Tirukural - Chapter 42
June 28, 2021Chapter 42: Learning by Listening Verse hiseyes closed in meditation, a man sits with arms crossed in disdain for the riches that lie before him. The clouds around him represent his guru’s oral teachings, which he is listening to. The bundles of rupee notes and coins are slowly fading from...
Planting Flower Gardens
June 27, 2021Jai Ganesha! Over the last year, Yogi Dayanatha has spent time gradually adding life and beauty to the area around our monastery's woodfire oven. He's cleared old, shaded foliage and replaced it with rock-encircled mounds of colorful flowers and decorative palm trees. The area now feels open, airy and bright....
Shum Maps of Meditations - Part 9
June 26, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives part nine of a series of talks which give insight and elaboration into a variety of fascinating concepts revealed in the Shum language of meditation. Here, Satguru gives special attention to the 54 mambashum—important areas of the mind detailed by Shum.
Kauai's Hindu Monastery Newsletter - June 2021
June 23, 2021Click here to view our June 2021 Newsletter: www.himalayanacademy.com/monastery/newsletter
From Darkness into Light
June 21, 2021Mark Twain's Favorite Brewery [This is a story from The Guru Chronicles] Following a 1962 summer retreat at Angora Lake, Gurudeva visited nearby Virginia City, Nevada, to find a piece of property that could serve as a permanent retreat center. He didn't have to look far. About a quarter mile...
Tirukural - Chapter 41
June 21, 2021Chapter 41: The Neglect of Learning Verse 409A young scholar sits under a tree surrounded by the ancient texts which he knows well. His nobility is such that crowds gather to hear his words. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire text, in Tamil and English here: Weaver's...
Regilding Kadavul's Kodimaram
June 20, 2021Jai Ganesha! With our team of gold gilders on island working on Iraivan Temple's domes and flagpole, it was the perfect time to regild Kadavul Temple's kodimaram. The full flagpole was just recently finished and is shining brightly in our tropical sun. Aum. Kadavul Temple\s regilded kodimaram' Yet to be...
June 2021 Chitra Padapuja
June 19, 2021Jai Gurudeva! Today our monks began their new week with our monthly puja at Gurudeva's shrine in Kadavul Temple. Yogis Dayanatha and Haranandinatha performed the puja and abhishekam. Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and the other monks attended, chanting Sri Rudram and meditating. Aum. "There is no intrinsic evil. God Siva has...