{"id":750,"date":"2026-07-20T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=750"},"modified":"2025-07-26T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:00:03","slug":"lesson-100-dancing-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-100-dancing-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 100 \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-100.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 Other Important Festivals?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015aLOKA 100<br>Besides the temple festivals, there is a multitude of home, community and national celebrations, notably D\u012bp\u0101val\u012b, Hindu New Year, Tai Pongal, guru p\u016bj\u0101 days, kumbha melas, Jayant\u012b and Guru P\u016br\u1e47im\u0101. Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<br><br>BH\u0100SHYA<br>D\u012bp\u0101val\u012b, the \u201cfestival of lights\u201d in October-November, is a most popular festival, esteemed as a day of Hindu solidarity, when all sects gather in love and trust. It begins the financial year and is celebrated by opening new accounts, giving greeting cards, clothing and other gifts and by lighting rows of oil lamps. Family bonds are strengthened and forgivenesses sought. The several Hindu New Years are important observations. Tai Pongal, in January-February, is a harvest thanksgiving and invocation for prosperity. God S\u016brya, the Sun, is honored, and daughters are presented with gifts. We venerate saints and sages by conducting guru p\u016bj\u0101 on the anniversary of their passing, or mah\u0101sam\u0101dhi. We celebrate our satguru\u2019s birthday, or jayant\u012b, with special p\u016bj\u0101 to his \u015br\u012b p\u0101duk\u0101, \u201csandals,\u201d or holy feet. We honor him again on Guru P\u016br\u1e47im\u0101, the full moon of July. Kumbha melas, humanity\u2019s largest gatherings, are held at four pilgrimage centers in India every three years. The Vedas proclaim, \u201cThus have we now approached the All-Knower, the one who is the best procurer of good things. Endow us, O Majesty, with strength and glory.\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Are Other Important Festivals? \u015aLOKA 100Besides the temple festivals, there is a multitude of home, community and national celebrations, notably D\u012bp\u0101val\u012b, Hindu New Year, Tai Pongal, guru p\u016bj\u0101 days, kumbha melas, Jayant\u012b and Guru P\u016br\u1e47im\u0101. Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya. BH\u0100SHYAD\u012bp\u0101val\u012b, the \u201cfestival of lights\u201d in October-November, is a most popular festival, esteemed as a day <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-100-dancing-with-siva\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dancing-with-siva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5269,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions\/5269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}