{"id":1319,"date":"2026-10-18T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T03:00:03","slug":"lesson-190-living-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-190-living-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 190 \u2013 Living with \u015aiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/LwS-Lesson-190.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Recording: Gurudeva&#8217;s cloned voice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keep Teaching, Keep Loving<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The more things change, the more they stay the same, it seems. Children are perfect devas until puberty, when so many changes come, when pr\u0101rabdha karmas\u2014the results of past actions they bring with them to live through in this birth\u2014begin to manifest and the growing-up process intensifies. Is there a set way, a rule book, for raising Hindu children in our contemporary society? I think not. But the basic principles of Hinduism have not failed. No, not at all. Teach the young adults to look ahead mentally into the future before making a decision, and to base their decisions for life on the value judgments of San\u0101tana Dharma as well explained in Dancing with \u015aiva, Hinduism\u2019s Contemporary Catechism, here in Living with \u015aiva, Hinduism\u2019s Contemporary Culture and in Merging with \u015aiva, Hinduism\u2019s Contemporary Metaphysics. This Master Course trilogy is all that\u2019s needed for a fine future for young adults. What are these values? Peace; harmony within the home; tolerance for others; appreciation of the wisdom of those who have gone before us and of those who are older; purity of thought, word and deed; chastity until marriage; and, above all, cooperation and patience in choosing the right partner in life, for marriage is actually the joining of two families. <br><br>Marriage is not merely an individual decision between two people who are sexually attracted to each other. No, not at all. A marriage, to be successful, needs the support both of the young man\u2019s family and the young lady\u2019s. The days are going away very fast when, through the dowry system, the girl buys herself a husband or the boy commands a price to take her into his home as a servant girl for his mother. <br><br>All this should be explained time and time again to children who are growing up with mixed values. After all, they spend more time with their peers than they do with their parents in today\u2019s world! This means that the parents have to actively teach them as well, and talk and talk and talk on well-rehearsed subjects to keep their children in the home, out of harm\u2019s way and guided into a substantial, happy marriage in which the bride and the groom\u2019s parents get along famously. It is a circle of love when two families marry along with their children. <br><br>These matters must be discussed when children are young, before puberty. Give many examples from your life and the successful lives of others they and you know. Later, when they reach the stage of puberty, watch out, for they may reject everything they have heard. But the knowledge is in there, deeply buried in their subconscious mind, just waiting to burst out when the right moment comes. So, even when they are not inclined to listen or discuss, you can know they are hearing. And you can be sure they are listening when you gossip about someone who is experiencing a similar problem they are facing\u2014a high school senior you read of in the paper who is in dire circumstances, or a story with a moral that you have creatively thought up to put across the point that you are trying to make. Yes, they are listening, because who is it on planet Earth that does not just really, really love to hear a good story. Your well-placed parable will lift up the v\u0101san\u0101s you implanted early on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NANDINATHA S\u016aTRA 190: GOOD FOOD FOR GOOD HEALTH<br>\u015aiva\u2019s devotees know that a good diet is the best medicine. They drink two liters of water daily, minimize fried foods and avoid junk foods, white rice, white flour, processed sugar and degraded oils. Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep Teaching, Keep Loving The more things change, the more they stay the same, it seems. Children are perfect devas until puberty, when so many changes come, when pr\u0101rabdha karmas\u2014the results of past actions they bring with them to live through in this birth\u2014begin to manifest and the growing-up process intensifies. 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