Sending You Rainbows
January 19, 2021After a month of dry weather here at Kauai Aadheenam, we've just received a few days of rain. This means our daily rainbows have returned. Just look to Iraivan between 7:00 and 9:00am and you're bound to catch a glimpse of one. We have so many that we wish we...
Tirukural - Chapter 19
January 18, 2021Chapter 19: Avoidance of Backbiting Verse 189Mother Earth is weeping as she watches a woman malign others who are leaving her company and cannot hear her criticisms. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire text, in Tamil and English here: Weaver's Wisdom Verse 181 Silent about virtue and...
Pongal at Kauai Aadheenam
January 17, 2021Several days ago the monastery celebrated Thai Pongal with a short event at Iraivan Temple. On this day the sun enters the sign of Makara (Capricorn), beginning the Tamil solar year. Chinnu cooked some wonderful pongal for everyone along with some delicious vadai. Once Satguru and the monks had arrived...
The Concept of Awareness - Part Two
January 15, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylaswami gives an Part 2 of his upadeshas on the concept of awareness from the yogic perspective.
Tirukural - Chapter 18
January 11, 2021Chapter 18: Avoidance of Covetousness A beggar has come to the door of a woman who brings him a savory bowl of food. Though impoverished, he points out a valuable necklace she has dropped, showing he does not wish another's wealth to be his. A tortoise rests nearby, his limbs...
The Golden Form of Yogaswami
January 10, 2021Jai to Sri Yoganathan of Jaffna! As you may know, at Kauai Aadheenam we have a small Yogaswami shrine in the corner of the Guru Pitam and meditation hall. This Golden form of Yogaswami resides there, being one of two such images of this great sage. The other statue is...
A Tractor Upgrade For Himalayan Acres
January 9, 2021Jai Ganesha! For some time now our monks have been looking for a good replacement for our primary tractor that we use on Himalayan Acres. With several hundred acres of land to care for—which included our mahogany forests and noni orchards—it's a big job to keep it all maintained. Several...
January Mauritius Ganesha Homa
January 9, 2021Click here for more photos of the homa at our Spiritual Park: www.saivasiddhanta.org } ];