Daily Life of our Temple Carvers
June 5, 2021A short documentary-style video by Rajkumar Manickam, about Kauai Aadheenam's current group of silpi temple carvers and the monastery's chef who are here from India. The siplis were interviewed about their daily lives and their experiences while being here in Kauai.
Monks Making Pizza
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The Inner Navigator
June 3, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives an upadesha about the development and use of our intuition. He elucidates this point through the telling of several stories from the lives of our Kailasa gurus.
Tirukural - Chapter 38
May 31, 2021Section IV: Destiny Chapter 38: Destiny Verse 374At the bottom of the painting a man finds himself at a crossroads. On one side there lies the richness of worldly wealth and family possessions. The other path leads to a saint in an orange robes with hands above his head expressive...
Garden Seva
May 30, 2021Aum Namah Sivaya Each week, on Tuesday, a stalwart group of dedicated island devotees adventures together into the sacred gardens around Iraivan Temple. During the morning hours, they plant new plants, weed garden beds and more. Though largely an anonymous instance of seva (and we're sure they'd probably like to...
The Ganapati Kulam
May 29, 2021A visual tale by Rajkumar Manickam. For best results use the full-screen button in the top-right of the embedded content.
Scaffolding for Iraivan Temple's Gold
May 29, 2021Aum Namah Sivaya Recently the aadheenam received a large shipment of scaffolding for the upcoming gold leafing work to be done on the temple's capstones. As we've mentioned in our newsletters, on their original installation these capstones were a little under prepared for our intense tropical weather, resulting in quicker...
Shum Maps of Meditations - Part 8
May 28, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives part eight 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.