Iraivan Temple Update - January 31, 2021
January 31, 2021Jai Ganesha! Here at the aadheenam, the work on the temple continues. After several weeks break, our lavarock wall team is back on the job and progressing around the northern side of the temple. The silpis are working on the tops of the pillars inside. They are removing calcite buildup...
The Concept of Awareness - Part Four
January 30, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylaswami gives an Part 4 of his upadesha series on the concept of awareness and omnipresence from the yogic perspective.
Topics of Interest
January 28, 2021We now have a new feature: Topics Activity By Interest that appears on each of the groups: Monastery | Read & Learn | Look & Listen | Live Spiritually | Visit There are now 200 categories. Now you can search for the category by the subject that you are interested...
Thai Pusam 2021
January 26, 2021Vel Muruga! January 27th at 4:30pm the aadheenam celebrates Thai Pusam with a puja and abhishekam to Lord Murugan in Kadavul Temple. Join us live:
An Update from Our Greenhouse
January 25, 2021Jai Ganesha! Today we visit our greenhouses for an update. The last time we brought you to our newest hydroponic tomato greenhouse, the plants weren't more that a few feet tall. Now we have four full rows of abundantly producing tomato varieties. With this crop in full production we have...
Tirukural - Chapter 20
January 25, 2021Chapter 20: Avoidance of Pointless Speech Verse 193A man tires his friends with an overly long discourse. The sun crosses the sky, telling us he has talked endlessly from morning to night. His friends are showing signs of boredom. One slips away, another yawns while yet another goes to sleep....
The Making of a Work of Art
January 23, 2021Recently we had a new work of art commissioned, painted by Kailas Raj in India. After nearly a year of careful correspondence to adjust and perfect small aspects of this painting, it is finally complete. While our temples and shrines are replete with images of Siva, Ganesha and Muruga, another...
The Concept of Awareness - Part Three
January 22, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylaswami gives an Part 3 of his upadeshas on the concept of awareness from the yogic perspective.