Daily lesson with gurudeva
SLOKA 140 FROM DANCING WITH SIVA HOW IS THE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH USED? Intoning the affirmation of faith, we positively assert that God is both manifest and unmanifest, both …
Tirukural.
Kural 771 Dare you not, my enemies, to stand against my monarch! Many who did now stand as stone monuments. Kural 772 It is more gratifying to carry a …
Bowl of Saki (Hazrat Inayat Khan)
Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan The heart of man, as the Sufis say, is a mirror. All that is reflected in this mirror is projected upon other mirrors. When …
Tirukural.
Kural 761 Foremost among a monarch’s possessions stands a conquering army, complete and fearless. Kural 762 Only seasoned soldiers remain bravely determined when onslaughts decimate them and threaten defeat. …
Daily lesson with gurudeva
SLOKA 139 FROM DANCING WITH SIVA WHAT IS SAIVISM’S AFFIRMATION OF FAITH? The proclamation ”God Siva is Immanent Love and Transcendent Reality” is a potent affirmation of faith. Said …
Vedic Verses.
Nachiketa said: Look back and see how it was with those who came before us and observe how it is with those who are now with us. A mortal …
Tirukural.
Kural 751 There is nothing like wealth for lending consequence to an inconsequential man. Kural 752 Those who have nothing have everyone’s contempt, while the rich are exalted by …
Daily lesson with gurudeva
SLOKA 138 FROM DANCING WITH SIVA IS INITIATION NECESSARY TO PERFORM JAPA? The most precious of all Saivite mantras, Namah Sivaya is freely sung and chanted by one and …
Vedic Verses.
One man with utmost care creates the verses; another sings a song in chanted meters. A third, the Brahmin, tells forth the wisdom of being, while yet a fourth …
Lehdistö
(RNS) — I just returned from my first trip to India and Nepal, a soul-stretching pilgrimage that was as much mentally as physically demanding. Along the way, I made …
