Ashram Sadhana Day

Jai Ganesha!

Every month our monks partake in a full morning of cleaning the monastery. This day is known as Ashram Sadhana day, and it gives each monk time to more thoroughly care for their assigned cleaning area, as well as to touch up areas that don't get much attention. Today the first project was doing some cleaning at Iraivan Temple, followed by office cleaning and then work on individually assigned cleaning areas. If you found yourself cleaning something today, you might just be inwardly aligned with our monks! We hope you're now enjoying more tidy personal surrounding as well. As Gurudeva would say, if you feel that the energy in your life isn't moving, one of the first things you should try is cleaning! Aum.

The monastery courtyard, freshly mopped.

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s a beautiful tropical day!'

Swami took on the challenge of deep-cleaning our large carpets today, such as the one the monks all meditate on each morning.

Earlier, we find Sivanathaswami preparing some coffee for everyone

And Haranandinatha making yogurt for the week

He shows us the yogurt culture he uses

It makes some wonderful stuff!

Yoginathaswami heads to the kitchen to discuss the day\

s menu with Chinnu'

Outside we find Sadasivanathaswami and Kumarnathaswami are preparing to go and clean one of the mandapams out towards the Iraivan Temple.

Back inside the kitchen we find that Chinnu is making special food for all the monks today

He gifts Satguru a vadai

and some tasty rasam!

Always lovely to see our greenhouse tomatoes being utilized for the day\

s meals'

Chinnu loves to gift vadai to monks as they pass through the kitchen bound for their next cleaning task.

Yogi Jayanatha passes through on his way to the Media Studio

We find Yogi Dayanatha in our large storage container. Yogi is organizing our supply of spices for the kitchen.

In the Siddhidatta Kulam office Tejadevanatha is at work cleaning the floor

Just outside, the little stream and waterfalls trickle and shine.

A perfect day to bring beauty and cleanliness to our surroundings. Aum Namah Sivaya.

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