Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
Like a boomerang, our thoughts, words and deeds always return to us, in this or a future life, according to the universal law of karma. As people say today, …
Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
Four stages define the path which we follow, one after the other. Unlike this hiker who leaves one rock behind to step onto the next, we keep the previous …
Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
Deities & devotees, along with their vahanas, inhabit the intricate towers of the Sri Mariamman temple in Singapore. Craftsmen from India sculpted the figures in plaster and painted them …
Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
At a roadside shrine in India a devout woman approaches the great God Siva, seeking guidance and blessings. Holding a trishula in His right hand, the murti has been …
Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
At the entrance to Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur stands the 140-foot-tall statue of Lord Murugan holding His vel & bedecked with golden garlands. Malaysian Hindus are especially fond …
Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
Lord Ganesha, most popular of Hindu Deities, is always worshiped first. Here He rests on a giant cobra, which is curled three times beneath Him. His hands hold a …
Vedic Verses.
He is the Supreme Brahman, the Self of all, the chief foundation of this world, subtler than the subtle, eternal. That thou art; thou art That. Atharva Veda, Kaivalya …
Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
This fierce monkey guards the entrance to a temple in Bali, frightening away those who should not enter. He is fearsome, but like sin and evil, he is not …
Vedic Verses.
For the great-souled, the surest way to liberation is the conviction that I am Brahman. The two terms, what leads to bondage and what leads to liberation, are the …
Vedic Verses.
The Primordial Vastness is the sky. The Primordial Vastness is the sphere of space. The Primordial Vastness is the mother, the father, the son. The Primordial Vastness is all …