An e-devotee asks how to protect children from abusive parents and teachers. Gurudeva suggests ways to help, and he makes the point that not only are abusive parents teaching the ...

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    The Vedas and Seeking the Self

    Today we answer two questions, one from someone seeking the Vedas and the second from someone seeking the Self. Gurudeva reveals that the Vedas in English are now available to ...

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    The Husband Is Responsible

    A cyber-devotee (a woman) asks if it really is the total responsibility of the husband for the well being of the family and the household. Gurudeva affirms unequivocally, "Yes." ...

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    The Bhagavad Gita; Interfaith Marriage

    Today we post Gurudeva's answers to two separate questionsa short answer to someone who asked Gurudeva if his followers study the Bhagavad Gita, and a longer answer to a follow-up ...

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    Children In Love

    A mother wonders what to do when she discovers that her child has fallen in love with someone. Sound like someone you know? Gurudeva explains the pattern of life of ...

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    Inter-Religious Marriage

    A Hindu man asks Gurudeva if it would be advisable for him to marry a Sikh woman. Gurudeva's response is based upon his many experiences of seeing cross-cultural marriages over ...

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    Children In Inter-religious Marriages

    Gurudeva fields another question about interfaith marriages and how to raise the children in them. He explains that love in marriage is having spirituality, intellectual and emotional interests in common ...

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    Soul Mates and Marriage

    Our European Pagan asks another question, this one about the Hindu view of soul mates and the purpose of marriage. Gurudeva briefly answers both. ...

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    How Do We Receive Guests?

    Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 52 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing how the Hindu home traditionally receives guests. ...

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    Should Parents Teach Their Kids Religion?

    Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami presents his July/August/September, 2020, Publisher's Desk Editorial from Hinduism Today Magazine. "In a globalized world, people are questioning the need to pass their faith on to the next generation. Let's talk about that." ...