A Phase Ending

Today is the last day of this phase before the monks take a three day retreat. The Aadheenam is quiet, with a gentle breeze and cloudy skies. A good way to end the first week of Sadhu Paksha. The monks will have one more phase of this observance, spending their morning hours away from their usual routine, walking the sacred gardens or perhaps just meditating at one of the Monastery's many smaller shrines or sacred statues.


“Those who are near me do not know that you are nearer to me than they are

Those who speak to me do not know that my heart is full with your unspoken words

Those who crowd in my path do not know that I am walking alone with you

Those who love me do not know that their love brings you to my heart”

― Rabindranath Tagore

Lord Shanmukha blesses us from beneath the banyan

Kadavul temple enjoys a calm evening after today\

s many guests'

Mount Waialeale towers above Iraivan, itself dwarfed by the clouded sky

One of our many koi fish swims in silence

A blooming water lily

This little lizard is enjoying the last of the day\

s sunshine'

Vel stand near one of our cycads, to give an idea of it\

s size'

the flowering vines on this banyan are doing well

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