Vetri Vel Muruga Arogara!!!
On the coming October 26 we will be celebrating Skanda Shasti in Kadavul Temple along with pilgrims and devotes. For those who can’t attend we will be doing a live streaming for you all to enjoy it. Above is the link for the live stream. Aum!
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On October 1, a rare and uplifting Ladies’ Workshop was held at the Spiritual Park, bringing together the amazing women who form the heart and sustaining force of Gurudeva’s and Bodhinatha’s mission in the island nation. The gathering focused on issues close to their lives—how to lovingly guide children who do not follow our path, how to balance the many daily tasks at home and at the Park, and how to find precious time for meditation amidst it all.
After the presentations, Paramacharya invited everyone to pair up and share their often-unspoken love and appreciation for one another. He began by expressing his gratitude to Premila Manick, who then responded in kind. Inspired by their example, the women turned to those beside them, offering heartfelt thanks to their friends for simply being part of their lives. The space soon filled with laughter, gentle hugs, hand-holding, and tears of joy as each felt seen and cherished.
The event concluded with vibuthi blessings. Paramacharya had brought from Kauai 23-karat gilded Rudraksha beads and a small piece of the robes Gurudeva had worn in life, presenting each woman with these sacred and deeply meaningful gifts.
Om Namasivaya Paramacharya,
I wanted to write to you on how AMAZING it was to hear and see you during the Ladies workshop today. I will most probably remember this for the rest of my life. There were so many teachings – some conscious, some unconscious.
When you said that it is important for women to know that they are seen, heard and loved for all that they do, it suddenly occurred to me that it is exactly what my mum requires. She is emotional most of the time these days, and I think it is because she does not feel seen, heard and loved. I came home today and I had a different response to her. I was more present, tolerant and understanding. All thanks to YOU. You are really untangling my karmas!!
I also really appreciated the way you demonstrated appreciation and gratitude to Kulamata Premila. There are so many profound lessons in those moments that I will love to go back to this memory and draw inspiration from it again and again.
I have changed today, I am deeply humbled by this experience and I want to convey my deepest gratitude to you.
Om
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(Part One was included in the previous week’s upadesha.)
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Satguru Śivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Śiva.
“Upon hearing of these soul-searching procedures (known as vrātyastoma), most will bow out without a word and seek less demanding groups, thus proving their insincerity. These time-proven methods prevent detractors from returning to further disrupt the group from the inside more effectively than they could from the outside. If the seeker is qualified to be readmitted after completing his prāyaśchitta, he must begin at the beginning study level and be given no special privileges, positions or recognition in respect for his prior association. The protection of the fellowship is of utmost importance for the benefit of each devotee, and for the continuing spiritual unfoldment of the guru or swāmī himself. One should not be so naive to think that disgruntled former devotees would not seek reentrance for the purpose of disrupting the organization, or be sent on a mission from an adversarial group to rejoin in order to disrupt. All this and more has happened to gurus and swāmīs since the turn of the century.“
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Jai Gurudeva!
Join us at 3:30pm (Kauai time) for the final event of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami’s annual founders puja (mahasamadhi puja).
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We began the day with a short puja at Gurudeva’s samadhi shrine. Later in the morning, Satguru gave a presentation on the Klesha section of the Yoga Sutras to assembled pilgrims and gifted a copy of our new Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras book to each household.
This is the 24th anniversary of Gurudeva’s samadhi, so it carries the 12-year-Jupiter-cycle significance. Sivasri Kumar Gurukkal arrived yesterday and will perform the mahasamadhi pujas tomorrow. He is accompanied by a special guest priest on his first visit, Sivasri Rajashanmugam Gurukkal who serves at the Palani Hills Murugan temple in Tamil Nadu and is visiting California to participate in the Shiva-Murugan Temple’s first Skanda Shashthi celebration in their new premises.
Fifty-four small kumbhas are being prepared today to accompany the main kumbha. A couple of sevakas are here from Malaysia and USA to help out. They are cutting many banana leaves into small strips that serve as mats for the kumbhas to rest on.
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Jai Ganesha!
On October 5th, the final day of Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami’s and Sannyasin TIllainathaswami’s journey in Mauritius, the two had a wonderful time attending the monthly Ganesha Homa at the Spiritual Park. The day happened to coincide with a massive event at Ganga Talao, the island’s sacred hilltop lake, so only the staunchest Ganesha bhaktars were in attendance. This reduced the morning’s usual crowd of several thousand. When our swamis arrived they were greeted and garlanded at the entrance to the park, then paraded to the feet of Lord Panchamukha Ganapati. An arati was performed by Vel Mahalingam, the homa was kindled, and thousands of paper prayers were added to the flames. Following the homa was a silent meditation and then a talk by Paramacharya about the joys of Hinduism. An award was also presented to the Spiritual Park by the country’s Minister of Health, for the massive success of the blood donations that take place just outside the park during most monthly Ganesha homa days. Next was a final arati, followed by bhajans, and a loving farewell to our traveling monastics. Aum.
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