Our New Variety of Tomatoes!
December 5, 2020Aum Sivaya. Here is our latest tomato variety to come online, ready for our monks to enjoy. These are Climstar Tomatoes. They grow in big clusters like this and, as you might expect, are super delicious. Jai to our veggie-growing monks!
The Task of Tiling Iraivan Temple's Foundation
December 4, 2020Jai Ganesha! Recently we have begun what will eventually lead to the tiling of Iraivan Temple's foundation plinth. Currently the entire plinth around the temple is bare concrete, but when complete, it will be topped with red granite tiles, accenting the white granite Temple and walls and continuing with the...
New Art Collections on HAMSA
December 3, 2020Aum Namah Sivaya You can now enjoy two more collections of artwork available on the Himalayan Academy Museum of Spiritual Art. The first is an informative collection of the traditional 32 forms of Ganesha as found in the Mudgala Purana. These pieces of art are joined by their scriptural description...
Observing Sadhu Paksha
December 2, 2020Aum Namah Sivaya Many blessings from Kauai Aadheenam on this Ardra Nakshatra. Today our monks began two weeks of "Sadhu Paksha," a time of reflection and quietude before the changing of seasons from our harvest season to our winter season, the Moksha Ritau. For these two weeks our monks enjoy...
Tirukural - Chapter 12
November 30, 2020Chapter 12: Impartiality Verse 118A man is sitting with two others, one on each side. He is there to make a judgment, to balance things fairly. From above, a deva places a crown on the central figure to acknowledge his fairness. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire...
Iraivan Temple Lavarock Update - November 28
November 28, 2020Aum Namah Sivaya While the Siplis are busy working on some smaller, detailed projects within the temple, the lavarock wall that surrounds the temple foundation continues its steady progression. The stones on either side of the entry staircase are beginning to look complete on the southern side. The stones along...
Iraivan in High-Dynamic-Range
November 27, 2020Recently our monks have made a few fantastic HDR photos of Iraivan temple using photos from an iPhone. For those that don't know, these photos are made by combining three photos at different exposures allowing detail and color to be preserved in the shadows and highlights. Sometimes a little extra...
Our Daily Modes of Consciousness
November 25, 2020Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami presents his January/February/March, 2021, Publisher's Desk Editorial from Hinduism Today Magazine. "Ancient texts teach us a way to comprehend the mysteries of mind, describing four fundamental states of consciousness."