A Hive of Happy Honey Bees
April 8, 2021Aum Namah Sivaya April marks the start of our island's swarm season for honey bees. As more and more flowers bloom, wild hives begin to grow quickly. When they get too big, the queen leaves with half the hive to start a new one somewhere else. Since honey bees use...
Small Projects Around the Aadheenam
April 7, 2021Recently the monastery acquired some large commercial food dehydrators at our Noni processing building. We use them during sunny days when they can fully run off solar power. As a recent experiment we tried drying some of our many green house tomatoes and have made our first jar of "sun"...
Aerials of Hanuman's Garden
April 6, 2021Recently the mound around Lord Hanuman has been given an upgrade. With some new plants and extra upkeep, the area is looking splendid. Not too long from now the fields around Him will transform into the preliminaries of our visitor center. Thankfully these plants still have ample time to grow...
Sadhu Paksha
April 5, 2021Aum Namah Sivaya. Last week and this week, our monks have been enjoying the observance of Sadhu Paksha. A two-week period leading up to our change of seasons. This is a time of retreat and personal sadhana. On one early morning stroll, one of our monks caught this glorious photo...
Tirukural - Chapter 30
April 5, 2021Chapter 30: Truthfulness Verse 298A stream of water pours on a person as he bathes his body. A stream of golden light bathes a man of truth. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire text, in Tamil and English here: Weaver's Wisdom Verse 291 What is truthfulness? It...
Hinduism Today's Latest Issue
April 2, 2021Jai Ganasha! Hinduism Today's latest issue has gone to press and is now available online. You can also download our free Hinduism Today app and get the entire magazine in a mobile-friendly format for your device at bit.ly/HT-APP. For easy access, here is this issue's table of contents: In My...
A Successful Crop of Zucchini!
April 1, 2021Jai Ganesha! As you may know, we've recently started our first small crops growing in our new high-tunnel green houses. Without this protection, growing things like zucchini and cauliflower in Kauai can be quite a challenge. Although these plants are still small, we've just successfully harvested several batches of zucchini....
Iraivan Temple Landscaping - Before & After
March 31, 2021Here are two images from Iraivan Temple's gardens. The first is a wide shot from the slope down to Rishi Valley, showing a 2012 photo and one from yesterday. The second is on the terraced entryway leading up to the temple steps from the river. Both show the amazing transformation...