April 17 Homa

Recently the monastery observed its weekly homa. The sacred fire ceremony is a wonderful way to start off each new phase. The monks and any guests can write notes to the devas, which are burned during the ceremony. The paper then become visible in the inner Lokas for the devas to read and act upon. The act of prayer writing is a very important way to keep communications with the inner worlds strong, creating a smooth and successful flow of projects and personal growth throughout the monastery and in other people's lives. This phase is a short one, of just four days. On Sun 3 the monks have Ashram Sadhana Day, for which their time is spent cleaning the monastery. This coming retreat will be Iraivan Day, when the monks work to mail the aadheenam newsletter, write the next one, as well as create the monthly news video and a variety of other Iraivan, mail-related projects.

Monks and Devotees sit around the Havana in Kadavul Temple

Sannyasin Senthilnathaswami is today\

s pujari, performing the many mantras and kriyas, as well as keeping the sacred fire burning'

Satguru Bodhinatha burns the prayers in the fire

the final arati

Aum Namah Sivaya

After the homa, Bodhinatha gave a very insightful talk, which will be online in the coming weeks

He discussed a list of ways of resolving karma, from the most overt, to the subtleties of resolving karma created during sleep

A golden sunrise behind Nandi

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