Moving the Sanctum Doors to Iraivan Temple
October 4, 2020Jai Ganesha! Recently, several of the monks and the siplis brought Iraivan Temple's sanctum doors out of storage and into the temple. These doors are made of solid teak and are fully clad in decorative bronze work depicting ten forms of Siva. Currently the doors will remain in the temple...
The Seven Dimensions of the Mind - The Fifth Dimension Part 2
October 3, 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 two of his explanation about the fifth dimension, the mind of light.
Upadesha On Shum - Dimensions of the Mind
September 30, 2020Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads and comments on a series of talks which Gurudeva gave in the 1970s. The talks have been compiled into a book, called The Seven Dimensions of the Mind. Bodhinatha starts out with the seventh dimension, goes through Part 1 and 2, then the sixth dimension. This...
History of Hindu India Music Video - Indians Love Pilgrimage
September 29, 2020"Indians Love Pilgrimage" is the fourteenth song in Hinduism Today's History of Hindu India Music Video series. It is a song for children intended to complement the fifth chapter of our popular History of Hindu India documentaries, "21st Century India." The documentaries and songs neatly supplement the study of India...
Happy Kadaitswami Mahasamadhi Day!
September 28, 2020Today we observe the mahasamashi day of Kadaitswami, the dynamic kailasa satguru who revived Saivism in Catholic-dominated Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in the 1800's. Kadaitswami was described as lean and tall, dressed in a dark veshti, carrying an umbrella under his arm. They say he was six feet four inches tall,...
Tirukural - Chapter 3
September 28, 2020Chapter 3: The Greatness of Renunciates Verse 27A sadhu is seated on the mountaintop his right leg raised over a rock. The five senses of human consciousness are personified below him, senses he has perfectly controlled. Touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the...
Tomato Update!
September 27, 2020Aum. It's been a little over a month from our planting blessing in our new greenhouse and we already can see our first burgeoning bunches of beautiful tomatoes. Today these happy plants received a trim off their lower leaves, allowing natural sunlight to reach the fruits. The direct light will...
How Monks Make Sushi
September 26, 2020Jai Ganesha! During their lunar retreats (something akin to a weekend), the monks break from their routine meals of lentils, curries, chapatis and chutneys, and branch into other cuisines for their evening meals. Once a month they make some of the best wood-fired pizza in the western hemisphere and the...