2018 Skanda Shashti
November 13, 2018Vel Muruga! Yesterday the monks ended a wonderful day of Avudaiyar and temple stone moving, with a powerful blessing from Lord Murugan. In the late afternoon Satguru, monks, and local devotees gathered in Kadavul Temple for an abhishekam to the God of Kundalini Yoga. Prana-filled offering such as milk, yogurt...
Bronze Avudaiyar Arrives at Iraivan Temple!
November 12, 2018Happy Skanda Shasti! Today the bronze Avudaiyar, the base for the Temple's Crystal Sivalingam, was transported to Iraivan Temple and moved into the inner sanctum where it will eventually be installed. Aum Namah Sivaya.
Hanuman Arrives on Kauai!
November 11, 2018This week Lord Hanuman arrived on Kauai in all His green-jade-bronze glory. Our freight company brought him up to the aadheenam and placed him next to the mound upon which he will stand long into the future. With the help of Yoginathaswami in our CAT skidsteer, the team carefully lowered...
Lord Ganesha
November 11, 2018Jai Ganesha! Every month when chaturti rolls around, our Kadavul Ganesha get an extra nice alankaram. He is dressed up nicely and given extra care. Today our 3am vigilee took a nice photo of Him. "Aum, attired in white and all-pervading, O moon-hued, four-shouldered One with smiling face so pleasing,...
Greenhouse Ganesha
November 10, 2018With the grand success that has been our hydroponic greenhouse operation, our next step is to create a second greenhouse. This new one will be complemented by all we've learned while establishing the first one, and it will also be rated for severe winds, increasing its chance of survival if...
2018 Mahasamadhi Final Puja
November 9, 2018On November 5th the Aadheenam observed the 227th Chitra padapuja to Gurudeva Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. This, at the end of four days of morning pada pujas and classes for pilgrims. Sivachariyar Kumar Gurukkal performed the elaborate homa and the following abhishekam to Gurudeva's tiruvadi. \"To the traditional Saivite, the guru is...
How Do We Practice Karma Yoga?
November 8, 2018Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 59 of the Himalayan Academy publication “Path To Siva,” discussing how to practice karma yoga in our lives.
2018 Mahasamadhi Parade
November 5, 2018On the second afternoon of our Mahasamadhi festival the group paraded tiruvadi from Gurudeva's shrine out to Umbrella Ganesha, Iraivan Temple, the Swayambhu Lingam, Rishi Nandinatha and Rishi Tirumular, and finally to Dakshinamurti. "Nothing is more precious than the first soul-quickening, life-changing shaktipata from a guru. Nothing is more central...