Iraivan Worksite
March 18, 2018Our three homeless wayfarers finally stumble on the Iraivan worksite on Tumkur Road outside of Bengaluru, the place where, for 28 some years, the carving for Iraivan Temple has been (and continues to be) taking place. We are taken in by the noble Rajashakar family, supped and soon provisioned with...
Kailash Ashram
March 17, 2018It is our last and one of the sweetest places our yatra took us to. Gurudeva and Trichyswami had a special bond, and Gurudeva stayed here often, so we are keeping a fond relationship alive. The yogis and I are greeted by Sri Sri Jeyendrapuri Swami, Trichyswami's amazing successor who...
Quiet Days
March 15, 2018The monks are busy doing their pujas, chores and sadhana. The rain has slowed to a cautious pace. As the monks enter a two day break from our normal seva we will use our energy to work in other areas of the Aadheenam. Fermented noni fruit will be pressed into...
A Letter from Suttur Math in Mysore
March 15, 2018We received this beautiful letter from the Virashaiva guru from Mysore who we recently visited: October 8, 2011 We are delighted to write about our visit to your Monastery few weeks ago. It was one of best moments of our brief stay in the US. The idyllic location of the...
Spontaneous Winter Squash
March 14, 2018The monastery pumpkin patch magically grew two giant butternut squashes recently and were harvested for a delicious dinner. Not much news has been covering the monastery but all is well. It is cold and rainy as monks work around flash floods, fallen trees and cold cold nights. The seva must...
Palani Hills
March 14, 2018Our trusty chariot is sitting in front of the hotel waiting to take us to Palani Hills, that amazing citadel that is Tamil Nadu's riches temple and one that is dear to Gurudeva and the monks. We have arrived late and decide for the first time to take the little...
Madurai Meenakshi
March 12, 2018Gurudeva loved this temple and in his Sutras invited shishyas to pilgrimage here at least once in their lifetime. Today we fulfilled his decree and stepped into another world. The halls are ornately colored and the floors and rich with kolam designs. I took the yogis to the central set...
The Center of All
March 12, 2018Yogi Mayuranatha: "Nataraja was so powerful. The purity and dedication of the priests inspiring. The stones ancient, emanating over a thousand years of devotion. A truly divine experience." "Always worship this great God. Never fear Him. He is the Self of your self. He is closer than your own breath....