Ending the Phase
July 18, 2018Today is the 5th sun of our lunar week, so tomorrow the monks will be heading into a two-day retreat. This afternoon we all gather in Kadavul Temple for our monthly puja to Gurudeva's Paduka durning the hours of the Chitra nakshatra. This was a full week for the monks....
Hanuman's Many Forms
July 18, 2018Our tales of Hanuman have captured a small but historic event that unfolded at Kauai's Hindu Monastery and reverberated far and wide. We have seen how life, if responded to from a spiritual place, is full of blessings, not all of which are immediately obvious. In truth, it is all...
Hanuman Is Transformed to Jade? CHAPTER SEVEN
July 17, 2018On July 13 artisans, supporters and devotees assembled in Loveland for the Big Day, when Hanuman would be transformed from golden bronze to deep green jade. This is some, not all, of the group posing at the end of the day, after celebrating an amazing accomplishment. As today's slideshow reveals,...
Jai Swaminarayan!
July 17, 2018The monastery had the pleasure to host two sadhus from the Swaminarayan Order, Swami Mangalnidhidas and Swami Paramtattvadas. The two have been around the island sightseeing, interviewing with our Acharyas and attending the 9am Siva puja. Their visit to the aadheenam is following their youth program which had over 3,000...
Bronze Hanuman Welding Videos
July 16, 2018
On Taskforce
July 16, 2018A few days ago Brahmachari Vel Mahalingam arrived from Mauritius. He'll be here enjoying nearly six months of taskforce. Vel is always a bright and enjoyable addition to the aaadheenam's Siddhidatta Kulam, helping with the many and multifarious tasks and events that take place here. Welcome Vel! Aum Namah Sivaya...
Why Do We Practice Ahimsa?
July 14, 2018Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 48 of the Himalayan Academy publication "Path To Siva," discussing the practice of "ahimsa" or non-violence in thought, word and deed.
Hanuman Coming Back Together: CHAPTER SIX
July 14, 2018Once all of the 65 metal pieces are cast, they return to Page Bronze for welding together. It is the job of Bobby Page to do this so perfectly that no one can see where the seams once were. But first he has to make an armature. This is a...