January 2018 Monthly News Video
January 23, 2018
Bodhinatha's photoshoot & other works by Appa Richard Waits
January 22, 2018Today Satguru Bodhinatha had a brief photoshoot with our Appa Richard, which yielded these truly stunning portraits. Appa Richard is a masterful photographer of many years and works mostly in the medium of black and white photos. Here we have a collection of photos that he's taken during his week...
Morning Walkabout
January 21, 2018The past several days have been overcast and rainy here on kauai, but today everyone was out enjoying the sun in all its glory. We had several artists serendipitously visit the monastery today. Here, a painter brings Siva\s sacred waterfall to life on canvas. ' One might ask, \"Where does...
Iraivan Work Heats Up Again
January 20, 2018After a long rest in Hawaii, Iraivan Temple construction picked up today with a new arrival of granite stones--one of the last shipments needed. Soon all of the stones will be here on Kauai and 40ft containers of granite will be a thing of the past. Our stone carvers are...
Our Father Visits
January 20, 2018Natyam Jayanatha is currently hosting his father Richard, who is visiting from Seattle. Richard is an artist and focuses on photography and architecture. Just like Jayanatha, Richard is a gentle, soft-spoken man who measures each word with precision. It is a pleasure to have him at the Ganapati Kulam morning...
Tour Group
January 20, 2018This week saw a large tour group, and the weather could not have been better.
Four Great Tamil Saints -- How We Look At Astrology
January 20, 2018Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas - Commentaries on Path to Siva Who Are the Four Great Tamil Saints? Path to Siva, Lesson 39 (January 17,2018) Our saints have sung that Siva is within us, and we are within Siva." Having devotion to Siva, having Siva in your heart, offers protection during difficult...
Welcome to Kannada
January 19, 2018When she and her family visited in December, Shashikala Raja, of Michigan, learned that we have Satguru's publisher's Desk editorials translated into a number of Indic languages, but we were missing Kannada. She volunteered to be our translator, and upon returning home quickly submitted the first one, "One God, Many...