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Dec 25, 2012

Happy Pancha Ganapati 2012

Happy Pancha Ganapati everyone! We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, is the final day of the celebration, and Gurudeva shares from his book "Loving Ganesha" DECEMBER 25, ORANGE The family sadhana for the final day of Pancha Ganapati is to bring forth love and harmony within all three worlds. Because of sadhanas well performed during the first four days, the fa...

Dec 24, 2012
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Day 4 Pancha Ganapati Festival 2012

We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, day 4 of the celebration, Gurudeva shares from his book "Loving Ganesha" DECEMBER 24, GREEN The sadhana of day four is to draw forth the vibration of joy and harmony that comes from music, art, drama and the da
Dec 23, 2012
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Day 3 Pancha Ganapati Festival 2012

We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, day 3 of the celebration, Gurudeva shares from his book "Loving Ganesha" DECEMBER 23, RED The family sadhana for the third day is to create a vibration of love and harmony among business associates, the casual
Dec 22, 2012
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Day 2 Pancha Ganapati Festival 2012

We continue with our five-day celebration of Pancha Ganapati. Today, day 2 of the celebration, Gurudeva shares from his book "Loving Ganesha" DECEMBER 22, BLUE "The family sadhana (spiritual practice) for the second day of Pancha Ganapati is to create a vibration of love and har
Dec 21, 2012
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Day 1 Pancha Ganapati Festival 2012

Pancha Ganapati is a modern Hindu family festival of the Five-Faced (pancha means "five") Ganesha. The festival was created by my guru many years ago and extends over a 5-day period. Each day has a particular focus and a spiritual practice for all members of the family to perfo
Dec 17, 2012
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Insights on Peace

The recent tragedy at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, is needless to say at the very least heartbreaking. It made me reflect a lot on the source of peace and violence, and this brought me to recall a talk given my guru, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami about 12 years ago. T
Dec 17, 2012
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What Is the Inner Source of Violence?

Looking deeper into peace and violence I'd like to share some further insights by my guru, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. This is taken from his book Dancing with Siva published by Himalayan Academy (Page 196). What Is the Inner Source of Violence? Violence is a reflection of lower, i