Guru Jayanti
October 14, 2018Om Gurunathan Tomorrow the aadheenam celebrates Guru Jayanti, honoring Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's 76th year in this life. Above is a slideshow honoring our guru with words of wisdom from the Kularnava Tantra, emphasizing the guru's importance in our lives. "As in the vicinity of fire, butter gets melted, so in...
Have a Seat!
October 14, 2018Yesterday Doug assembled four new picnic tables made of dense recycled plastic which will not rot in the tropics. Here Valli and Savitri are the first to enjoy one, sitting near the Banyan Mandapam. Can we talk? This is what the tables looked like when they arrived. Doug uses stainless...
Iraivan Temple Progress
October 13, 2018Today the Siplis are hard at work preparing and jointing the next layer of stone which will sit atop the Nandi Mandapam. This is the top of the mandapam as it is now, ready for the next layer of stones As the Nandi Mandapam gets taller and taller you get...
Blooming Orchid
October 12, 2018As you enter the Path of the Satgurus, a new flower greets you. It is the giant orchid Grammatophyllum wallisii. Also called giant orchid, tiger orchid, sugar cane orchid or queen of the orchids, it is native to the Philippines. The spike on this one is about 7 feet long,...
New Garden for Siva
October 12, 2018Siva will have a new desert garden in the months ahead. It is a 60-foot six-sided star and it will be planted with cacti, succulents and all manner of arid plants. The Shadkonam is an ancient Hindu sacred symbol, the intertwining of Siva and Shakti. It is also the symbol...
Our Mauritius October Ganesha Homa
October 12, 2018Click here for more photos of the homa with extra emphasis in October to bless school students. www.saivasiddhanta.org } ];
How Do We Use Our Home Shrine?
October 11, 2018Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas Path to Siva Commentaries How Do We Use Our Home Shrine? We need to perfect Ishvarapujana, personal worship, before we can expect to do really well in meditation. "The idea of Ishvarapujana, worship, is to always be living with God, living in Siva in God's house..." Learn...
October Chitra Puja
October 10, 2018Yesterday afternoon, during the chitra nakshatra, we held our 226th monthly chitra padapuja to Gurudeva's tiruvadi in Kadavul Temple. "The path of Saiva Siddhanta is worshiping God on the outside and realizing God on the inside, and when the two come together--transformation!" Gurudeva \"The Self God is within all of...