Wishing You a Blissful and Blessed Mahasivaratri
March 3, 2019Aum Namah Sivaya Tonight is Siva's most sacred night. A night, not when we worship Siva as divine all-pervasive bliss, but rather, when we go within ourselves and attempt to experience ourselves as Siva. It is a sacred night of profound silence. A time to find that point inside you...
A Preview of Iraivan's Pancha Brahma Bronzes
March 2, 2019Aum Namah Sivaya As some of us know, the five niches that exist around Iraivan Temple's Vimanam will one day house five bronze statues of Siva. Recently we've installed posters in the niches which depict each Bronze for visiting pilgrims. As these won't be installed until we are closer to...
Patanjali's Yoga Sutra Class
March 1, 2019Aum Namah Sivaya Today our three youngest monastics enjoy their quarterly sutra class with Satguru. Here is a snippet from Bodhinatha's written commentary on the ever-profound Yoga Sutras, so that you too can mentally tune in to this wonderful subject. You can also see a wonderful talk from Satguru here....
The Approach of Siva's Great Night
February 28, 2019With Mahasivaratri approaching we thought you might like to look back at Satguru's 2017 Mahasivaratri Upadesha as a way to begin your inner preparation for this sacred evening. Aum Namah Sivaya
Attaining the Ultimate
February 27, 2019Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple. Here he discusses the path of jnana yoga, the differences between Siddhanta and Vedanta, the path of the renunciate and that of the householder, as well as temple worship.
Hindu Lexicon Is Also a Web App!
February 25, 2019One of the many small accomplishments during the 2018 cycle, thanks to the generous donations to the Digital Dharma Drive, was that Andre Garzia produced a web app of our Hindu Lexicon. It appears below. You can also view it alone in your browser (click here) It is also available...
February 2019 News Video
February 25, 2019Our February 2019 news video covers events in January 2019, including: Our celebrations of Thai Pongal and Thai Pusam, recent progress on Iraivan Temple, and the installation of our 13-foot-tall, bronze statue of Lord Hanuman.
Soon to Begin - Innersearch Sri Lanka 2019
February 24, 2019Jai Gurudeva! Just 12 days before Satguru and four monks board their plane and fly off to Sri Lanka and meet up with 50 participants from around the world, thus beginning the 2019 Innersearch Travel-Study Program. We've been hard at work preparing, with much of the heavy lifting being done...