A Growing Shadkonam Garden

Today we take a closer look at our Shadkonam Garden and its many wonderful plants. While this is a smaller garden it's still full of a vast variety of wondrous plants, most of which prefer semi-arid conditions. Shadkonam is an ancient Hindu sacred symbol, the intertwining of Siva and Shakti. It is also the symbol for air and Vayu, the God of Air. Vayu rules the Northwest corner of any vastu space, so of course, has a presence here in relation to the temple.

A recent aerial photo from above the garden

These large stones mark the way up to the garden from Iriavan Temple

Everything is growing well here

We find Billy here, he helped plant some of these plants and points out a few for us

A few of these were planted recently

a wild creature..

If you know plants, you\

ll know this is quite a little collection'

Cacti! Nice to see them growing in the tropics.

\"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.\" Ralph Waldo Emerson

\"When the Creator dances, the worlds He created dance. To the measure that He dances in our knowledge, our thoughts, too, dance. When He in heart-endearing dances, the several elements, too, dance.\" Tirumantiram

\"Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being? \" Swami Vivekananda

This large stone stands in the center to hold the space

a renegade tonka truck

In the garden of the soul, plant the seed of God\

s name. Water the soil with love and humility and reap the fruits of Divinity. Guru Granth Sahib'

\"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.\" Albert Einstein

\"Everything is permanent, until it changes.\"

\"Listen for silence in noisy places; feel at peace in the midst of disturbance; awaken joy when there is no reason.\"

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