{"id":340,"date":"2026-05-17T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=340"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:52:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:52:29","slug":"lesson-36-dancing-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-36-dancing-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 36 \u2013 Dancing 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\/2026\/01\/DwS-Lesson-036.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\">What Are the Four Stages on the Path?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u015aLOKA 36<br>The path of enlightenment is divided naturally into four stages: chary\u0101, virtue and selfless service; kriy\u0101, worshipful s\u0101dhanas; yoga, meditation under a guru\u2019s guidance; and j\u00f1\u0101na, the wisdom state of the realized soul. Aum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BH\u0100SHYA<br>Chary\u0101, kriy\u0101, yoga and j\u00f1\u0101na are the sequence of the soul\u2019s evolutionary process, much like the natural de\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00advel\u00adopment of a butterfly from egg to caterpillar, from caterpillar to pupa, and then the final metamorphosis to butterfly. These are four p\u0101das, or stages, through which each human soul must pass in many births to attain its final goal. Before entering these spiritual stages, the soul is im\u00admersed in the lower nature, the \u0101\u1e47ava m\u0101rga, or self-centered path, bound in fear and lust, hurtful rage, jealousy, confusion, selfishness, con\u00adscience\u00adless\u00adness and mal\u00adice. Then it awakens into chary\u0101, un\u00adselfish religious service, or karma yoga. Once ma\u00adtured in chary\u0101, it enters kriy\u0101, devotion or bhakti yoga, and finally blossoms into ku\u1e47\u00ad\u1e0da\u00adlin\u012b yoga. J\u00f1\u0101na is the state of en\u00adlight\u00adened wis\u00addom reached toward the path\u2019s end as a re\u00adsult of Self Realization. The four p\u0101das are not al\u00adter\u00adna\u00adtive ways, but progressive, cum\u00adulative phases of a one path, San M\u0101rga. The Tiruman\u00adtiram says, \u201cBeing the Life of life is j\u00f1\u0101na worship. Beholding the Light of life is yoga worship. Giving life by invocation is external worship. Adoration that displaces anger is chary\u0101 worship.\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Are the Four Stages on the Path? \u015aLOKA 36The path of enlightenment is divided naturally into four stages: chary\u0101, virtue and selfless service; kriy\u0101, worshipful s\u0101dhanas; yoga, meditation under a guru\u2019s guidance; and j\u00f1\u0101na, the wisdom state of the realized soul. Aum. 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