{"id":372,"date":"2026-05-22T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=372"},"modified":"2025-05-28T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T03:00:03","slug":"lesson-41-living-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-41-living-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 41 \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\/11\/LwS-Lesson-41.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\">Many Ways Of Giving<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are so many ways of giving. Arising before the Sun comes up, greeting and giving namask\u0101ra to the Sun is a part of \u015aaivite culture. D\u0101na is built into all aspects of Hindu life\u2014giving to the holy man, giving to the astrologer, giving to the teacher, giving dakshi\u1e47\u0101 to a sw\u0101m\u012b or a satguru for his support, over and above all giving to his institution, over and above da\u015bam\u0101\u1e41\u015ba, over and above giving to the temple. If the satguru has satisfied you with the fullness of his presence, you must satisfy yourself in equal fullness in giving back. You can be happily fat as these two fullnesses merge within you. By giving to the satguru, you give him the satisfaction of giving to another, for he has no needs except the need to practice d\u0101na. <br><br>Great souls have always taught that, among all the forms of giving, imparting the spiritual teachings is the highest. You can give money or food and provide for the physical aspects of the being, but if you can find a way to give the dharma, the illumined wisdom of the traditions of the San\u0101tana Dharma, then you are giving to the spirit of the person, to the soul. Many Hindus buy religious literature to give away, because j\u00f1\u0101na d\u0101na, giving wisdom, is the highest giving. Several groups in Malaysia and Mauritius gave away over 70,000 pieces of literature in a twenty-month period. Another group in the United States gave away 300,000 pieces of literature in the same period. Many pieces of that literature changed the lives of individuals and brought them into a great fullness of soul satisfaction. An electric-shock blessing would go out from them at the peak of their fulfillment and fill the hearts of all the givers. Giving through education is a glorious fulfillment for the giver, as well as for the receiver. <br><br>Wealthy men in India will feed twenty thousand people in the hopes that one enlightened soul who was truly hungry at that time might partake of this d\u0101na and the \u015bakti that arises within him at the peak of his satisfaction will prepare for the giver a better birth in his next life. This is the great spirit of anna yaj\u00f1\u0101, feeding the masses. <br><br>Along with the gift comes a portion of the karma of the giver. There was an astrologer who when given more than his due for a jyotisha consultation would always give the excess to a nearby temple, as he did not want to assume any additional karma by receiving more than the worth of his predictions. Another wise person said, \u201cI don\u2019t do the antyesh\u1e6di sa\u1e41sk\u0101ra, funeral rites, because I can\u2019t receive the d\u0101na coming from that source of sadness. It would affect my family.\u201d Giving is also a way of balancing karma, of expressing gratitude for blessings received. A devotee explained, \u201cI cannot leave the temple without giving to the hu\u1e47\u1e0di, offering box, according to the fullness I have received as fullness from the temple.\u201d A gourmet once said, \u201cI cannot leave the restaurant until I give gratuity to the waiter equaling the satisfaction I felt from the service he gave.\u201d This is d\u0101na, this is giving, in a different form. <br><br>Children should be taught giving at a very young age. They don\u2019t yet have the ten restraints, the yamas, to worry about. They have not been corrupted by the impact of their own pr\u0101rabdha karmas. Little children, even babies, can be taught d\u0101na\u2014giving to the temple, to holy ones, to one another, to their parents. They can be taught worship, recitation and, of course, contentment\u2014told how beautiful they are when they are quiet and experiencing the joy of serenity. Institutions should also give, according to their means, to other institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NANDINATHA S\u016aTRA 41: THE FOUR PROGRESSIVE STAGES OF THE PATH<br>\u015aiva\u2019s followers all believe that the performance of chary\u0101, virtuous living; kriy\u0101, temple worship; and yoga, leading to Para\u015biva through the grace of the living satguru, is absolutely necessary to bring forth j\u00f1\u0101na, wisdom. Aum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Ways Of Giving There are so many ways of giving. Arising before the Sun comes up, greeting and giving namask\u0101ra to the Sun is a part of \u015aaivite culture. 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