Our First Chitra Puja of 2021!
January 8, 2021Jai Gurudeva! Recently our monks celebrated our January chitra nakshatra with their monthly padapuja to Gurudeva. Yogis Haranandinatha and Jayanatha performed the short abhishekam. Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and other monks attended for this evening worship, invoking the love and blessings of Gurudeva. Aum. "Understanding, loving and making allowances--these are the...
The Concept of Awareness - Part One
January 7, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylaswami gives an upadesha on the concept of awareness from the yogic perspective. Consciousness and awareness are the same when awareness is totally identified with and attached to that which it is aware of. To separate the two is the artful practice of yoga. Naturally, the Shūm-Tyeīf language...
A New Sight at the Monastery Entrance
January 4, 2021Aum Namah Sivaya Recently we installed a granite replica of the amazing Iraivan Temple Crystal Sivalingam. This carving was sent to us along with a previous shipment of temple stones. The Lingam used to be displayed at the carving site in Bengaluru where the silpis could perform a puja to...
Tirukural - Chapter 17
January 4, 2021Chapter 17: Avoidance of Envy Verse 166There is a room filled with beautiful objects and in it a family finds contentment. In the adjoining apartment an impoverished woman is hiding behind the curtain, envious of her neighbors. Her husband has his hand on his head to indicate suffering and the...
Celebrating a Successful Digital Dharma Drive!!!
January 3, 2021Jai Ganesha! Our deepest gratitude to all of our 2020 Digital Dharma Drive Donors. With your help, we reached our $75,000 goal and then went on by December 31st to surpass it by over $57,000! This spirited support will assure that we can continue to inspire, create and renovate a...
2020 Ardra Darshanam Homa
January 2, 2021Aum Namah Sivaya On December 29th, the monks of Kauai Aadheenam celebrated Ardra Darshanam with an early-morning homa, followed by an abhishakam to Lord Nataraja, concluding at noon that day. This day is considered one of the most auspicious days of the year, with Siva's dancing star of Ardra being...
The Seven Dimensions of the Mind - The First Dimension
January 1, 2021Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly Upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai Aadheenam. Here, Satguru continues his discussion of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's writings about the seven dimensions of the mind with an explanation of the first dimension.
News from Mauritius
December 28, 2020At the Spiritual Park in Mauritius, members have recently received delivery of a massive wooden frame holding a life-sized photo of Gurudeva holding a bamboo danda and wearing his wooden tiruvadi sandals. It is to be installed in one of the new mandapams in the days ahead, to inform the...