Ending the Phase

Aum Namah Sivaya

Today ends our week. Our monks now head into a two day retreat, after which begins their observance of Sadhu Paksha. See you in a few days!

"Listen, while I tell you the Path to Liberation-- Truth, patience, calmness and discipline of self;
Discrimination between the eternal
And the passing;
Devotion to the humble servants of the Lord; Rising in the early morning
And bathing before daybreak;
Repeating in the way prescribed
The flawless Letters Five; Worshipping the Guru's Feet; Applying Holy Ash;
Eating but when hungry;
With the whole heart giving praise;
Studying the Shastras; seeing others as oneself; Severing attachment to all property and wealth; Speaking with fit courtesy; avoiding argument; Driving from the mind
All thought of family and caste;
Being ever free of the smallest like or dislike; Living and abiding beneath
The Lord's Eternal Feet."
Natchintanai 28

Our monks capture the sunrise on the shores of their island

The avudaiyar rests in its majesty within Iriavan Temple

A small but beautiful lizard greets us on the walkway

vines float down from our tropical treetops

Lord Nataraja dances in the temple gardens

The full moon rises over Iraivan

And the sun then sets over our sacred mountains

Five palms for Siva\

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Lord Ganesha is with us always and in all ways

Aum Namah Sivaya

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