Tirukural - Chapter 32
April 19, 2021Chapter 32: Avoidance of Injuring Others Verse 312Above a man strikes a swami with a club, causing him injury. Later the swami offers a garland, in a gesture of profound forgiveness. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire text, in Tamil and English here: Weaver's Wisdom Verse 311...
Leadership Kauai
April 17, 2021Each year a special group visits the monastery around this time. It is part of a training program provided to island movers and shakers who wish to hone their leadership skill set. This year it was lead by Char Revalo who brought 22 Kauaians with her for the visit. These...
Iraivan Temple - 2005 to 2021
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Shum Maps of Meditations - Part 3
April 15, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives part three 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.
A New Year and a New Season
April 14, 2021Yesterday our monks started the season and the new year by lighting the sacred flame in Kadavul Temple. This homa was accompanied by the chanting of Sri Rudram and the offering of ghee, seeds and written prayers into the fire. Satguru then gave an Upadesha which will be online soon....
Happy Tamil New Year!
April 13, 2021Today we begin the the Hindu year 5123. This is the second year of a 60 solar year cycle. It is known as Plava, which can be translated as a swelling river or a flock of water birds, or even a raft. Basically it symbolizes that which floats over or...
Tirukural - Chapter 31
April 12, 2021Chapter 31: Avoidance of Anger Verse 304On the left a musician is smiling, singing happily for there no anger in his mind. Behind him, with the sad, contorted face made that way by anger, a man holds a fiery torch, which represents the flames of his anger. TAKA Presents the...
Lavarock Wall Update - April 9th
April 9, 2021Jai Ganesha! Recently our masonry team, who has been building the lava rock wall around Iraivan Temple, has completed the rock laying on the north side of the foundation. They had already completed the east side which faces Rishi Valley. The North end of the temple faces Dakshinamurti, and with...