Sadhu Paksha: A Meditation on Nature's Beauty
April 11, 2019With the aadheenam coming close to a change of seasons, leaving the meditative Moksha Ritau for the budding life of the Nartana Ritau, our monks take to their two-week dicipline of Sadhu Paksha. Here we enjoy the gardens and paths in the early morning, and meditate to the rising sun....
Darshan With Satguru
April 11, 2019On March 24th during the Innersearch in Sri Lanka, students, teachers and tdministrators from both the Yogaswami Hindu Girls Home and Thirunavukkarasu Nayanar Gurukulam came to spend some darshan time with Satguru and the monks. After giving a brief general overview of their activities Satguru offered vibuthi prasadam to all...
David, Emilse and Little William Beck
April 10, 2019David Beck, his wife Emilse and little William Beck came for a visit. David is part of the LiveCode community. Livecode is software used by several of the monks for the past 20 years, to build all kinds of cool tools for the monastery, and of late, by Brahmanathaswami for...
Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Temple visit
April 9, 2019March 22 was day nine of the 2019 Innersearch in Sri Lanka. Not far from the Maviddapuram Kandaswamy Temple is where Yogaswami was born. As a young man, Yogaswami, known as Sadasivan, would frequent this temple, so our lineage has long held a deep connection here. Gurudeva was once invited...
Visit to Sri Durga Devi Devasthanam
April 8, 2019On day nine of the 2019 Sri Lanka Innersearch, we visited the Sri Durga Devi Temple near Maviddapuram in Jaffna. This is a well-known Temple involved in numerous community oriented activities and charitable work. Temples in Jaffna are the hub, not only for spiritual unfoldment, but for the preservation of...
Chellappaswami Mahasamadhi
April 7, 2019With yesterday and this morning being the annual celebration of Chellappaswami's Mahasamadhi, it's a good time to share our 2019 Innersearch visit to Chellapaswami's Shrine in Nallur. Here are some photos taken with Satguru and pilgrims during the worship at Chellappaswami's hut. Siddhanathaswami did the abhishekam assisted by Rishi Thondunatha....
Intricate Work By the Silpis
April 6, 2019Around the base of the kodimaram, on the elevated floor of the Nandimandam is a "collar"' of stone that needed intricate carving done here on Kauai. thumb: '/taka-archive-all-assets/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/_silpis-at-work-mar-29-2019/thumb/IMG_1536.jpg' They are using very fine chisels for this work. The two halves will be fitted after the flag-pole gets its consecration ceremonies...
Visit to Sivapoomi Palace of Tiruvasakam and the 108 Sivalingam
April 6, 2019In the afternoon of March 21st, the Innersearch visited a special place just to the south of Jaffna. Dr. Aru Thirumurugan, head of the Siva Boomi Trust in Sri Lanka has been doing so much service in various areas of the north. The Tiruvasagam Palace in Navatkuli is yet another...