Our 2018 Tiruvembavai Festival

Many many devotees from all over the Earth came to Kauai Aadheenam to celebrate the New Year, worship Kadavul Nataraja and be with Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. On January 1st the long-awaited ceremony took place in the lush tropic setting of Hawaii. Many days and hours of prep took up most of the Siddhidata Kulam work, whilst devotees helped decorate the temple and oil the granite murtis outside.
Please sit back, relax and enjoy a long slideshow of how Kauai Aadheenam celebrates Tiruvembavai.
Path to Siva: What Is Our Heritage of Gurus?

Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas - Commentaries on Path to Siva
What Is Our Heritage of Gurus? Path to Siva, Lesson 36 (December 27,2017)
"Since the beginning of time, the power, or shakti, of God Siva has been carried forth by enlightened beings, satgurus." Spiritual progress is achieved through abhyasa, daily practice, and vairagya, dispassion.
Dispassion is being detached enough to be getting happiness from inside ourself not outside from the world. Control awareness; find and claim joyousness and peace every day in all environments. "Naam ariyom-We do not know." When we get really deep inside to find the deepest truth it can not be explained.
Path To Siva, Lesson 36.
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From Our Gurus' Teachings
- Gurudeva's Master Course Lesson of the Day
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Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas - Commentaries on Path to Siva
and the Nartana Ritau
What Is Sadhana?
What Is Sadhana?
"Sadhana is practiced...wherever a pure, serene atmosphere can be found." Achieve steadiness, control of emotions through abhyasa-regular consistent practice with devotion, yoga-the restraint of mental activities and vairaghya-dispassion. Like the growth of a kauri tree, it's a slow process; check it every few years, see the progress.
Path to Siva, Lesson 43
Nartana Ritau - A Season For Planning
Nartana Ritau - A Season For Planning
Bodhinatha describes Nartana Ritau, one of three seasons as created by Gurudeva. Each season corresponds to a book of the Master Course Trilogy. Nartana Ritau-Dancing with Siva-philosophy, begins on the Tamil New Year and is a time for planning.
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