Himalayan Academy News, February 15, 2009

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April 9, 2010

New release:
Gurudeva's Spiritual Visions.
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's (Gurudeva's) lifetime of remarkable accomplishments derived from constant communion with his own superconscious faculties and with our great devas and Gods. His whole life, day and night, he lived in those rarified realms, receiving insights, instructions, guidance and occasionally a vision of a God.

In his writings, the satguru touched but briefly on this aspect of his life, preferring that his readers and students focus on the more urgent task at hand: to grow themselves in character, improve their karma and thus make their way up the path. But he did share some of his experiences, especially with his monastic disciples.

In Gurudeva's Spiritual Visions, successor Bodhinatha shares 15 great inner moments of his master's life—such as happened in 1968, when he brought forth from within himself a new mystical language—Shum—that has been an invaluable tool of self-discovery and understanding for his disciples ever since. Read about a Shum class currently happening, below. It is a jewel of a book, exquisitely written, designed and illustrated with vintage early photos of Gurudeva, S. Rajam's delicate watercolors and esoteric motifs by Gurudeva himself.
95 pages • order from our MiniMela.

Bodhinatha: coming travels & satsang

  • May 29 to June 6, Malaysia
  • June 7, Singapore
  • August 14-15, Maryland, USA
  • August 18-22, Trinidad, Guyana
  • November 12-27, India, Singapore, Malaysia On November 20-21, Bodhinatha and Paramacharya Palaniswami will be guests of honor at Golok Dham, in Delhi, the ashram of Swami Gopal Charan Devacharya and will officially remit Swami the Hindu of the Year 2009 award. At a later time, they will visit the Iraivan temple worksite near Bangalore.

  • Stay up to date with Bodhinatha's travel plans, here.
  • More about Bodhinatha here.
  • Formal invitations for him to visit your area are received here.

A class about...
everything!

Easan Katir has never been the same since. When he was 19, he met Satguru Sivaya Subramuniya-
swami (Gurudeva) who introduced him to the Shum language. That did it. Easan's been an unapologetic Shum meditator ever since. Gurudeva brought Shum from his inner mind in 1968, describing it as the “language of meditation.” He continued to develop it until his passing in 2001 (see Gurudeva's Spiritual Visions, above). Shum's structure and vocabulary are inner rather than external, or meditative rather than ordinary. It was given out only to close devotees until successor Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami released the book, Twelve Shum Meditations in 2006.

Inspired, Easan began teaching from the book to a small band of bright souls in Davis and Silicon Valley, California. The course was originally set to last 12 weeks, but the students asked for an extension, then another, and another... and today, it is still going—with enthusiasm higher than ever. The students especially appreciate Shum's lofty point of view (named the Shum perspective) from where life and being are seen entirely differently. "Shum is a way to dive into your magnificient self," Gurudeva would summarize.

Twelve Shum Meditations r contains 12 key Shum meditations that the guru crafted to describe and map the principal areas of the mind (i.e. consciousness, i.e. existence) that the meditator strives to experience. The book requires no prior knowledge. All definitions, explanations and instructions are included • 99 pages • spiral bound • abundant color • order from our MiniMela.

For your own upliftment
for that of your family,
own the collected teachings of
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

The Trilogy is a 3000-page compilation of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's teachings preserved over his lifetime—from the deepest mystical truths to practical advice for daily living.

  • Dancing with Siva, Volume 1, is a thorough overview of Hinduism's most basic teachings.
  • Living with Siva, Volume 2, is Gurudeva's guide to how to live—inwardly as well as outwardly to create a fulfilling future.
  • Merging with Siva, Volume 3. Emphasis is on Hindu metaphysics: the inner bodies of man, the evolution of the soul, meditation, God-Realization and much more.

The three books may be ordered separately. But the three books together come with a substantial discount plus FREE SHIPPING.

The Trilogy is also available, in slightly abridged form, as pocket books. Keep the full set in your shrine or meditation room, and take the pocket books along when you go.

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