
Earth, Ether, Sky! May we be proud possessors of
fine children, proud possessors of fine heroes, and be well nourished
by fine food.
Yajur Veda, 8.53. HV, P. 91

Instructions for Men
SUTRA 81: MODESTY WITH WOMEN
Devout Hindu men speak to and associate mostly with men.
Conversation with women, especially the wives of other men, is not
prolonged. To avoid intimacy, one's gaze is directed at the hairline,
not into the eyes. Aum.
SUTRA 82: RESPECT FOR WOMEN
All Siva's men devotees go out of their way to express
respect, bordering on reverence, for women. They never demean them in
speech, watch vulgar or erotic shows, or associate with lustful or
promiscuous women. Aum.
SUTRA 83: KINDLINESS TOWARD WOMEN
Siva's men devotees never argue with women, antagonize,
disrespect, tease or abuse them in any way. They are always kindly,
protective, helpful and understanding, honoring the mother spirit
within women. Aum.
SUTRA 84: WEARING TRADITIONAL CLOTHING
Siva's men devotees dress, whenever appropriate, in
impeccable traditional Hindu attire, always at home, in the temple and
at religious/cultural events. Their outer elegance is equaled only by
their inner dignity. Aum.
SUTRA 85: THE HOME AS REFUGE
Siva's men devotees, on arriving home from work, immediately bathe and enter their shrine for the blessings of Gods and guru to dispel worldly forces and regain the state of Siva consciousness. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Instructions for Husbands
SUTRA 86: CARING FOR ONE'S WIFE
Each of Siva's married men devotees loves and cares for
his wife, despite any shortcomings. He is forbidden to strike or speak
harshly to her or ignore her needs. If he does, he must seek family and
professional help. Aum.
SUTRA 87: RESTRAINT WITH OTHER WOMEN
Siva's married men, in the workplace and in the world,
hold a courteous aloofness toward all women, whether young, older,
single, married, divorced or widowed. They reserve their affections for
wife and family. Aum.
SUTRA 88: COMMUNICATING DAILY
When away from home, each of Siva's married men devotees
contacts his wife every day to express his love and inquire about her
day. He avoids rowdy company and never visits another woman's home
alone. Aum.
SUTRA 89: FULFILLING ALL HER NEEDS AND WANTS
Siva's devotees who are husbands practice the mystical
law of caring for and giving the wife all she needs and all she wants,
thus releasing her shakti energy from within, making him contented, successful and magnetic. Aum.
SUTRA 90: FAMILY TOGETHERNESS
Each of Siva's devotees who is a husband spends time
with his wife and children daily. Monday is a family evening at home.
One night monthly is devoted to the wife alone in an activity of her
choice. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Instructions for Women
SUTRA 91: WOMEN'S ATTIRE
Siva's women devotees wear, whenever appropriate,
traditional Hindu attire, always at home and in the temple, adding rich
jewelry for cultural events. Ever modest and elegant, they never expose
breasts or thighs. Aum.
SUTRA 92: MODESTY WITH MEN
Devout Hindu women associate mostly with women.
Conversation with males, especially married men, is by custom limited.
Intimate exchange of energies is avoided by looking at the hairline,
not into the eyes. Aum.
SUTRA 93: HER MONTHLY RETREAT
Siva's women devotees, by custom, rest and regenerate
physical forces during menses, refraining from heavy or demanding work.
On these days they do not enter temples or home shrines, or approach
holy men. Aum.
SUTRA 94: UPHOLDING FEMININE DHARMA
Devout Hindu women are fulfilled in living and passing on the dharma to
the youth as their special duty, unlike those who, swayed by feminist
thinking, feel unfulfilled and criticize Hinduism as being male
dominated. Aum.
SUTRA 95: NOT CONTROLLING MEN EMOTIONALLY
Siva's women devotees never become angry with a man,
maliciously belittle or verbally abuse him, or use other emotional
controls, such as disdain, accusation, crying, or prolonged pouting or
silence. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Instructions for Wives
SUTRA 96: SHE WORSHIPS HER WEDDING PENDANT
Each of Siva's married women devotees each morning
worships her wedding pendant, for it betokens her dear husband, whom
she reveres as Siva Himself, and the spiritual bond and goals she
shares with him. Aum.
SUTRA 97: BEING MODEST WITH OTHER MEN
Siva's married women maintain a kindly and modest
reserve toward all men, be they young, older, single, married, divorced
or widowed. They shower all their love and attention on their husband
and family. Aum.
SUTRA 98: FULFILLING MORNING DUTIES
Each of Siva's married women devotees observes the
custom of arising before her husband, to bathe, ready the shrine and
prepare his morning beverage. First up and last to retire, she is in
charge of her home. Aum.
SUTRA 99: MEALTIME CUSTOMS
Each of Siva's married women devotees joyously observes
at mealtimes the ancient custom of serving her husband and family
first. When they are satisfied, she is fulfilled and only then sits
down for her own meal. Aum.
SUTRA 100: TAKING ACTION IF ABUSED
Each of Siva's married women loves and serves her
husband, despite any shortcomings. But if he ever strikes her or the
children, she is duty-bound to seek help from family, friends and
community. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Instructions for the Widowed
SUTRA 101: REMARRYING AFTER WIDOWHOOD
Siva's widowed followers may remarry, provided it is a
spiritual union, astrologically compatible, blessed by their preceptor
and their religious community. If they remarry, they are no longer
considered widowed. Aum.
SUTRA 102: PURSUING THE PATH OF SaDHANA
Siva's widowed devotees who choose not to remarry
practice strict continence. They dedicate their lives to God and
transmute sexual forces into the higher chakras through sadhana, worship and brahmacharya. Aum.
SUTRA 103: WIDOWS' SIMPLE DRESS
Siva's widowed devotees choosing not to remarry
traditionally wear unprovocative white clothing, not yellow or orange.
They wear no cosmetics, marriage pendant or elaborate jewelry. Their
deportment is demure. Aum.
SUTRA 104: WIDOWHOOD'S INNER OPPORTUNITY
Siva's devotees who are widows or widowers happily throw themselves into yoga
practices. Though their loss is great, so too is their opportunity for
religious service and the attainment of the highest spiritual goals.
Aum.
SUTRA 105: SIGNS OF THE WIDOWED'S INTENT
Siva's widowed devotees not intending to remarry wear
holy ash and the forehead mark of sandalpaste, but not red powder.
Those wishing to remarry may wear jewelry, cosmetics and colorful
clothing. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Instructions for the Unmarried
SUTRA 106: CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE TO A ShaivITE
Siva's young devotees take the celibacy vow and remain
virgin until marriage. For lasting happiness and mutual spiritual
purpose, they seek to marry a Saivite wisely chosen by their parents, satguru and themselves. Aum.
SUTRA 107: LIVING VIRTUOUSLY WHEN SINGLE
Siva's unmarried adolescent and adult devotees are all considered brahmacharis or brahmacharinis, bound to the wise restraints of chastity that tradition prescribes, whether they have taken a celibacy vow or not. Aum.
SUTRA 108: THE BRAHMACHARINI PATH
Siva's women devotees electing not to marry may live the brahmacharini's celibate
life, keeping simple vows and always wearing white. By this the world
knows they are unavailable, having chosen the path of devotion. Aum.
SUTRA 109: THE BRAHMACHARI PATH
Siva's men devotees choosing not to marry may take up celibate life, keeping simple vows and wearing white. To be a swami candidate, they must begin an 8-to-12-year period of monastic training before the age of 25. Aum.
SUTRA 110: THE FIRST STEP OF RENUNCIATION
Siva's young men devotees inclined to throw down the world and enter the monastery should read and accept the Holy Orders of Sannyasa and adjust themselves to its ideals before requesting training. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Arranging Marriages
SUTRA 111: CONSIDERATIONS FOR MATCHMAKING
Siva's followers arrange the marriages of their
children, seeking sameness of lineage, astrological compatibility,
harmony of the two families, total consent of both boy and girl and,
foremost, their satguru's blessings. Aum.
SUTRA 112: FORCED MARRIAGE IS PROHIBITED
Siva's followers are forbidden to force any marriage
arrangement that overrides astrological incompatibility, the couple's
feelings or the guru's advice. To do so would bind them to a life of unsolvable problems. Aum.
SUTRA 113: KEEPING WEDDING COSTS REASONABLE
Weddings are spiritual events among Siva's followers.
Ceremonies must never burden the families financially and, while the
bride may bring wealth to the marriage, families are forbidden to
demand or pay dowries. Aum.
SUTRA 114: THE WRITTEN MARRIAGE COVENANT
Siva's followers compose a written promise to one
another before marriage, defining the duties, responsibilities and
expectations of their life together. At key junctures in life, they
rewrite this vital agreement. Aum.
SUTRA 115: THE ALL-IMPORTANT SUPPORT GROUP
Each marriage within a Saivite community enjoys support, strength and encouragement from the satguru and all of Siva's followers, and counsel from elders when needed, especially in times of trial. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Sustaining Marriages
SUTRA 116: THE PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE
Siva's followers look upon their marriage as a spiritual
partnership for the purpose of uplifting each other and bringing
through higher souls. It is a union not only of a man and woman, but of
two entire families. Aum.
SUTRA 117: SUPPORTING RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES
Siva's married followers all encourage their spouses to ardently fulfill sadhana, religious service, meditation, yoga, ritual worship, festivals and pilgrimage. They never discourage such noble expressions of dharma. Aum.
SUTRA 118: TRADITIONS OF CONJUGAL LIFE
Siva's followers who are married regulate their sex life
according to traditionally accepted standards. They confine their
affectionate looks to one another and do not hold hands, embrace,
caress or kiss in public. Aum.
SUTRA 119: ADULTERY AND FIDELITY
Siva's followers are forbidden by Sanatana Dharma to
commit adultery or even steal the affections of another's spouse. They
treasure fidelity and know that transgressions are rewarded with pain,
guilt and remorse. Aum.
SUTRA 120: CELIBACY IN MARRIED LIFE
Siva's followers who have raised their family may, by mutual consent and with satguru's
blessings, choose to live in celibacy, as brother and sister, and thus
transmute their vital energies into the Divine. Aum Namah Sivaya.
About Divorce
SUTRA 121: VALID CAUSES FOR SEPARATION
In marriages of Siva's followers, adultery, severe
neglect, verbal abuse and abandonment may be valid causes for
separation but not divorce. Spiritual law recognizes no divorce, and
separation is hoped to be temporary. Aum.
SUTRA 122: THE ONLY REASON TO DIVORCE
In marriages of Siva's followers, divorce by man's law
may be resorted to in cases of persistent physical abuse to protect the
abused spouse. This is the singular regrettable exception to the
permanence of marriage. Aum.
SUTRA 123: REMARRIAGE IS DISCOURAGED
Any of Siva's followers who is divorced is by tradition
encouraged to not remarry but rather adopt the path of celibacy. They
know that marriage is a Godly covenant ideally made with only one
spouse in a lifetime. Aum.
SUTRA 124: NOT ATTENDING RITES OF PASSAGE
Siva's traditional priests require that divorced and
widowed followers protect auspiciousness by not attending rites of
passage, except funerals. However, they may help with preparations and
participate in receptions. Aum.
SUTRA 125: DIVORCE AND ShaivA CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
In divorce cases in my Church, except when caused by
chronic abuse, the spouse initiating the divorce process is no longer a
member. He or she is kept apart and urged to seek out a more lenient
lineage. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Hospitality
SUTRA 126: THE GUEST IS GOD IN ShaivA HOMES
Hospitality flows from Siva's followers like sweet music from a vina.
Guests are treated as Gods. Friends, relatives, acquaintances, even
strangers, are humbled by the overwhelming, ever-willing attention
received. Aum.
SUTRA 127: SERVING THE HOLY ONES
Siva's followers serve holy men and women of all
lineages, providing food, money and clothes according to their means.
They lovingly care for these living archives of Sanatana Dharma and
treat them amicably. Aum.
SUTRA 128: CLOSENESS WITH OTHER FAMILIES
Siva's followers who are householders joyously visit one
another's homes and grow together in Godliness. Some religious ceremony
or karma yoga is a part of their every gathering. They live as one spiritual family. Aum.
SUTRA 129: RESPECTING ELDERS, NURTURING THE YOUNG
Siva's followers honor elders for their wisdom, guidance
and compassion. Those who are younger, whatever their age, never
disrespect those older than they. Those older nurture and encourage all
who are younger. Aum.
SUTRA 130: HELPING ONE ANOTHER
Siva's followers see that the spirit of helping and
taking care of one another prevails between family and family,
monastery and family. The group helps the individual, and the
individual helps the group. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Household Ethics
SUTRA 131: THE HUSBAND'S DHARMA
Each of Siva's married men followers strives to fulfill male dharma,
safeguarding the integrity of society and the family through protecting
and providing abundantly for his beloved wife, children and parents.
Aum.
SUTRA 132: THE WIFE'S DHARMA
Each of Siva's married women followers strives to fulfill female dharma,
perpetuating the race, family and the faith through remaining in the
home to nurture, guide and strengthen her dear husband and children.
Aum.
SUTRA 133: THE STRENGTH OF THE EXTENDED FAMILY
Siva's followers know the most stable societies are
based on the extended family. They often merge individuals with
families and families with families in one home or complex, for
economy, sharing and religiousness. Aum.
SUTRA 134: CARING FOR ELDERS
Siva's followers who are householders care for their
parents and close relatives all through life. The elderly especially
must be comforted, honored at auspicious times and never left alone for
extended periods. Aum.
SUTRA 135: LIMITING THE STAY OF GUESTS
Siva's householder followers, to protect family sanctity
and avoid magnetic entanglements, do not allow adult guests in their
home for more than three nights who are not part of their extended
family. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Raising Worthy Children
SUTRA 136: NURTURING CHILDREN, MEETING DAILY
Siva's followers use astrology, tradition and wise
counsel to cultivate each child's inherent talents and higher nature.
They hold family meetings daily to share, plan, express love and
discuss issues with mutual respect. Aum.
SUTRA 137: TAKING TIME TO TRAIN THE YOUTH
Siva's
followers who are parents take time to train boys in technical skills,
girls in homemaking, and both in music, health, cooking and home
management. They celebrate improvements instead of focusing on
mistakes. Aum.
SUTRA 138: NOT GOVERNING THROUGH FEAR
Siva's followers never govern youth through fear. They
are forbidden to spank or hit them, use harsh or angry words, neglect
or abuse them. They know you can't make children do better by making
them feel worse. Aum.
SUTRA 139: TEACHING AND MODELING GOOD CONDUCT
Siva's followers love their children, govern them in a
kind but firm way and model the five family practices: proper conduct,
home worship, religious discussion, continuous self-study and following
a preceptor. Aum.
SUTRA 140: TIMELY OBSERVANCE OF SACRAMENTS
Siva's followers provide their children the essential
sacraments at the proper times, especially name-giving, first feeding,
head-shaving, ear-piercing, first learning, rites of puberty and
marriage. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Preserving Family Unity
SUTRA 141: LOGICAL, POSITIVE DISCIPLINE
Siva's followers direct children through affirmations,
meaningful chores and rules that are clear and understood, teaching
that mistakes are opportunities to learn, and focusing on solutions
instead of punishment. Aum.
SUTRA 142: INSPIRING BELONGING AND DIGNITY
Siva's followers encourage and inspire children so they
always feel they belong and are significant. If upsets occur, parents
use loving, positive strategies such as time-out, logical consequences
and denial of privileges. Aum.
SUTRA 143: TRAINING YOUTH IN MONEY MANAGEMENT
Siva's followers who are parents preserve family unity
and teach responsibility by not granting youth financial independence.
Money is given only for approved expenses, and change is returned with
accounting. Aum.
SUTRA 144: POOLING INCOMES FOR FAMILY UNITY
Siva's followers require unmarried progeny living with
them who have finished school and are employed to submit, after
tithing, all earnings to the family fund. Once betrothed, they manage
their own earnings. Aum.
SUTRA 145: DISCIPLINING WITH LOVE
Siva's followers, knowing that misbehaving children are
discouraged, take time for play and encouragement, and ensure that
discipline is respectful, reasonable and not based on blame, shame or
pain. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Preparing Youth for Adult Life
SUTRA 146: GROWING UP IN THE FAMILY OCCUPATION
Siva's followers abide by the tradition of bringing sons
and daughters into the family skills, profession or business by
involving them from a young age. This is family dharma, family bonding, family perpetuation. Aum.
SUTRA 147: PROVIDING EARLY SEX EDUCATION
Siva's followers teach their sons and daughters, between
ages four and ten, about the cycles of life and the principles of
virtue, and when puberty arrives, require them to take the sacred vow
of celibacy until marriage. Aum.
SUTRA 148: CHERISHING CHASTITY
Siva's young followers are taught to protect their
chastity as a treasure and to save sexual intimacy for their future
spouse. If a premarital affair does occur, a marriage of the young
couple is seriously considered. Aum.
SUTRA 149: RESPONSIBLE CHAPERONING
Siva's followers accept the serious responsibility of
guiding the private and social life of their children. They chaperone
and monitor friendships to help ensure that young ones grow up safe and
celibate. Aum.
SUTRA 150: YOUTH ENTERING MY ShaivA CHURCH
My devotees require children to decide before age twenty
whether to enter Saiva Siddhanta Church of their own volition or to
choose another path. If they go away, they are always welcome back. Aum
Namah Sivaya.
Duties of Young Adults
SUTRA 151: BRINGING OTHERS TO THE ShaivA PATH
Siva's followers who are adolescents use their youthful
aggressiveness to teach the Saiva Dharma, inspire and uplift others,
bring seekers into their lineage and welcome strayed members back into
the Hindu fold. Aum.
SUTRA 152: BRINGING JOY TO THEIR PARENTS
Siva's young adult followers realize they have a debt to
their parents for their birth, early raising and education, which they
repay with obedience and affection, giving joy, practical assistance
and satisfaction. Aum.
SUTRA 153: THE IDEAL YOUTH-PARENT RELATIONSHIP
Siva's young adult followers esteem their mother and
father. In respecting their parents, they respect themselves and keep
the doors open to parental aid and advice on the churning sea of
adolescent experience. Aum.
SUTRA 154: NEVER BENDING TO PEER PRESSURE
Siva's adolescent followers hold their own among their peers and are leaders. To bend to peer pressure and offend the dharma shows weakness of character and parental neglect. Nothing but shame can follow. Aum.
SUTRA 155: PATH CHOOSING FOR YOUNG MEN
Siva's young men followers are free to pursue their born
destiny of either renunciation or family life. This choice of two
traditional paths is their birthright. Following either, they follow dharma. Aum Namah Sivaya.
About Wealth
SUTRA 156: TRUE WEALTH
Devout Hindus remain dignified in deprivation and humble
in prosperity. Knowing that one can be spiritually rich in poverty and
spiritually impoverished in affluence, they live bountifully in either
world. Aum.
SUTRA 157: BUILDING ECONOMIC SECURITY
Siva's householder devotees strive to own their home and
save for retirement. They live within their means in dwellings suitable
to their wealth and are regular and completely honest in paying their
tithe and taxes. Aum.
SUTRA 158: RESPONSIBLE MONEY MANAGEMENT
Siva's devotees keep a monthly budget and regulate
expenses according to their revenues. They never abuse credit or
indulge in extravagant buying, for they know that spending in excess of
income invites misery. Aum.
SUTRA 159: HANDLING MONEY WISELY
Siva's devotees keep a regular monthly and yearly
accounting of income and expenses, and accurate records of all
transactions. In every business deal, they make sure that all parties
are benefited and are content. Aum.
SUTRA 160: ENDOWMENTS AND WILLS
Siva's devotees dutifully save for their future through
Hindu Heritage Endowment and prepare a formal, final will and
testament, even when young, that provides funds for their family and
temple. Aum Namah Sivaya.
God's Money
SUTRA 161: ONE-TENTH BELONGS TO Shiva
Siva's close devotees take a vow and joyously tithe ten
percent of their gross income to their lineage monthly. This is God's
money. Using it otherwise is forbidden -- a karma reaping loss exceeding all anticipated gain. Aum.
SUTRA 162: TITHING IS THE FIRST OBLIGATION
My close devotees consider tithing their first expense.
They provide a written reconciliation each April, including with it all
unremitted tithing. Those behind in tithing are counseled to help them
fulfill the vow. Aum.
SUTRA 163: TITHING'S MANY BLESSINGS
Siva's close devotees delight in the unfailing law that
by tithing freely and wholeheartedly, with a consciousness of plenty,
they become receptive to God's blessings and draw to them abundance and
happy experiences. Aum.
SUTRA 164: DHARMIC USES OF MONEY
Siva's close devotees of means utilize their wealth to
strengthen their community and their lineage, to support temples,
publish books, establish endowments and scholarships, and to sponsor
elaborate rituals. Aum.
SUTRA 165: ANNUAL MONETARY GIFT TO THE SATGURU
Siva's close devotees observe the tradition of expressing appreciation to their satguru by
giving an annual love offering at Guru Purnima in July-August, thus
enabling him to help others on the path. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Guidelines for Business
SUTRA 166: BUSINESS AMONG MEMBERS
My Church members may employ other members, provided
payment is made promptly each Friday. They may receive blessings to go
into business with one another if their relationships are harmonious
and spiritual. Aum.
SUTRA 167: CONTRACTS AND ARBITRATION
My worldly-wise devotees never enter into business
transactions without a written contract. In cases of dispute, they
avoid courts of law and seek judgment from an arbitration board within
their community. Aum.
SUTRA 168: NOT BORROWING OR GIVING CREDIT
My devotees, to safeguard harmony, never borrow or lend
money among themselves or give credit to one another, even for
interest. They may do business together, but only through immediate
cash transactions. Aum.
SUTRA 169: TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES AND SERVANTS
My devotees treat servants and employees honorably, as
they would members of their own family, never neglecting or taking
advantage of them. They provide conditions that are safe, healthful and
uplifting. Aum.
SUTRA 170: BORROWING FROM OTHERS
My wise devotees never borrow from a monastery or
temple. They may borrow belongings from other devotees, provided
objects are returned within twenty-four hours after the purpose is
fulfilled. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Politics and Vocation
SUTRA 171: SERVING COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY
Siva's devotees are patriotic to their nation and
concerned about ecology. They strive to give to, advance, support and
defend their community and country, never living as outsiders or as
predators upon them. Aum.
SUTRA 172: ENTERING POLITICS
Siva's devotees who qualify may, with vigor and
indomitable will, enter into politics, overcome opposition and rise to
the top to shower good fortune, peace, justice, interracial harmony and
care on all people. Aum.
SUTRA 173: RULES FOR POLITICAL ACTIVISM
Siva's devotees freely pursue the politics of their choice, but never subscribe
to doctrines that advocate violent revolution or deny religion. My
followers do not organize among themselves for political purposes. Aum.
SUTRA 174: PURSUING BENEVOLENT VOCATIONS
Siva's devotees conscientiously choose professions that
are helpful and beneficial to all, never destructive, divisive or
exploitive. Yea, they are ministers of the Divine, missionaries of a
future tranquility yet to be seen. Aum.
SUTRA 175: MIGRATING FOR SPIRITUAL SECURITY
In the event of famine, invasion, tyranny or extreme
conditions threatening wealth or life, my devotees may migrate to a
place free of harassment where their spiritual life can continue
unhindered. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Edicts for Parliamentarians
SUTRA 176: MAINTAINING FAIRNESS AND INTEGRITY
Siva's devotees who are parliamentarians live in full
conformity with the sacred scriptures, extend protection to all the
people as they would to their own children and never bend to bribery,
graft or corruption. Aum.
SUTRA 177: PROMOTING SPIRITUAL VALUES
Siva's devotees who are parliamentarians take pains to
spread lofty religious tenets and tolerant human values among their
constituents. They commission competent people who will enhance all the
great world faiths. Aum.
SUTRA 178: JUSTICE AND IMPARTIALITY
Siva's devotees who are parliamentarians have as their
platform justice for all and enmity toward none. They know that to show
favoritism for one group over another is to sow the seeds of their own
downfall. Aum.
SUTRA 179: POLITICAL PERSEVERANCE
Siva's devotees who are parliamentarians face and work
through each challenge that comes and are never forced to abdicate.
They maintain their office for as long as possible, then seek for the
highest next position. Aum.
SUTRA 180: NURTURING ALL FAITHS EQUALLY
Siva's devotees who are parliamentarians grant equal
boons to each spiritual sect under their aegis as if it were their own.
They know a society is only as free as the freedom enjoyed by its
minorities. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Edicts for Scientists
SUTRA 181: KEEPING SCIENCE ETHICAL
Siva's devotees who are scientists are protectors of
humanity and stewards of the Earth. They must never compromise their
ethics for financial rewards or release inventions before proven safe
and beneficial. Aum.
SUTRA 182: HARNESSING SCIENCE WITH RELIGION
Siva's devotees who are scientifically and
alchemistically inclined naturally approach each investigation in awe,
consider themselves servants of the Divine and subjugate themselves to
the guidance of their preceptor. Aum.
SUTRA 183: NONINJURIOUS SCIENCE
Siva's devotees who are scientists or medical
researchers refuse to participate in product testing that is harmful to
the subject. They are forbidden to take part in any enterprise that
promotes death or destruction. Aum.
SUTRA 184: GUARDIANS OF EARTH AND HER PEOPLE
Siva's devotees who are scientists concentrate their
energies on bettering the world, conserving its resources and enabling
humans to live in harmony with nature and one another. They are noble
examples to mankind. Aum.
SUTRA 185: PROTECTING SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES
Siva's devotees who are scientists must resist the urge
to share everything they discover. Certain knowledge has proven
dangerous and hurtful to mankind, especially in the hands of the
unscrupulous. Aum Namah Sivaya.
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