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Iraivan Temple Update - June 26th

Iraivan Temple Update - June 26th

Aum Namah Sivaya, Today we bring you a quick update of the progress on Iraivan Temple's lavarock wall and the front stairway, along with a photographic tour along the path of the satgurus. Both of these areas of temple construction are progressing quickly. The lavarock on the east side is...

Engal Gurunathan French Translation

Engal Gurunathan French Translation

Aum Namah Sivaya Our thanks to Rajen Manick of Mauritius for providing us this new translation of Yogaswami's Natchintanai, "Engal Gurunathan" in the french language. You can now download the PDF for yourself on our website here. Listen to the original song in Tamil: Tamil என்னையெனக் கறிவித்தான் என்னையெனக் கறிவித்தா னெங்கள்குரு...

Renovations Continue

Renovations Continue

Recently the monks of the Pillaiyar Kulam have been engineering small improvements to their office building. The main building interior was renovated last year, and now we are working on an addition to the front of the building. This space will house MiniMela items along with all the many shipping...

The Subconscious Aura

The Subconscious Aura

The Illumination of Man GURUDEVA'S 1970 AUDIO MASTER COURSE - CHAPTER 7

Testing Our Emotional Maturity

Testing Our Emotional Maturity

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly Upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai Aadheenam. Here Satguru reads from Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's book, Merging with Siva, lesson 65, "Disappointment, Discouragement," which discusses how life tests and retests our emotional maturity maturity.

Into the Sunset

Into the Sunset

Aum Namah Sivaya!We hope you've all had a wonderful week! You know our monks have, as we worship in our temples, walk our jungle gardens, till our soil, and meditate upon the absolute. Today we wind down a six-day phase and enter into two days of retreat. See you in...

Growing Giant Gourds!

Growing Giant Gourds!

Jai Ganesha! In another wonderful report from our world of vegetables, we've recently harvested some of our first crop of what is officially our longest gourds. These green-snake gourds are a type of Calabash gourd which are typically grown on trellises, and which can grow as tall as a person....

Five States of Mind

Five States of Mind

The Donkey and the Carrot GURUDEVA'S 1970 AUDIO MASTER COURSE - CHAPTER 9

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