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Making Dharma Your Own - Publisher's Desk
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the October/November/December 2016 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. "Dharma is a complex and comprehensive term with many meanings, including religion, divine law, law of being, way of righteousness, ethics, duty, responsibility, virtue, justice, goodness and truth." Bodhinatha refers to Auvaiyar's Atti Chudhi verses - first verse focusing on the desire ...
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Advancing Through Life's Four Stages
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Jan/Feb/Mar 2013 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. In this edition, Bodhinatha outlines the nature and purpose of each of the four stages ...
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Advancing Through Life's Four Stages
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives a presentation entitled "Advancing Through Life's Four Stages" which featured in the Jan/Feb/Mar 2013 Hinduism Today edition. In this presentation Bodhinatha explains how life is measured in four progressive stages, ...
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Karma Yoga
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives a presentation entitled "Karma Yoga". In this presentation, Bodhinatha delves into the spiritualizatio of action, outlines how the orderly fulfilment of duties to the best of ...
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Bodhinatha's June 2013 Mid-West Trip Part 5
After Minnesota, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami traveled to Ontario, Canada, to visit the Hindu Temple of Windsor and the home of one of his formal sishyas. Windsor is just across the ...
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Noninjury and Brahmacharya
Cybertalk: Bodhinatha speaks on vasudhaiva kutumbakam, "The whole world is one family," in reference to the current problem in India. He discusses the problem of the "my people" concept, that of exclusion, and the division it ...
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A Creed of Monasticism
There was a time, not too long ago, when children and young men in India were taught that to renounce the world in the quest for God realization, in service ...
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Holy Orders of Sannyas
A religious covenant between a sannyasin—one who has renounced the world in service to God Siva—and the divine beings of all three worlds. In the fulfillment of these holy orders ...
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Saivite Virtue
We are very proud that you are interested in brahmachariya, the path to perfection of your instinctive, intellectual and intuitive states of mind. The study of this book will prove ...
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Transmutation and the stages of life
Subtopic: Transmutation of energies and the four stages of life: 0:6:49 Subtopic: "Desire is Life": 0:6:49 Subtopic: Analogy of how to direct desire and energy: 0:6:49 ...
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Niyama 8 - Vrata, Vows
Bodhinatha speaks on the eighth niyama, vrata, the practice of taking vows to ourselves, to the inner worlds and to family and community. Vows are a sacred trust. There are ...
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Yama 4 - Brahmacharya
Bodhinatha spoke on the yama of brahmacharya, purity and chastity, today. He described it as the harnessing of the instincts, including sexual desire, stressing the value of remaining celibate until ...
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Controlling Sexual Fantasy
Gurudeva answers a question about sexual fantasy, how to replace this by lifting the energy up, warming the heart, and making others happy. Gurudeva tells what he would say to ...
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Controlling Sexual Fantasy
Gurudeva answers a question about sexual fantasy, how to replace this by lifting the energy up, warming the heart, and making others happy. Gurudeva tells what he would say to ...
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Discouragement on the Path
Today Gurudeva talks about discouragement on the path, how to recognize it, why it happens and how not to succumb to the feelings of giving up, of things being too ...
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Why Should We Learn a Cultural Art?
Become an accomplished human being; soar into the fourth dimension. Artists experience mountaintop consciousness. Having their source in humble devotion to the Lord, Saiva cultural arts: singing, drama, dance, playing ...
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How Can We Be Strong Saivite Hindus?
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 67 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing how to be a strong Saivite Hindu ...
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Control of Speech, Part 3
Gurudeva gives a short but powerful conclusion to his Talk about Talking. He describes how the control of speech relates to the transmutation of sexual energies. And he summarizes the ...
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Women Monks; Understanding Desire
We present Gurudeva's answers to two questions today. The first is about whether or not Gurudeva has women monks. The second is about the nature of desire. Gurudeva explains that ...
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Kundalini Experiences; Attraction to Girls
A cyberspace devotee from Trinidad had some kundalini experiences and now wants to know what to do with it. In order to find the control so that it does not ...
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Conduct of the Brahmacharinis and Brahmacharis
Today's inspired talk by Gurudeva is about brahmacharinis and brahmacharinis Gurudeva talks about the brahmacharinis role in the family community and the protocols the brahmacharinis strive to live by. " For more information about listening to Gurudeva's talks online and to hear them in other formats, click here. ...