Iraivan Carbide Chisels: Who, What, When, Where, Why...and How?
February 6, 2018Iraivan Temple is built with chisels--there's no getting around that fact. This all important tool just got a facelift and the timing couldn't be better. With the last containers making their way to our island, and the last batch of silpis, the temple construction is coming to an end with...
Our February Chitra Puja
February 5, 2018Natyam Jayanatha and Yogi Adinatha perform today's contemplative puja rites to Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami } ];
Our Sacred Farm Update
February 4, 2018Planting, growing and harvesting our greenhouse produce is now a normal part of the monastery schedule. As the structures for hydroponic farming, aka climate-controlled agriculture, expand and settle in we find new varieties of foods that we never thought could come from our own gardens. The monastery's first successful harvest...
What Is Our Code of Conduct? - Part 2
February 3, 2018Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 40 of the Himalayan Academy publication "Path To Siva," discussing the niyamas, Hinduism's 10 observances.
Our Mighty Murugan is Celebrated
February 2, 2018The monastery recently celebrated Thai Pusam, the Kartikkeya-focused festival practiced around the globe. We enjoy this Mahadeva's shakti force as sweet items are poured over His temporary granite body. With Satguru present, and all the island members and devotees, all felt blessed and fulfilled. Lord Skanda dwells in his Kadavul...
January's Supermoons
February 2, 2018A rare celestial phenomenon that hasn’t occurred since 1982 came across the sky over the monastery, all while the monks were on their retreat a few days ago. The spectacle was particularly captivating because it was the convergence of three rare events: a supermoon, blue moon, and total lunar eclipse...
Recent Visitors
February 2, 2018Satkurunathan and Geetha Maheshwaran from London. They help run the Shree Ghanapathy Temple in London. Geetha's father is the founder of the temple and also one of the prominent early pioneers of Saivism in London. They are dynamically supportive of Himalayan Academy - handing out publications whenever an opportunity arises,...
What Is Our Code of Conduct - Yamas
January 29, 2018Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas - Commentaries on Path to Siva What Is Our Code of Conduct - Yamas. "Siva's devotees...move the forces of the world and are not moved or affected by them." We meet and interact with all kinds of people. If we're not following all the yamas it gets...