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March 4, 2016

What is The Self God talk?

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By October 3, 1959, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (Gurudeva) had established in San Francisco what is believed to have been the USA's first Hindu temple. There on that day, he gave an amazingly powerful 20-minute talk which many feel encompassed Hinduism's entire thrust and ultimate teaching—and in clear, succinct contemporary language. It was a seminal moment in Gurudeva's life's work and the talk would become the capstone of Himalayan Academy's teachings.

You can judge for yourself. Quite fortunately, the talk was recorded and religiously preserved in pristine quality all these decades—and today it is freely available for us to enjoy.

Mahasivaratri night would be the perfect time to listen to it and share with your family and fellow devotees. Feel free to download it and share it all around.

Gurudeva once said, around the time he gave the talk: "The teaching of the Self has long been a secret doctrine in the West, now the time has come to shout it from the rooftops." Find the talk among his other recordings and those of his successor, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, here.


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