Purnima Preparations
July 25, 2018All of the monks are busy setting up for tomorrow's grand Purnima abhishekam...more to come tomorrow.
Gardenia's Going in the Ground
July 25, 2018Another planting report from our resident garden devas, the Siddhidata Kulam. Today we get a photo story of the clipping and planting process by which most of the grounds plants tend to get their start. The Team. Starting from the left, Br. Vel Mahalingam, Nirvani Tejadevanatha and our newest sevak...
Why Do We Practice Ahimsa? Bodhinatha Commentary on Path to Siva
July 23, 2018Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas Path to Siva Commentaries Why Do We Practice Ahimsa? "Ahimsa is called the mahavrata, the great vow." Not harming others, is three-fold: thought, word and deed. Because you see God in everyone you would not want to hurt anyone. And there is the law of karma: Everything...
Hanuman Nearly Complete
July 23, 2018These are photos Rajkumar Manickam took the day after our swami's returned to Kauai. In these images Hanuman is quite shiny due to the double lacquer finish to protect the patina. Once the wax is applied the jade will be more matte-stone (jade like finish) The temple has yet to...
Why Are We Vegetarians?
July 22, 2018Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 49 of the Himalayan Academy publication “Path To Siva,” discussing reasons why our Saivite Hindu tradition observes vegetarianism.
July Gurudeva Padapuja
July 21, 2018Several days ago an afternoon pada puja was performed at Gurudeva's shrine. Each month during the Chitra nakshatra this contemplative abhishekam is done by the monks, bathing Gurudeva's tiruvadi in prana-filled substances such as milk, yogurt and honey. "Where do you get devotion? Not from the teacher. The teacher is...
Tour Day
July 21, 2018A few day ago, more than 100 people attended the Monastery Public Tour. Shortly after this initial picture was taken even more people arrived so we had to bring out mats for them all to sit on while others preferred to stand. There were quite a few children in the...
July 2018 News Video
July 20, 2018Our July 2018 news video covers events from June, including: The raising of the Nandi Mandapam pillars at Iraivan Temple; Satguru's travels around the world; and our invitation to you to join our 2019 Sri Lanka Innersearch Travel Study program. Sign up at: https://www.himalayanacademy.com/livespiritually/innersearch/2019_sri-lanka/application