{"id":700,"date":"2026-07-12T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=700"},"modified":"2025-07-18T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T03:00:03","slug":"lesson-92-dancing-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-92-dancing-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 92 \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\/2025\/02\/DwS-Lesson-92.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 Sacraments of Childhood?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015aLOKA 92<br>The essential religious sacraments of childhood are the n\u0101makara\u1e47a, name-giving; ch\u016b\u1e0d\u0101kara\u1e47a, head-shaving; annapr\u0101\u015bana, first solid food; kar\u1e47avedha, ear-piercing; and vidy\u0101rambha, commencement of formal study. Aum.<br><br>BH\u0100SHYA<br>Sa\u1e41sk\u0101ras impress upon a child its holiness and innate possibilities for spiritual advancement. The n\u0101makara\u1e47a occurs in the temple or home, eleven to forty-one days after birth. The baby\u2019s name, astrologically chosen, is whispered in the right ear by the father, marking the formal entry into Hinduism. The head-shaving, ch\u016b\u1e0d\u0101kara\u1e47a, is performed at the temple between the thirty-first day and the fourth year. The annapr\u0101\u015bana celebrates the child\u2019s first solid food, when sweet rice is fed to the baby by the father or the family guru. Ear-piercing, kar\u1e47avedha, held for both girls and boys during the first, third or fifth year, endows the spirit of health and wealth. Girls are adorned with gold earrings, bangles and anklets; boys with two earrings and other gold jewelry. The vidy\u0101rambha begins formal education, when children write their first letter in a tray of rice. The upanayana begins, and the sam\u0101vartana ends, a youth\u2019s religious study. The Vedas beseech, \u201cI bend to our cause at this solemn moment, O Gods, your divine and holy attention. May a thousand streams gush forth from this offering, like milk from a bountiful, pasture-fed cow.\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Are the Sacraments of Childhood? \u015aLOKA 92The essential religious sacraments of childhood are the n\u0101makara\u1e47a, name-giving; ch\u016b\u1e0d\u0101kara\u1e47a, head-shaving; annapr\u0101\u015bana, first solid food; kar\u1e47avedha, ear-piercing; and vidy\u0101rambha, commencement of formal study. Aum. BH\u0100SHYASa\u1e41sk\u0101ras impress upon a child its holiness and innate possibilities for spiritual advancement. 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