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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 merchant and the public at large. This is the day for presenting gifts to merchants and customers and to honor employers and employees with gifts and appreciation. The sadhana today is the settling of all debts and disputes. Gifts received are placed unopened before the Deity.
A lady worships Ganesha in the morning at a shrine outside the famed temples of Khajuraho, North India.
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...
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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 perform. Her...
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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, instinctive c...
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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. The talk was title...
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Speaking at EO Alchemy 2012 in Seattle
On October 27th I was invited to give a keynote presentation at the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) west coast regional event called EO Alchemy 2012. The event took place in Seattle and the topic of my keynote was “The Art of Balancing Life”. The vision for the event as stated on their web...
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My First Magazine Cover
Last month SpiceRoute, the inflight magazine for SpiceJet airlines in India, reached out to me asking if they could purchase one of my photos for use on the cover of their November 2012 inflight magazine issue. It’s the first time one of my photos has made the cover of a magazine. The artic...
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