Quotes by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

About Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami:

Sivaya Subramuniyaswami was born in Oakland, California and adopted Saivism as a young man. He traveled to India and Sri Lanka where he received initiation from Yogaswami of Jaffna in 1949. In the 1970s he established a Hindu monastery in Kauai, Hawaii and founded the magazine Hinduism Today. In 1985, he invented Pancha Ganapati as a Hindu alternative to December holidays like Christmas.
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Even harsh karma, when faced in wisdom, can be the greatest catalyst for spiritual unfoldment. Performing daily sādhana, keeping good company, pilgrimaging to holy places, seeing to others’ needs—these evoke the higher energies, direct the min...

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

Karma literally means “deed” or “act” and more broadly names the universal principle of cause and effect, action and reaction which governs all life. Karma is a natural law of the mind, just as gravity is a law of matter.

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

Author Bio

  • NameSatguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
  • DescriptionHindu leader from the United States
  • BornJanuary 5, 1927
  • DiedNovember 12, 2001
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPriest; Writer; Cleric