Escalating Elephants
November 6, 2021Recently, two of our stone-carved elephant statues have been put into place along that will be the future stairway that pilgrims will walk to reach Iraivan Temple. The stairs will be made from concrete with stone details, paralleled by a 15-inch-tall lava rock-clad railing on either side. The elephants, placed...
Life the Great Experience - Part 2
November 5, 2021Satguru 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 Sivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Siva. Here, Satguru discusses "Life the Great Experience," a talk given...
2021 Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Puja
November 3, 2021Jai Gurudeva! Happy 2021 Mahasamadhi! Please join us for ur live stream of our homa and padapuja to Gurudeva. Here You can download and read three more PDFs from our 2002 memorial issue of Hinduism Today, giving insight into Gurudeva's life an the blessings he evoked in the lives of...
Announcing Our 2021 Digital Dharma Drive!
November 2, 2021A Message from Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami Namaste, and welcome to our various websites and mobile apps, through which we seek to provide accurate, useful and contemporary information on Hinduism and the activities of Hindus around the world. The presence of Hindus in the digital realm has greatly increased during the...
2021 Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Celebrations - Day Two
November 1, 2021Today the mathavasis are enjoying their second day of Gurudeva's 2021 Mahasamadhi observances. This morning's padapuja was conducted by Yogi Dayanatha and Nirvani Tejadevanatha. Today we bring you voices from India's Spiritual Leaders and some of our Hinduism Today correspondents, giving praise to Gurudeva's effect on the Hindu world. Aum....
Tirukural - Chapter 60
November 1, 2021Chapter 60: Possession of Industriousness Verse 596A weaver, a musician and a sculptor are all industriously working at their craft. They give no thought to failure, and therefore failure rarely visits them. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire text, in Tamil and English here: Weaver's Wisdom Verse...
2021 Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Celebrations - Day One
October 31, 2021Aum Namah Sivaya! Jai Kailasa Parampara! Jai Gurudeva! Today begins our first of four consecutive days of worship in praise of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. Every year during the Chitra Nakshatra in October/November we celebrate the day of Gurudeva's grand departure into the inner planes, honoring his life and teachings. This morning...
Life the Great Experience - Part 1
October 30, 2021Satguru 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 Sivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Siva. Here, Satguru discusses "Life the Great Experience," a talk given...