Kauai Aadheenam

Gurudeva Murti Arrives in Mauritius

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  • Gurudeva blesses Mauritius as the top of the crate is removed to welcome him.
  • The team in Colorado made a super sturdy box, knowing it was traveling to the other side of the planet.
  • The truck delivers it to the Spiritual Park from the airport. Note the informal worker footwear! Watch your toes.
  • Through the entry gates.
  • Heading to its temporary home.
  • Safely kept in the Devasthanam until the final display place is prepared.
  • It’s been said before, but Holly Young did a splendid job capturing Gurudeva’s spirit and form
  • Jai Gurudeva!

    • The 25-inch-tall bronze murti of our dear Gurudeva has taken the route he often flew, from Kauai to Mauritius. As CyberCadets know, there are three copies of this masterpiece, one here at Kauai Aadheenam entrance, one at the temple in Alaveddy, Sri Lanka, and now a third in Mauritius awaiting installation in the months ahead. One monk commented that this is Gurudeva’s way to mystically tie together his shishyas in the three nations. One day we may see one in Malaysia as well. And elsewhere?

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    Guru Puja Offerings

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  • Gurudeva watches as we make offerings to his tiruvadi (sandals)
  • This is the home shrine altar with a feast that was prepared for him
    and placed as naivedyam
  • Milk is offered
  • Then yogurt
  • Panchamritam: Five fruits and sweets
  • Sandalwood
  • Oils
  • Honey
  • Lemon and lime
  • Holy Ash, vibuthi
  • Then decorated with flowers for the final arati.

    • On January 10 the monks and members gathered in Kadavul Temple to witness the 310th Chitra Pada Puja, so the moon has circled Earth 310 times since his Great Departure. On that day in home shrines around the world devotees performed their own pujas. We have never shown that and so today we glimpse a devotees puja, complete with artistic images.

    The Kularnava Tantra speaks of the Satguru’s feet most eloquently: “According to tradition, the totality of the Satguru is contained within his feet. All nerve currents terminate there. The vital points of every organ of his bodies—inner astral, inner mental and soul—are there. Touch the feet and we touch the spiritual master.

    The big toe on the left foot gives the most grace. The left leg is the revealing grace, and the big toe of that leg connects to the guru’s pituitary gland, the entrance to the door of Brahm, deep within the sahasrara chakra where he instantaneously merges with Siva in the state of Parasivam. The vibration of the Satguru can be felt through gently touching his sandals. In doing so, one subtly tunes into the actual physical feet, astral feet, mental feet, soul feet of the preceptor.“

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    Our Founder Greets Visitors

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    Today we installed the amazing bronze murti of our founder, Gurudeva. He now greets and blesses all pilgrims and visitors in his garden shrine at the entrance to the monastery. For a few years we had a stone murti there, but it began to erode in the tropical weather. This will endure.

    This 25″ tall masterpiece is the work of Holly Young who lives on the Big Island. The original was sent last year to the little temple in Sri Lanka which houses our four most recent satgurus. It was so beautiful, we got Bodhinatha’s permission to have the team in Colorado make two copies, one for the Spiritual Park (which arrived about 12 days back) and another for Kauai Aadheenam. All three are now where they belong.

  • Jai Gurudeva! Jai Kailasa Paramparai!
  • Doug picks up the murti to move him 800 feet to the entrance.
  • He is right at home, seems he was always here.
  • This is the one sent to Sri Lanka, showing Holly’s gifted work.
  • The first image visitors encounter.
  • The sign points those who want to know more to his biography, using a QR Code.
  • Gurudeva in the Wiliwili Mandapam

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    Hanuman Guarding the Nepalese Rudraksha Forest

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    A few weeks back we shared the auspicious planting of a small grove of Rudraksha saplings received from Nepal last year and put in their final places. They are acclimating and showing lots of fresh leaf growth. Some CyberCadets could not figure out where this new rudraksha Grove was located, so today we show you and at the same time share a slideshow of Hanumans around the world.

    When we were working with the Hanuman bronze project years back, we gathered other Hanumans that have been created in stone, wood, metal and cement. We found hundreds, and the conclusion was our Kauai Hanuman is the most elegant, artful, refined in all the world. By exploring the gallery we predict you will come to the same conclusion. Also in the gallery is a photo of the hands of President Barack Obama. One day a journalist asked him to take everything out of his pocket so they could see what he carries. Among his keys and things is a small bronze Hanuman which he kept with him.

    To get a visual of just where the new Nepalese Rudraksha Grove is located, go to the enclosed video. At 54 seconds stop, and you will see a swami standing beside the drone operator. Behind them is a row of hibiscus plants, and behind that is the field now planted with Rudraksha. You can see it is close to the original forest, only 120 feet away.

  • Our Balinese artist shows Lord Hanuman carrying Iraivan Temple from India across the ocean to Kauai.
  • Barack Obama shows his pocket contents to journalists. His small brass Hanuman is center/top.
  • The original black granite murti finished in India.
  • Bobby Page stands beside his master work in Colorado.
  • Here begins a series of 12 Hanumans from around the world. This is Bali.
  • Bali again…
  • Follow this QR Code to read the amazing, 11-chapter illustrated story of our amazing Hanuman,
    a story with a true life lesson at the end.

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    A Close Call at Year’s End …

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    Today we reached the $80,000 goal of our annual Digital Dharma Drive! It was not at all certain we would meet the goal, but in the last few hours before tonight’s transition to 2025, a few generous donors recognized our plight and gave abundantly. We are grateful for this amazing support. It means we can proceed with our highest ambitions in the year ahead, producing a third edition of Lemurian Scrolls, a new edition of Patanjali’s famed Yoga Sutras (fully illustrated by our Kerala artist), a new edition of Saint Tayumanavar’s 1,454 devotional poems to Siva, website enhancements and more. Mahalo nui loa, as the Hawaiian say.

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