Ashram Sadhana Day

Several days ago the monastery observed Ashram Sadhana Day. While the monks do at least half an hour of cleaning each day already, on this monthly day the monastics work all morning to clean the monastery buildings and temples. This time the monks began with a focus on cleaning Kadavul Temple, before heading to clean their offices and the many other areas around the monastery that they are assigned to clean. One wonderful feature of this day (which the monks always look forward to) is that lunch is prepared by local mission members, who are excellent cooks. This way all the monks can focus on cleaning, which includes our kitchen. A clean and uncluttered environment keeps the energies moving in our lives, so if you ever feel like things aren't flowing for you, get out a bucket and some fresh rags and start scrubbing! Aum Namah Sivaya.

Acharya Kumarnathaswami cleans the mirrors behind the Tandavas as well as the shelves they stand upon

other monks help by cleaning the tandavas themselves

Nirvani Tejedevanatha makes his way to the top of the Muruga shrine to clean the Temple\

s ceiling. '

Clean and shiny!

On another non-cleaning related note, we\

ve had an abundance of these little crab-spiders this season. Our Taka-ographer took a few photos of their rain-decorated webs.'

This one looked particularly beautiful

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