Satguru Siva Yogaswami
Satguru Siva Yogaswami

Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Satguru Siva Subramuniyaswami
Satguru Sivaya
Subramuniyaswami

Hawaii, USA
TAKA - A Daily Chronicle of Kauai's Hindu Monastery Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami

Kauai's Hindu Monastery, USA
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July 8, 2002
July 7: Rohini Until 5:18PM HST
July 8: Mrigasira Until 5:54PM HST
Hindu Year 5104: Chitrabhanu, the "Year of Varied Splendors"


"Know the Self and be wise,
yea, by the light of wisdom, be thou wise.
In the undifferentiated plenum, behold
The Supreme Brahman in thyself and myself."

--Natchintanai. 137.



Our Beloved and Revered Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Attained Maha Samadhi on November 12th, 2001
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The Rana family came back to have darshan with Bodhinatha... The asked for his blessings on their lives and for their children, who are going to medical school and for their daughter who is going to Africa for one month to serve on an AIDS program.


Title: Vows (Parampara) part 3 of 4
Category: Hinduism and Tradition
Duration: 6 minutes, 50 seconds
Date Given: July 4, 2002
Date Posted: July_8_2002
Given by: Bodhinatha

Cybertalk: Part 3 of 4: Bodhinatha continues his talk on vratas, vows, with the parampara vrata, vowing loyalty to one's lineage and not studying the teachings of other lineages. This powerful vrata can harness the the intellectual mind when fulfilled.

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Today's group was full of sincere seekers. Coincidentally there were several followers of the teachings of Paramahamsa Yogananda who came today but never knew each other and also another family who were followers of Sant Keshavadas.



At the monastery, the communications, preparations and coordination activity for the coming Innersearch is intense right now. Paramacharya Palaniswami is making calls to various island people to set up a series of wonderful events for the participants.


Our in house printing tools enable us to prepare a beautiful full color study guide for the participants.


The focus of the teaching on this innersearch are Bodhinatha's dual themes of Karma Management and Temple Worship.


Acharya Kumarswami is working on the shrine for Gurudeva in the temple and consults with Palaniswami on some of the design aspects of what will be a beautiful place for everyone to honor our beloved Gurudeva, right inside Kadavul, where he gave so many of his inspiring talks.


Sannyasin Shanmuganathaswami ever busy with communications with the close, initiated devotees of our Church. He will assist Bodhinatha in the on-going work of guiding their spiritual progress, the activities of the missions in several countries around the world and the ever flowing karma of family lives and karmas of babies and youth and young adults... As Gurudeva once said "No detail is too small...."


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News! Containers from Bangalore with more stones are arriving iin Honolulu tomorrow! Meanwhile here on Kauai the silpis work to finish up the 11th course and set in place the 12th course in time for Guru Purnima so that visitors will be able to see about 5 feet of the sanctum above the sand retaining wall.


The carving of the ten lotus pieces on the ends of five stones continues today.


Another part of the jointing process is done after the stones are set, which is to smooth down the face of one stone if it may be protruding farther than the one below it, so that the face between the two stones is perfectly smooth.


MORE UPLIFTING THINGS Innersearch 2002 in Hawaii!

Our next Innersearch Travel-Study program will be held right here on the island of Kauai in the summer of 2002. It's the first such program on the Garden Island since 1974! From July 17 to July 22 we will enjoy daily classes with the swamis, join in the annual Guru Purnima festival, be inspired by local culture, explore the lush tropical island in exciting and non-touristy ways, and more. Be prepared for a wonderful spiritual experience in paradise with meditations, seminars and sacred ceremonies at the Siva temple of Kauai's Hindu Monastery. Many have applied already, and there is a limit of 50 participants, so we recommend everyone apply as soon as possible. Interested? Please request an application from pilgrim@searchbeyond.com

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