The Misty Mountain & More
March 23, 2018Today the monastery is wrapping up a six day phase and preparing to go into retreat as the mist and clouds close in on the surrounding horizon, beckoning us inward. The ever important and ever present ranger maintenance and repair occupies our shop space today. These trusty vehicles are the...
Sacred Gardens Update: Cucumbers
March 23, 2018Our garden monks have already mastered the cucumber craft and bring in massive amounts of the succulent regularly. Did You Know? According to Pliny the Elder, the Roman Emperor Tiberius had the cucumber on his table daily during summer and winter. The Romans reportedly used artificial methods (similar to the...
Siva Dancing In The Rain
March 22, 2018Today our silpis began their work on the Iraivan Temple's Nandi Mandapam. The atmosphere at the worksite is buzzing with energy and divine grace as the site of Iraivan Temple awakens once more. The beauty of the newly washed stones is astonishing. Our workers are well suited for our Kauai...
Iraivan's Final Stone Carvers Arrive
March 21, 2018After months of visa coordination, on-site clearing, cleaning and preparation, the last batch of silpi artisans arrive on Kauai. Today they are getting settled in to their new home and start orientation tomorrow. Yoginathaswami reports that the first objective will be to check where we left off all those years...
Recent Visitors
March 21, 2018Tejas and Trushani Desai with baby Krishiv from southern California } ];
Singapore's Orchid Garden
March 20, 2018After arriving back home on Kauai, we received a series of great photos taken and captioned by Vasaant Krishnan. They tell the story of our visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Orchid Gardens, and we thought all would enjoy them. Aum Namasivaya! On Saturday 17 March, the Singapore Mission members...
Recent Visitors
March 20, 2018Niranjan and Jayanthi Nadarajah from Toronto area Suresh and Damayanti Hathiwala from Chicago Salik and Sanjia Pathak from California Krishnan Sankaranarayanan and Ayshwarya Srinivasan family from Texas } ];
Singapore Sends the Monks Home
March 19, 2018Singapore members will tell you they won the Spiritual Geography Sweepstakes. This island nation of 5 million, settled on less than 300 square miles of land (Kauai would have 10 million if it had the same population density!), lies at a hub that brings Bodhinatha and the monks to them...