A Jayanthi Gift!
October 16, 2021Jai Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami! On the day of our Guru Jayanthi celebrations, our monks also acquired the official Certificate of Occupancy for Iraivan Temple. The temple had been Kauai county's longest standing, open construction project and they were happy to see it finally conclude. This occupancy permit is an important...
Happy Guru Jayanthi!
October 15, 2021Aum Namah Sivaya!Jai to the Nandinatha Sampradaya!Jai to the Kailasa Parampara!Jai Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami!!!Today We celebrate Satguru's 79th Jayanthi. Feel free to send him your loving messages in the comments below."Many are the gurus who, like lamps, offer light in a house. But rare is the Satguru who illumines the...
From Merging With Siva - The River of Life - Part 6
October 14, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part six of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Siva. Here, Satguru discusses "The River of Life," a talk...
Tirukural - Chapter 57
October 11, 2021Chapter 57: Avoidance of Tyranny Verse 565A guard, hand uplifted to control the crowd, shouts while another pushes a couple away from the king, not allowing them to meet him. Behind the king, who refuses his peoples entreaties, a demon has confiscated the royal treasury and hugs bags of gold...
Stone Parrots, Stone Chains and Karna Koodu
October 10, 2021Jai Ganesha! This week we celebrate the installation of some of the final ornamental additions to Iraivan Temple's Nandi Mandapam. The silpis have completed the installation of the Karna Koodu, the twelve capstones that adorn the mandapam's roof. They've also installed the eight stone parrots that sit upon the corners...
Siva's Immovable Yogi
October 9, 2021Our artist, Suresh Mutthukulam of Kerala, recently finished one more of the ten paintings he is doing to illustrate Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's commentary on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, a book we plan to publish next year. Suresh is without a doubt one of India's most accomplished artists with a powerful graphic...
Kauai Aadheenam's Hidden Hardwood Forests - A Retrospect of 20 years
October 8, 2021Not many visitors to Kauai's Hindu Monastery realize that a few dedicated monastics, along with a small hired crew have worked diligently over the past 20 years to plant and maintain a 100 acre forest of hardwood trees across the river, just a stones throw from the monastery. The trees...
From Merging With Siva - The River of Life - Part 5
October 7, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part five of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Siva. Here, Satguru discusses "The River of Life," a talk...