Iraivan Temple Lavarock Wall Update - Oct 22
October 22, 2020Aum Namah Sivaya Today we talked with Umut and his team from Innov8 Construction about their progress on Iraivan Temple's lava rock wall, which clads the temple's 4-foot-high concrete foundation. They are making steady progress to bring the wall to height an all sides. Currently the east side is furthest...
A Short Summary of Two Great Temples
October 21, 2020Recenty Jiva sent us this short comparison of Brihadeeswara Temple in Tanjavore and our own Iravian Temple here in Hawaii. See below. From Gurudeva: "Visiting a Hindu temple, receiving darshan from the majestic Gods of our religion, can altogether change the life of a worshiper. It alters the flow of...
Celebrating our First Tomatoes!
October 20, 2020Jai Ganesha! Recently we've harvested our first tomatoes from our new hydroponic greenhouse. A great achievement after a lot of care and hard work to create an advanced system for growing our fresh vegetables. In celebration, the first tomato to ripen was given to Satguru on his Jayanti day. It...
Tirukural - Chapter 6
October 19, 2020Chapter 6: The Good Wife Verse 58From morning to night the good wife is in constant service to her husband and family, washing, feeding, healing and assisting with the sacred daily puja. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire text, in Tamil and English here: Weaver's Wisdom Verse...
Sunset Over Waialeale
October 18, 2020Last night's sunset at the aadheenam was quite spectacular and thankfully we took a few photos and a timelapse to share with all of you. Something to keep you connected to the monastery, to your home away from home. Timelapse: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kauai's...
The Seven Dimensions of the Mind - The Fifth Dimension Part 4
October 17, 2020Satguru 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 part four of his explanation about the fifth dimension, the mind of light.
A Happy Jayanti to Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami!
October 14, 2020Tomorrow the monks enter their two day retreat which will begin with the celebration of Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's 78th Jayanti! Tomorrow evening our monks will be making a special meal (and cake!) for Satguru to enjoy together. Jai Gurunathan! Aum Namah Sivaya. The Satguru Who is he? Where might he...
Mauritius October Ganesha Homa
October 14, 2020Click here for more photos of the October homa at our Spiritual Park. http://www.saivasiddhanta.org/site/pg/news/view/mission-activities/ssc-mauritius-mission_111/index.php?blog=0 } ];