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A Sth I Mter 4

Kvl H eple 6

Irv eple 8

Or Sprtl Lege 10

Te Fer the Mter 12

Or Gr Mtc Orer 14

Cg Plgrge 16

Scre eple Gre 18

Wrl-Cl Pblhg 20

W t Lve B 22

P e r l S t 2 4rvel-St Prgr 25

Or Glbl Cgregt 26

A Br-Ee Vew H 28

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Freqetl Ake Qet 32

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Te H Hertge Ewet 36

M Mel Shppg 38

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Contents

Introduction

www.himalayanacademy.comSecond edition. 2008 by Himalayan Academy. Printed in USA.


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lgcl er t tw ze ecte r x t, wh lve erve here llte, trvg t lll the l gl eleervce el-trrt thrgh ashtan-

ga (eght-lbe) yoga, whch beg wth gchrcter pet, le t eep ett ltte elghteetA wl the gr, eel the rree prtl vbrt creteb the preece r belve Grev, wh lve here r 31 er, bh ece cllectve ett, wrhp, e-e hr tc experece It w 1970 tht Grev e th ceter

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r the beg the vl eple wth 5:30 cl wrhp ervce, clle puja Ahr-lg gc ett llw, ge b Bh-th Achre b th l ctepltve rte,the k tr t ther te, whch cle rg

the teple, crg r ther he prpert, pblhg, ctrct, grw-g ther w , htg plgr gg the lve eeer rthe wrl We gther r vegetr rce--crr lch t 1 p Aer bre et, wr recece t 3p At 6:30 the tc exerce r te wl, hve lght er ej rl te tgether; bete 9:00

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A South Indian Monastery

Each week an ancient fre ceremony, homa, is held near dawn in Kadavul Hindu emple www.himalayanacademy.com/ssc/hawaii/


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Rg the bell prer t Lr Geht H tr hre er the teretr prcee p the 300-t-lg pthwle wth er, werg tree prwlgb Leve the wrl beh ec-ter the ve 16-t tte N the bll,crve r gle blc blc grte O

wtch t ever Sv teple the wrl, he repre-et the perect evtee, h ee ever veergr h Lr eve r he, p r eet the teple t tep e the ctrExperece the darshan (ght) the G, eel the blee eerg I theceter hre t the Dve Dcer, Spree G Sv the le theprtl elepht-ce Det, Geh, wh we greet rt pr t bereever prtt t the rght Lr rtte, G yoga prtltrvg Drectl rt Sv gt crtl Svlg tht wll e be the cetrl c Irv eple Te er wll the teple pl

108 gle tte Lr Sv, ech epct-g e pe H cc ce cret,preervt, brpt, the pre grc-e whch ccel revel I the teplerght rer crer hre etrg glege Grev where c hr thegret l wh e th extrrrcplex Kadavul cet l wrr G eg, He wh bth et

trceet A teple eetg plce r phcl ple the vble wrl the G gelc beg, r devas Teprtl vbrt ept trg thrgh the

ctl wrhp, the Srtpuja rtl the hve perreever three hr r the clck ce the teple cept 1973 Mtcll,Kvl re teple, wth tee, peetrtg eerg tht brek p lptter help eeer beg ew e Te ter llw cce t thprvte hre r wrhp t the l 9 Svpuja, the tc pret per-r cetre-l rte t vke G Sv grce bleg r e ll

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Kadavul Hindu Temple

Kadavul emple, with the Nandi Pavilion. Right, painting o the 6-oot bronze Nataraja in the sanctum. www.himalayanacademy.com/ssc/hawaii/kadavul/


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Gzg cr the vlle the Wl ver tN K P, ee the gl-lee e I eg herg the lght, wth jetcMt Wlele the bcgr Y re behlgthe twer Irv eple, pre pwerl whtegrte weret crve I etrel b h erecte te th le w th Gre Il

b I ter te e th plgr hve t th e pt, rvellg t thercle bere the T the crw jewel H Mter, beg ctrcte, rt ret, ett r evtee l plgrge Nw hghl pc te t be here, r the teple ctll beg crete r preece A tre the gre pth legt the teple, her the te chp, chp, chp her ch-el the h reet rt r I, ttg e the 3,000 blc te, erectg ece ccrg t cet Agc tcl jct

t cect the Dve the te-rl, the prt the b, Heve Erth St we bere thet cre rt cetrchtectre, ege t t rte cetre re Wlk rthe ct Se bleg t rlve e ch the pllr Here,ever etl, ever cre, crtl-

rch prtcle grte cpre tbrg cler t G wth H-

revere cte ece le Irv t l teple, bt thever b G Iraivan cet l wr r G eg, Hewh wrhpe T teple w pre b ere tcl v Sv tht ce t Grev erl the rg Febrr 15, 1975,

whch he w Lr Sv ete lrge bler tht w lter cvere the the vergrw prpert Tee v pre h t beg th exqteteple, le the wrl Sce tht , pujas hve bee hel l tthe pt, whch wl l e be heltere wth elegt, pe-r pvl

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Iraivan Temple

www.himalayanacademy.com/ssc/hawaii/iraivan/Iraivans sanctum and east tower; right, the pavilion that will honor the site o Gurudevas 1975 vision


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It crptre tht re prec th gl, r re rre, g satguru wh c lee t G Sv wth Te hl gr, the crptre the cre teple re revere H threepllr th O thee, the guru prt Tewrguru pl e techer, bt relg le, satguru prtl ge, lle etr r

evtee, the rever re, gret beg whlve cle c wth G, wh h ttethe eepet relzt ble t le ther lgthe pth Oe the tctve ptet etre th ter t ble lege el-relze -ter wh kw G hl rth the pl ther h Mt H t-tt re e b lltr t r g wh brg lght wt the wrl bt r ccer t crr h wrk er h eth Tetht ere the cetre, lke r, hve etblhe cce leerhp,wth the tle thrt pe r eguru t the ext, geert er

geert It w thrgh the prtl thrt hter, Stgr Ygw Sr L, tht Gr-ev etblhe th ter et tt c r ervce Ygw w elghtee ge preceptr the le -ter w the l Prpr I 1949, t ge77, he re Grev h ccer the l-ege, whch exte bc 2,200 er, be, tMhrh Nth h eght cpleSt-

r, Sr, Sr, Sthr, Svg-, Ptjl, Vghrp rlr Te rtw tgr th lege recet htr wthe h r the Hl (c 17701840) Frh the pwer w pe t Sh tw

Bglre (18041891), the t Stgr Chellppw (18401915), the tSv Ygw (18721964), the t Sv Sbrw (19272001),wh re Bhth Velw (1942) t crr rth h Athere hve bee ctle gr th lege the pt, there wl l be the tre wh ee G everwhere lght the w r eeer trth

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Our Spiritual Lineage

www.himalayanacademy.com/satgurus/High in the Himalayas, 2,200 years ago, Nandinatha instructs his eight disciples


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Explrg H Mter, wll her ch bt Gr-ev, the brllt l wh etblhe th ctr erchecte lve He w hg exple wkeg w, rec-gze wrlwe e H ret ter H prgge, re prt perete th prtl cte tge the lve the e he tre tte Grev w br Clr grew p er Le he Orphe t ge 11, he w

re b l re wh h pet er I wh brghth t the cltre bele H re clcl Eter Weter ce the cple yoga, he bece the preerer the S Frcc Bllet Cp t ge 19 Te, t the heght h creer, he el rece the wrl 1947 le t I qet Ablte rth I rete Sr Lk cve, he te ettetl he brt t elghteet S er, he et Sv Ygw, wh gveh the e Sbr tte h t H tc Frthe , the gret trth e thrgh h lke trret Te tre relt,etphcl prcple eth r cg le chllege were bv t

h Wht phlpher trggle t expl cplex there,he rtclte ple lgge r h w experece Ul-ttel, the cre h pre tl bece the 3,000-pgetrlg Dancing, LivingMerging with Siva, the rt cget,cpreheve expre tc Sv Sht theEglh lgge. A pwerl prpe rve h ever ertle the rhth vgr ce He trvele wel t plH cte ever ctet, repreete h relgt glbl cerece helpe etblh 37 teple wrlwe

A extrrr tc, Grev h v the De-te He re clrvtl r er ple crptre cre-te h w lgge, Sh, t p r ther the prtte he ectere ett Grev w lve b llwh et h H, leer ll lege, l eghbr

rr l re h He w the Dve ever per tghtthe t ee the Dve theelve evtee everwhere, the grcel, x-t-tw, whte-hreguru w the ebet Lr Sv Hel Frthe er wrl, Grev cte t ge, gcl w, ll wh e-brce h techg H lght lve ther prt ther trvg r rth

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The Founder of the Monastery

www.himalayanacademy.com/satgurus/gurudeva/Gurudeva, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (19272001)


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Wht ke K H Mter pecl tht t the he lleguru htrele, evte wh re ctte t el-le le wrhp, ett, ervce el-tr-rt It t hr r pblc teple; trle re trcter t t pe ll Y eee the k, ree ellw, whte r rge

rbe, wlg lg the pth r t ther te Ole lve here, thgh be ge thrgh thegr b vlteer ht, wh be we Teguru bbt thter Bhth He gve weekl pre tlk the Kvl eple receve vtr eeg h bleg M H le ce rll ver the wrl r h darshan ech th Bhth trvel extevelWhe K, he tr the k, le the pre-w ett, pree tthe weel re rtl gve tt t Chrch eber Tetc rer rgze ve grp, cverg the bc re ervce:1) teple tche, 2) techg Chrch trt, 3) ce

be, 4) blg gr 5) pblhg Te lve trctbt j le er vw celbc,hlt, beece cetl-t Lete recte, clle swa-mis, l hve vw pvert Telve the revlve rvl H teple, where theperr rg cple

hl three-hr vgl, 24 hr , 365 er elg gth-erg re hel t t Grev

techg, cht tr, g evtl h ler ett tech-qe Strvg r el-fcec, the grw ch ther w eep ll her cw r l, btter, ghee, grt cheee Tee rtre r tree grw the l ge rer t prp-gte plt r the lh gre Wrg e-e hr, th cc-plhe, hgh-tech rer (ech h h Mcth cpter Phe) e-ectvel helpg the l ecg H glbll r-f t

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Our Guru and Monastic Order

www.himalayanacademy.com/satgurus/bodhinatha/Bodhinatha (above) and his order o monks, dressed in traditional cotton robes


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Or l retre he wth ch clrt th H Dhr Or chlre ct tptlg bt the vt Nw the re pr t be H- I ll ert thg, reewe prt cvere ew v r tre

It ch plce pece bet e clbeleve t wtht eeg r theelve All the

trble jt lve It zg tee H the le the Pcc pl-g glbl H thrgh rt techlg pblct Tee re tete r -le wh hve e prerrge pecl plgrget the ter, prctce tht perr erl r wrhp, sadhana(prtl cple) retret r -t- ccer H e-lrv@hrg vce t rrge ther vt I the wee bere ther

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eeer prepre well vce t rep the le-chgg be-et th prte ctr Ag the bet te t pl plgrge re Mhvrtr (Febrr-Mrch), Gr Pr- (Jl) Grev mahasamadhi bervce (Oct-ber-Nveber) Tee three pc te re epecllpwerl r wrhp ett r ejg theellwhp le-e evtee M che peclcc r ther plgrge, ch weg verr,brth r ew begg le, ee pecl bleg

t r weel 6 re cere Yg peple lve r-g t the teple er t the bech Tere reeverl sadhanas tht plgr c perr t the ter,clg ettg the b the Wl ver, wl-g the trght pth t G, tteg the rgpuja t the

Swbh Lg, perrg abhishekam t the Nr Lg thePth the Svte St, ettg tp Mrg Hll, werg thrgh thectr, tg Te Mter Cre tteg puja vl epleIvl cle be rrge wth r w reqet Plgrge cl-te wth perl darshan eetg wth Bhth, he reece

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Coming on Pilgrimage

www.himalayanacademy.com/ssc/hawaii/visiting.shtmlwo Hindus participate in the morning homa in Kadavul


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Thgh t trtl r H teple t cltvtebetl gre gr, repleet wth wert be fere hl cere, well rt eveecl rerce, H Mter h rexceee ll ch prt Over the pt 20 er,th r le r the e h bee trrer vergrw jgle t trpcl pre It ll

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Sacred Temple Gardens

www.himalayanacademy.com/ssc/hawaii/tour/A monastery lotus in ull bloom, symbol o spiritual enlightenment


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He gt the ter lxrt gree-er there well ther wrl, hgh-techwrhp tht cr the b, cre, ve, c-ct webte It ll crche t -pretet blg beeth prwlg g tree, r r vl eple Te here reegge tte--the-rt cpterze pblhg

Vtr re chre t ee the k ree h-p ctt rbe, ech ttg t h Mcth wthwecree Ce Dpl, wrtg, etg, eg-g Te l rect b e-l lle tertlcre jrlt, rtt phtgrpher whhelp crete the rewe gze w Hindu-ism oday Pblhg the qrterl jrl jl,pre wr lbr lve pprecte b 100,000reer r the glbe It ch r prtl tece rce ew ch

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replete wth ve etre tht brg t ll t le, cl-g Stgr Bhth Velw reg h Pblher Decl Te l brct l ew ee clle HPre Itertl, trbtg ctt tre tel, hrt t-re bt H tht pper the wrl pre, ppleetgthe -epth gze rtcle M rer H rchl, hptl r rphge Grev re tht h SvSht Yg Orer wl pprt r th thrgh Hinduismoday, pblc ervce, t t tell r w tr, bt t cver thepeple, evet, phlph trt the brer H wrl

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World-Class Publishing

www.hinduismtoday.comA cover o Hinduism oday magazine


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Here t the ter, wll tht the hre ptve, bt prt bt le Te re r tht the welth w the ghtl techg thelve bthe trer H crptre, prtclrl the wrk r w Grev A brllt techer rtr, he peelqetl bt vrtll ever pect ler ltterelt t hehl hr, kundaliniyoga t lecet

gt I h ltter er, he h tc pblhg teeble the eece h er tr the threelrge vle Te Mter Cre Dancing with Siva c-teprr ctech, tlg qet--wer rthe bc Svte H I Living with Siva, Grevce hw t lve trl prtl le, hrg ght hw t pprch l, e, relthp, techlg, ,wrhp, g, r reMerging with Siva ct 52 Grev pre tl raja g, G elzt, the cler whtelght, the tte , re, the tre thght, the chr, r,

eth g, the gr-cple relt-hp re I t, we hve How toBecome a Hindu, ge r eeer whgt eter th veerble th; Weavers Wis-dom, trlt the Sth I ethclterpece, irukural; Loving Ganesha, chrg text ecte t the beevletLr Obtcle wrhpe b ll HYogas Forgotten Foundation preet -

ce H ce cct, theyamas niyamas, ecer prereqte tthe prctce g Lemurian Scrolls ex-plre the rre tpc H tc l e the rg ht Or t recetb, What Is Hinduism?, 416-pge, ph-t-rch vle rw r Hinduism odaytht preet the cet the l

th clle H cpreheve cteprr w whle -thrttvel werg the qet evere bt r cplex th

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Wisdom to Live By

www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/ and www.minimela.comBooks by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, including Te Master Course trilogy


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Personal Study

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bt reect the bl rche the er v-ge A tpcl cle rg explrt t thevt rel ett, trctl satsanga hw tlve prtll c le, pecl vt t hr teple Tere re hth g per, qet--wer e lt te r rl hrg wth

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Travel-Study Programs

www.himalayanacademy.com/innersearch/Innersearchers pose in ront o ancient temple ruins in Cambodia during the 2008 travel-study program


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Our Global Congregation

Thgh rete, H Mter prtl lght-he r te th peple r the wrleeer vrg ctet teret, H ll et, eber ther th the rl th t ll Ucte ber lce g-ce Grev techg, prt thrgh r web-te H le e reglr l vt tht trt t

vct plgrge bece plgrge vctEve cl get wh hve vte jt ce hl the -ter ther hert r the ret ther le, hreg bct t plc trble eerge whe thg get rcbc he Drg Bhth reqet trvel, evtee tteple cr Nrth Aerc, Atrl, New Zel Sthet A ce r h darshan, rg tl tewth th cetguru lege Dze ch teple r the wrl rel the ter r tregth gce Trgh l wrhp, et-t t Te Mter Cre, the t ret eeer bece tte

evtee Bhth eber hSv Sht Chrch It th cre grp,e trg b ther l cple ther rl plege llt, whch tthe preece the Chrch r the wrlChrch eber tthe t pprt the -ter t g wrk, gve geerl ther te Ter hre tregth, bltere breglr relg gtherg wth ther e-

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www.himalayanacademy.com/ssc/Members gather at the Panchamukha Ganapati Mandapam in Mauritius to hear Bodhinathas discourse


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H, l w the St Dhr, r Eterl W, rplet rgl let lvg relg, wth erl e bllheret t h r et: Sv, Sht,Vhv Srt, ech wth hre lege Terepreet br rge bele, prctce tc gl, bt

vrtl l ll ccr cert berc ccept All Hwrhp e Spree Relt, thgh the cll t b e

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r G devas reg wth the er wrl Fetvl, plgrge,chtg hl h he wrhp re c prctce Fl le

trg prec Lve, vlece, g cct the lw hree the H pth H re geerl tlert ther th

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cept, wll tt th hghet prtl t, thgh t te lve T tcl relg, leg evteet perll experece t eterl trth wth theelve,

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t t the Vedas Agamas H h te th hl teple hre, tl I, bt w lcte

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A Birds-Eye View of Hinduism

28 29www.himalayanacademy.com/basicsAum, the soundless sound, is the primal vibration rom which all maniestation issues orth


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Or cet tc chl Sv Sht Svte H pee rre the e-vtl the cprg l Ict, r thelg clle tc the It eqllexlt hert-eltg teple wrhp -tr-ceg gc revelt It teche tht G bthwth te , the Cretr the cret,

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