From Merging With Siva - The River of Life - Part 2
September 15, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part two 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 53
September 12, 2021Chapter 53: Fellowship of Kindred Verse 523A man is standing in front of a pond that has broken its banks and flooded into his compound, where his family is enjoying themselves without his presence. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire text, in Tamil and English here: Weaver's...
September 2021 Chitra Puja
September 10, 2021Jai Gurudeva! This month, our celebration of Ganesha Chaturti and the September observance of our Chitra pada puja to Gurudeva fell on the same day. In the early morning, a puja and abhishekam for Gurudeva took place in Kadavul Temple, performed by Sannyasin Tillainathaswami and Nirvani Tejadevanatha. A wonderful way...
Happy Ganesha Chaturthi from Mauritius!
September 9, 2021Location: SSC Spiritual Park of Mauritius (La Pointe des Lascars) TOFA(Temple of Fine Arts) Music Students - Singers: Ajitha K Murday & Students Music: Anil Nallan Chakravarthy Ghatam/Kanjeera: Laya Kalavipanchi - Sri GhatamUmashankar Flute : Krishen Manaroo Video credits: Yoven Chinasamban/Kooghen Vyapooree & Team
Kauai Aadheenam's 2021 Ganesha Chaturthi Abhishekam
September 8, 2021Join us at 3:00pm (Kauai time!), September 9th for our puja and abhishekam to Lord Ganesha on the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi. Aum Gam Ganapataye Namah.
From Merging With Siva - The River of Life
September 8, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part one 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 52
September 6, 2021Chapter 52: Testing and Employing Men Verse 513Here we see four different situations that indicate how trustworthy a man is. He is helping an injured boy who has fallen from a mango tree; he is settling a dispute that threatens to erupt in violence; he stands firm though he has...
Our Sunset for the Phase
September 5, 2021Aum Namah Sivaya Today is the last day of our monks' phase, so they'll be heading into two days of retreat. We'll see you again soon, but for now we leave you with this profound quote from Yogaswami: "Existence is a value which is always judged by a conscious being....