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Recent Book Reprints in Malaysia

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Our small book, Power of Affirmation, is just about out of stock, so we got it reprinted in Malaysia. It is a fancier print job than our other books because it has gold foil printing on the cover, is printed on thick card stock paper throughout, has a built-in bookstand and is wire coil bound. At the same time in Malaysia we also reprinted Path to Siva and Know Thyself for providing complimentary copies to youth in Malaysia and Singapore. Sample copies of the three reprinted books arrived on Kauai several days ago. One of the affirmations:

“I am the complete master of all my forces. My spiritual energies govern and control the force fields wherever I am for the highest good. Through understanding, being pure, full of spirited life, I am filled and thrilled with unlimited power, now and forever.”

In the last photos, enjoy spider lilies in the early morning.

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Nitya Shankaran’s Final Days on Taskforce

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As Nitya Shankaran Mogan comes toward the end of his taskforce stay, he is spending about a week helping out the Minimela staff in the mornings. Here he is at the cashier desk, being efficient with time by making more bracelets in between visitor purchase inquiries. He also shared a couple of the photos he took over the last few weeks.

Thank you Nitya for your tireless service for a month.

  • Finished bracelets and other items on display
  • Nithya took this photo during the Iraivan Samvatsara Puja
  • Nithya took this sunrise photo from the back porch of our taskforce residence
  • A clear day this morning before heavy rains are forecast starting this afternoon through tomorrow

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Gifts of Wood

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We were able to get three straight logs from the recently felled rudraksha tree clump. They are around 13 feet long and will provide valuable milled boards over the next few weeks. Kumarnathaswami painted the ends right away to protect the logs from insect infestation.

Meanwhile, nearby the milling area is a hibiscus field where we gradually add more tree branch mulch around the trunks. Not only providing nutrients as it breaks down, the mulch also helps regulate ground temperature around the plant and of course suppresses grass and weeds that would compete for nutrients.

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Leaning Tower of Rudraksha (Tree)

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As we shared a week or so ago, recent strong winds were too much for a very tall rudraksha tree clump that has been growing in a low swampy area for decades soon after the Ganesha shrine on San Marga path. The clump was uprooted, but rather than falling all the way down, it got stuck at a 45-degree angle on more rudraksha trees on the other side of the path.

Cutting down a tree clump in this scenario is very dangerous because the weight distribution is difficult to predict. Fortunately we have professionals on the job. We got some photos of the beginning stages and thought we could come back later in the afternoon to capture some of the biggest pieces being felled, but they moved so quickly that the clump was all down by the time we came back mid afternoon!

  • They had to first remove some other tree branches that were in the way
  • A large piece in the midst of falling after being cut
  • Despite all the experience and best efforts, the chainsaw got stuck at least once. They had to attach rope to a section and pull the branch down with with a excavator arm
  • Another recent rainbow

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The Two Perfections of Our Soul, Part Three

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Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Satguru Śivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Śiva.

“The struggle with the mind is an easy struggle if you are constantly vigilant, all of the time, doing always what you know you should do, not allowing the mind to become instinctive, not excusing the mind when it does become instinctive, not allowing the mind to justify, rationalize, excuse, become combative, but making the mind always remain poised, like a hummingbird over a flower, so that you begin to live in the eternal now, constantly, permanently. And then the within becomes natural to you, not something you hear about, study about, talk about, sing about, for you become open, awakened within. “

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New Monastery Residents

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Several days ago we welcomed two young men who arrived here just in time to help prepare for and attend the Iraivan Temple annual Samvatsara Puja.

Nithya Shankaran Mogan arrived first from Singapore, on his very first visit to Kauai for a month. He is a longtime sishya in Saiva Siddhanta Church along with his late father, his mother, sister and brother. While he currently works in Singapore, his family is from Malaysia. He turned 31 yesterday; Happy Birthday!

About a day later, Arinien Mootoocurpen arrived from Mauritius to pursue the monastic path. It was the culmination of months of preparation, including a special visa application and entering the first stage of pre-monastic life which we call Aspirancy. He first flew to Kauai some years back to experience the monastic path for several months in order to be familiar with his life path options. Arinien comes from a family who are also longtime sishyas in Saiva Siddhanta Church. With plenty of joyful tears, family members and other sishyas in Mauritius wished him well for his chosen path.

  • Nithya Shankaran Mogan
  • Arinien Mootoocurpen
  • Putting infrastructure away after Iraivan Samvatsara Puja
  • Recent beginning of a rainbow after lots of rain

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