Path To Siva Contest 2017 - Prize Giving ceremony

The Path To Siva Contest prize giving ceremony was held on Sept 17 at Iraivan Illam in Klang.
The families of all finalists were invited for the ceremony. The video & photos below says more than words could ever do :)

The prizes were as follows:

1^st Prize – 1 Path To Siva Book + RM300

2^nd Prize –1 Path To Siva Book + RM200

3^rd Prize –1 Path To Siva Book + RM100

& 7 consolation prizes of a Path To Siva Book

Of course, the true prize in this contest is the spiritual wisdom contained in Path To Siva, which is PRICELESS!

We hope that the youth of Malaysia will take the opportunity to fully benefit from the treasures Path To Siva contains to better their own lives & the lives of others.

We also take this opportunity to thank Satguru Bodhinatha for his blessings and guidance, Saiva Siddhantha Church Malaysia, the Path To Siva Road Cruisers who tirelessly put up posters in many temples in many states, Iraivan Illam for being such gracious hosts, our wonderful benefactor & guest VIP who kindly sponsored the gifts & last but not least, all parents who took the time to be with us for the benefit of their children.

Aum Namasivaya.

The organizers of the Path To Siva Contest 

HINDUISM FOR YOUTH OF MALAYSIA- 2017!!!!

A NATIONAL LEVEL EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED!!! 

Starting with:
How to Achieve Spiritual Progress

Presented by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami

Please see the video for details of the session.

This will be followed by:

👉 A HINDU MENTOR - MENTEE PROGRAM..

👉 MISSION To Select & Train Future Hindu Leaders.

💥 ACTION To Select Participants from All Over Malaysia to PARTICIPATE & GROW TO LEAD & EDUCATE OTHERS.

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🎂 Age limit: 18 to 40yrs(age above will be considered with T&C).

🖌📄 Compulsory Registration: Pre- registration in www.maamandram.org is compulsory to attend this event.

✅ ENTRANCE FREE!

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👉 Date: 26th November 2017(Sunday)

👉 Time: 9am to 5pm 

👉 Venue: Kalamandabam, Jln Scott, Brickfields, KL.

👌 Take Note: Transport will be provided for outstation participants.

👉 Kindly contact +6012-302 5643 or

👉 Register online at www.maamandram.org

🏇🏇🏇 HURRY!!! Limited to 600 participants only.

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Sankatahara Chaturthi

11th August 2017 is Maha Sankatahara Chaturthi. If you missed all other Sankatahara Chaturthi's this year, attending a puja tomorrow in a Ganesha temple or home shrine will make up for it. So, its a particularly auspicious day which will be followed by the annual Vinayagar Chaturthi in another 2 weeks on the 25th of August 2017.

So what do you do for Sankatahara Chaturthi? Watch the video :)

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PATH TO SIVA CONTEST - Road Cruisers in Negeri Sembilan & Malacca (Part 1)

Join the Path To Siva contest! Details are at:
https://hindueventsmy.blogspot.my/p/path-to-siva.html

Prizes
1st Prize – 1 Path To Siva Book + RM300
2nd Prize –1 Path To Siva Book + RM200
3rd Prize –1 Path To Siva Book + RM100

& 7 consolation prizes of a Path To Siva Book

If you are a Hindu staying in KL, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan or Malacca and are aged between 10 to 25, 

Parents, encourage your teens to join this fun contest now!

Path to Siva Road Cruisers have put up posters at these temples:

Arulmigu Subramaniar Temple, Jalan Besar, Pekan Nilai, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan                  (Tel - 016-281 3007)  https://goo.gl/maps/YFpqcns9d4q

Lord Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, Lot 18071, Jalan BBN 7b/1, Taman Desa Cempaka 1, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan (Tel-017-390 1075) 

https://goo.gl/maps/dsQfFBky41P2

Sri Maha Raja Rajeswarar Temple, Jalan Tuanku Jaafar Utara, Senawang, 71450 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan (Tel -019-281 9188) https://goo.gl/maps/uaZ1aJj7yqH2

Sri Kanthasamy Temple, Jalan Raja Melewar, Kampung Tebat Kening, 72000 Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan https://goo.gl/maps/noKm1fPF5R62

SRI SHAKTHI VELAN TEMPLE KG TAMAN JAYA, Jalan Rompin 72100, 72100 Bahau, Negeri Sembilan https://goo.gl/maps/auJjR3oJGbU2

Kuil Sri Bala Thendayuthapani, Jalan Gemas, Negeri Sembilan, Gemas Baharu, 73200 Gemas, Johor https://goo.gl/maps/ZHubAbHgRWu

Gemencheh Mariamman Temple, Gemencheh, 73200 Gemencheh, Negeri Sembilan https://goo.gl/maps/EwFrNAhDuN12

Devi Sri Karu Maha Kaliamman Temple Jasin, Taman Maju, 77000 Jasin, Malacca https://goo.gl/maps/8ZMLnxBgN8D2

Kuil Sri Mathurai Veeran, Raja Karumariamman, 6731, Jalan Merlimau / Jasin, 6731, Jalan Merlimau / Jasin, 77000 Jasin, Melaka https://goo.gl/maps/BUdttuVFRUn

Shree Ambaji Temple, Jalan Ujong Pasir, 75050 Melaka https://goo.gl/maps/6ckp7unnaTM2

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PATH TO SIVA CONTEST - Road Cruisers in Batu Caves/Klang

Join the Path To Siva contest! Details are at:
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Prizes
1st Prize – 1 Path To Siva Book + RM300
2nd Prize –1 Path To Siva Book + RM200
3rd Prize –1 Path To Siva Book + RM100

& 7 consolation prizes of a Path To Siva Book

If you are a Hindu staying in KL, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan or Malacca and are aged between 10 to 25, join this fun contest now!

Road Cruisers were at the following temples:

Berhala Sri Siva Maha Mariamman, Batu 9, Jalan Sungai Tua, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor.

Ramar temple, Jalan 8A, Selayang Baru, Batu Caves

Arulmigu Ayyapaswamy Devastanam, Batu Caves

Bagawathy Amman Alayam, Jalan Railway Station, Batu Caves

Nattukottai Chettiar Thendayuthapani temple, Klang

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Why do Hindus cremate the dead? (Part 15)

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Why do Hindus cremate the dead?

Hindus arrange swift cremation of the dead, ideally within 24 hours. The fire and accompanying rites sever ties to earthly life and give momentum to the soul for its continuing spiritual journey.

HINDUS TRADITIONALLY CREMATE their dead because a fiery dissolution of the body brings swifter, more complete release of the soul than burial, which preserves the soul’s psychic connection to its just-ended earthly life. After death, the departed soul hovers close to the earth plane in its astral body, emotionally attached to the physical body and its old surroundings, still able to see this material world. The funeral rites and burning of the body signify spiritual release, notifying the soul that, in fact, death has come. Some of the funeral chants address the deceased, urging the soul to relinquish attachments and continue its spiritual journey. The Gods and devas are invoked to assist the soul in its transition. The fire severs ties to earthly life and gives momentum to the soul, granting at least momentary access to refined, heavenly realms. All attention is on a singular goal, as expressed in this prayer from the Rig Veda: “Release him again, O Agni, to the fathers. The one offered to you now proceeds to his destiny. Putting on new life, let him approach the surviving, let him reunite with a [new] body, All-Knowing One!” (10. 16. 5).

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Why do some Hindu Gods have animal features? (Part 14)

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Why do some Hindu Gods have animal features?

In dreams and visions the inner-plane beings have revealed themselves to mankind to be of many forms, expressing many powers. Some appear human, and others, like Ganesha, have animal features.

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HE VARIOUS GODS IN HINDUISM’S WIDE-ranging traditions possess distinct personalities and forms based on how they have been seen in visions and how they are depicted in stories and legends. Hindus feel no need to question the fact, for instance, that Lord Ganesha has the head of an elephant. They know He has been seen in this way by rishis and even by ordinary devotees. Did He choose that form to distinguish Himself as the Lord of Obstacles? No one really knows. The important fact is that millions of Hindus worship and receive blessings from the benevolent Elephant-Faced God every day. Many Hindus seeking an explanation hold that Ganesha is a real being who looks like an elephant. Others believe the elephant form is symbolic. Millions are content with the ancient stories in the Puranas that explain how He came to have an elephant head. Interestingly, and perhaps because of His endearing visage, Ganesha is the most popular of all the Hindu Deities. Numerous other Hindu Divinities have animal attributes, including Hanuman, Varuna, Kamadhenu, the Nagas, the vahanas (animal mounts of the Gods) and four of Vishnu’s ten incarnations (fish, turtle, boar and half-man-half-lion). 

      In a discussion with Christians, who tend to ridicule Hinduism on this point, you can recall that winged angels are half-human and half-bird. Four-headed beings called the Cherubims were central in the early Christianity. In the Bible’s Book of Revelation, John writes: “I saw a throne standing in heaven; and the One who was sitting on the throne… In the center, grouped around the throne itself, were four animals with many eyes, in front and behind. The first animal was like a lion, the second like a bull, the third animal had a human face, and the fourth animal was like a flying eagle. Each of the four animals had six wings...” (4:1-8). The description matches an account by Jewish prophet Elijah centuries before. Importantly, these beings are the most powerful beings in the pantheon, closest to the Creator.

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How do Hindus view other religions? (Part 13)

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How do Hindus view other religions?

Hindus honor all religious traditions and the people within them. While regarding our faith as uniquely endowed, we believe that there is no exclusive path, no one way for all.

IN INDIA, WHERE HINDUS ARE THE overwhelming majority, the rights of minority religions have always been honored. Hindus have welcomed, embraced and lived peacefully among other religions for centuries. During those same centuries, Hinduism itself evolved into hundreds of strains, and thus Hindus are fully at home with many different traditions and viewpoints within their own faith. Hence, they are naturally tolerant of other religions, respecting the fact that each has unique beliefs, practices, goals and paths of attainment, and not objecting when the doctrines of one conflict with those of another. Hindus readily accept the idea that it is not necessary, desirable or even possible for everyone to hold the same beliefs. And certainly such differences should never be cause for tension, criticism, intolerance or violence.

An ancient Sanskrit verse summarizes the Hindu attitude: “As the different streams, having their sources in different places, all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee.”

Hindus do not proselytize, meaning they do not try to convert members of other faiths to their own. Proselytizing is based upon the belief that one’s religion is the only true religion and everyone else should join it. Hindus hold the view that all faiths are beneficial. A devout Hindu is supportive of all efforts that lead to a pure and virtuous life and would consider it unthinkable to dissuade a sincere devotee from his chosen faith. They know that good citizens and stable societies are created from groups of religious people in all nations. While encouraging others to follow their chosen path with dedication, Hindus hold Sanatana Dharma to be the fullest expression of religion, and do accept sincere souls who seek entrance into Hinduism.

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Is yoga a Hindu practice? (Part 12)

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Is yoga a Hindu practice?

Deeply rooted in Hindu scripture and belief, yoga is, and always was, a vital part of Hindu religion and culture. Today it is embraced by tens of millions of non-Hindus seeking its renowned benefits to physical, mental and spiritual health.

IN RECENT YEARS A VIGOROUS DEBATE has arisen as to whether yoga is intrinsically a Hindu practice or a universal science. The word yoga has changed as the practice moved west. Its original meaning, “union with God,” has been replaced with the more secular definition presented by upscale yoga studios around the world that teach a regimen of asanas along with basic breathing and a little meditation. A typical studio ad focuses on the physicality, stating that “yoga increases the circulation of oxygen-rich blood, nourishing and detoxifying the internal organs, musculature, cardiovascular, immune, endocrine, digestive, reproductive and nervous systems.” The United States alone has over 20 million practitioners, and there are hundreds of millions worldwide. 

B.K.S. Iyengar, a renowned yoga teacher, gives a more traditional definition on his website: “Yoga is one of the six systems of Indian philosophy. The word yoga originates from the Sanskrit root yuj, which means ‘union.’ On the spiritual plane, it means union of the Individual Self with the Universal Self.”

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