How Do We Strengthen Our Temple?
January 6, 2019Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 62 of the Himalayan Academy publication “Path To Siva,” discussing our ability to strengthen our Hindu temples by how we approach them.
Happy Gurudeva Jayanti!
January 5, 2019Today we celebrate the 92nd Guru Jayanti for Gurudeva Sivaya Subramuinyaswami. It’s fun to be humans together, living lives, being all kinds of people. But really, we’re a willful band of colorful, adventure-loving souls. We’re renegades, we’re great leaders, we’re inspirers of change. We’re family, we’re rivals, we are momentary...
Arizona Tomatoes in Winter
January 3, 2019Several days ago Sannyasin Yoginathaswami and Natyam Dayanatha flew to Arizona for a week-long seminar all about hydroponic crop productions, with an emphasis on tomato growing. The two touched down in Tucson after a pleasant flight and soon found that the weather in Tucson in January is very different from...
The Ganapati Kulam at Work
January 2, 2019Of the varied groups of monks in the Aadheenam, the Ganapati Kulam is responsible for publications, particularly making our books and producing Hinduism Today Magazine. We took a quick tour through their office with a camera to catch them at their seva. A small shrine for Gurudeva on the Media...
A Visit from Vamadeva Shastri
January 1, 2019Almost every year Vamadeva Shastri and Shambhavi Devi bring a group up to the monastery to visit. Comprised of both Hawaiian residents and guests from Europe and India, the group is on the Island for a retreat to learn about ayurveda, jyotish and vedanta. They began with a visit to...
A Pancha Ganapati Gift for Satguru
December 31, 2018On the final day of Pancha Ganapati, while Satguru was out of his office, a small team of monks descended upon the room and replaced his old, decaying desk with a new one. This new desk can be raised with a push of a button, which is useful if Satguru...
New Signs for Guests
December 31, 2018With so many visitors arriving at the aadheenam during the holiday season, there couldn't be a better time for the arrival of our new information billboards which will now greet all of our guests at our Banyan Mandapam. For many that arrive, the information offered in this mandapam is a...
Bodhinatha' s Latest Upadeshas
December 30, 2018Also available on SivaSiva.App What Is the Value of Spiritual Friends? Friends who are fine, positive and good Hindus will help you most of all. It's important for parents of teenagers to know their teenager's friends. Our strength comes from mixing and interacting with others who are practicing sadhana. "The...