Hinduism Today's New Web Site
July 18, 2009The next issue of Hinduism Today is in the final days of editing and design at the monastery. It reminded us to share news of our newly redesigned website. The editorial excellence of Hinduism Today magazine can now be seen online in a modern interface with enhanced organization, interactivity, moving...
Hanapepe Peace Pole Finished
July 18, 2009Work continued on the Peace Pole over the past retreat, scheduled to be delivered tomorrrow to the Hanapepe Matsunaga Peace Garden. After the hexagonal pole was roughed in with the chain saw and power planer, next it was finished off with Japanese planes. One of the placques is placed for...
Sun Two - Watch Bodhinatha's Talks Links
July 17, 2009Sun Two was Ashram Sadhana day with all the monks cleaning, fixing and putting things in order all morning. Another upadesha by Bodhinatha was posted today. See the right side bar. We will be posting a new talk every day for the next three days.
Tour Day with Special Guests
July 17, 2009Today on our weekly public tour we hosted Maureen Murphy of NTBG bringing a special group on the tour. Maureen is the president of The Kauai Outdoor Circle--the original environmental organization in Hawaii, started in 1912, and dedicated to keeping Hawaii clean, green and beautiful. They are the ones who...
Sri Subramuniya Kottam Celebrates Vaikasi Visakam
July 17, 2009This year's full moon day in May, Vaikasi Visakam, marked the 60th anniversary of Gurudeva's initiation by Yogaswami. At Sri Subramuniya Kottam in Kopay, Sri Lanka, at noon, a special puja was held to Gurudeva and Yogaswami to honor this occasion. Sixty years ago, in 1959 May full moon day...
New Phase Begins - Our Two Doctrines
July 16, 2009Kadavul temple's Sun One Homa was bright and powerful today. Bodhinatha introduced a talk he is working describing the two doctrines of Saiva Siddhanta Church, Monistic Theism and Hindu Solidarity. Here is the excerpt he read from Saiva Dharma Shastras: Doctrines: Saiva Shraddha Dvimulanyaya The Church's dual doctrines of faith...
Garden Ganesa cleaning and scaffolding painting by Bramachari Vail
July 16, 2009The Siddhidata Kulam offers some photos of our new task forcer at work. Brahmachari Vel supplicates before Pancha Muka Ganapati in Anna Purna garden. He performs a simple arati Sadhaka Rajanatha rings the large garden bell taking part in the sweet ceremony Arati is over and Vel does Namaskaram...
Fictionary
July 16, 2009Return of Fictionary, the monastery's dictionary for words that don't (yet) exist, but should. We share a few from the Fictionary, and invite the wordologists (not a word) to send in more. alphabet heaven: The place where words go when deleted from e-mails, computers, iPhones and all digital media. horizonticious:...