Description: Gurudeva's Shakti is so strong here at Kauai Aadheenam, stronger than any other place. Initiations are an ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Affectionate Detachment
Description: Affectionate detachment. The two stages leading up to it are unaffectionate attachment and unaffectionate detachment. ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Choose Realistic Goals in Meditation
Description: Bodhinatha talks about the problematic attitude of getting sad when our spiritual experiences aren't as deep as we want them to be or think they should be. He reminds us of Gurudeva's mahavakyam, ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
When Everything Seems to Go Wrong
Description: Everyone has days when everything seems to go wrong. Bodhinatha emphasizes that we must recognize that days like this happen and not have an unrealistic idea that all days are going to be perfect, productive, ...
Time: Between 4 and 8 minutes
The Nature of Desire
Description: Bodhinatha gives a wonderful discourse on the nature of desire. Gurudeva never asked us to give up desire. Desire is life. However, on the spiritual path it is important to transmute, to change ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
False Concepts About the Spiritual Path
Description: As is true in many areas of life, there are more false concepts about something than true concepts, and this is certainly true regarding the spiritual path. Here Bodhinatha speaks on false concepts ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Positive Attitudes for Positive Spiritual Progress
Description: Bodhinatha reads sloka 2 of Dancing with Siva - "Where am I going? What is my path?" The Hindu spiritual path can be described in three simple ways - becoming a better person, learning from our experiences, ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
Saiva Siddhanta, a Path of Knowing Thyself
Description: Bodhinatha is getting ready for his trip to Toronto, Canada. His talk is titled "Saiva Siddhanta: A Path of Knowing Thyself". In summary: Saiva Siddhanta focuses on both devotion to God and meditation. Siva ...
Time: Longer than 8 minutes
The World Is an Ashram in which All Are Doing Sadhana
Description: Following listening to Gurudeva's original talk entitled "The Eternal Now," given in 1961, this auspicious Mahasivaratri night Bodhinatha reads two recent lessons from Dancing with Siva about the essence ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
Work Is Worship
Description: Bodhinatha spoke today on the concept of "work is worship" in the Hindu religion. He recounted how many visitors have told him "We are so busy, Swami, we just don't have any time for spiritual ...
Time: Less than 4 minutes
