{"id":449,"date":"2026-06-02T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=449"},"modified":"2025-06-08T17:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T03:00:02","slug":"lesson-52-living-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-52-living-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 52 \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\/12\/LwS-Lesson-52.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\">One Focus Per Lifetime<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life is long; there are apparently many years ahead. But time is short. One never knows when he is going to die. The purpose of samprad\u0101ya is to restrict and narrow down, to reach out to an attainable goal. We must not consider our life and expected longevity as giving us the time and permission to do investigative comparisons of one samprad\u0101ya to another. This may be done before making up one\u2019s mind to follow a traditional verbal lineage. After that, pursuing other paths, even in passing, would be totally unacceptable. <br><br>But it is also totally unacceptable to assume the attitude of denigration of other paths, or to assume the attitude that \u201cour way is the only way.\u201d There are fourteen currents in the spine. Each one is a valid way to escalate consciousness into the chakra at the top of the skull and beyond. And at every point in time, there is a living guru, possessing a physical body, ordained to control one or more of these n\u0101\u1e0d\u012bs, currents, within the spine. All are valid paths. One should not present itself as superseding another. Let there be no mistake about this. <br><br>The yamas and niyamas are the core of Hindu disciplines and restraints for individuals, groups, communities and nations. In fact, they outline various stages of the path in the development of the soul, leading out of the marul p\u0101da into the arul p\u0101da, from confusion into grace, leading to the feet of the satguru, as the last five practices indicate\u2014siddh\u0101nta \u015brava\u1e47a, mati, vrata, japa and tapas. <br><br>Since the samprad\u0101yas are all based on Hinduism, which is based on the Vedas, any teacher of Indian spirituality who rejects the Vedas is therefore not a Hindu and should not be considered as such. Anybody in his right mind will be able to accept the last section of the Vedas, the Upanishads, and see the truth therein. One at least has to accept that as the basis of siddh\u0101nta \u015brava\u1e47a. If even that is rejected, we must consider the teacher a promulgator of a new Indian religion, neo-American religion, neo-European religion, neo-New-Age religion, nonreligion, neo-sanny\u0101s\u012b religion, or some other \u201cneo-ism\u201d or \u201cneo-ology.\u201d This is not samprad\u0101ya. This is not siddh\u0101nta \u015brava\u1e47a. This is what we speak against. These are not the eternal paths. Why? Because they have not been tried and tested. They are not based on traditional lineages; nor have they survived the ravages of time, changing societies, wars, famine and the infiltration of ignorance. <br><br>For s\u0101dhakas, yog\u012bs, sw\u0101m\u012bs and mendicants who have freed themselves from the world, permanently or for a period of time according to their vows, these yamas and niyamas are not only restraints and practices, but mandatory controls. They are not only practices, but obligatory disciplines, and once performed with this belief and attitude, they will surely lead the mendicant to his chosen goal, which can only be the height that his pr\u0101rabdha karmas in this life permit, unless those karmas are burned out under extreme tapas under the guidance of a satguru. <br><br>Some might still wonder, why limit oneself to listening to scripture of one particular lineage, especially if it has been practically memorized? The answer is that what has been learned must be experienced personally, and experience comes in many depths. This is the purpose of disregarding or rejecting all other samprad\u0101yas, -ism\u2019s, -ologies and sects, or denominations, and of limiting scriptural listening to just one samprad\u0101ya, so that each subtle increment of the divine truths amplified within it is realized through personal experience. This and only this\u2014experience, realization, illumination\u2014can be carried on to the next birth. What one has merely memorized is not transforming and is forgotten perhaps shortly after death. Let there be no mistake that siddh\u0101nta \u015brava\u1e47a, scriptural listening, is the only way; and when the seeker is ready, the guru will appear and enter his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NANDINATHA S\u016aTRA 52: CHARITY AND FAITH<br>All \u015aiva\u2019s devotees practice d\u0101na, tithing and giving generously, creatively, without thought of reward. They sustain an unshakable faith, \u0101stikya, believing in God, Gods, guru and the Vedic path to enlightenment. Aum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Focus Per Lifetime Life is long; there are apparently many years ahead. But time is short. One never knows when he is going to die. The purpose of samprad\u0101ya is to restrict and narrow down, to reach out to an attainable goal. 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