A New Monk Is Born, Sannyasin Tillainathaswami!
May 24, 2021Today is the holy celebration of Vaikasi Visakam, honoring the birth of Lord Murugan. On this day the Saiva Siddhanta Yoga Order welcomed its newest swami in traditional ritual. Thus was born Sannyasin Tillainathaswami! Together at dawn and in the presence of all the swamis of the Order, he and...
Vaikasi Visakam Live Stream
May 24, 2021Vel Muruga! Join us today at 5:00pm (Monday, May 24, 2021 HST) for Kauai Aadheenam's abhishekam to Lord Murugan on the occasion of Vaikasi Visakam.
Tirukural - Chapter 37
May 24, 2021Chapter 37: Eradication of Desire Verse 364We see here a woman kneeling and sipping water which has touched the feet of her Lord. In her devotion she has turned her back on all kinds wealth and riches which lie nearby, ignored. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire...
May 23 Chitra Padapuja
May 23, 2021Jai Gurudeva! Jai Kailasa Parampara! Today the mathavasi's enjoyed their monthly padapuja for Gurudeva during the chitra nakshatra. Yogi Jayanatha and Nirvani Tejadevanatha performed the padapuja to Gurudeva's tiruvadi, pouring milk, yogurt, honey and other prana-filled substances over the holy sandals. Aum. \"One of the great joys of Hinduism is...
Polishing Sipli Bronzes
May 22, 2021Aum Namah Sivaya A few days ago Rajkumar Manickam arrived on Kauai. He's here with his annual goal of cleaning and polishing the bronze statues at the Sipli Pavilion. Yesterday he dove right in and has already finished several statues. First the statues get a rinse, then an ivory soap...
Shum Maps of Meditations - Part 7
May 21, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives part seven 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.
Fictionary: Should Be a Word
May 17, 2021Words. They are such a part of our everyday life we often don't give them their full due. Sometimes we mispel them. Sometimes we missprunciate them. Despite this abuse, they go on serving our various needs as we seek to communicate with the outside world. English dictionaries can sometimes get...
Hinduism Today Young Writers Group
May 17, 2021Yesterday Acharya Arumuganathaswami held a zoom meeting with part of our Hinduism Today Young Writers group. We discussed their planned articles for the coming issues. Mugdha, upper left, is a 6th grader in Cupertino, California, and has written a piece on “ethnic dress” day in school. It’s an annual affair...