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Jai Gurudeva!

Today marks 8,033 days since Gurudeva's Maha Prasthana, his great departure into Siva's world of light. And today, in a few hours, we will celebrate his life and teachings, his remarkable accomplishments, for the 294th time. We quote from Gurudeva who describes the unfathomable profundity os Siva's path, the Saiva...

Sri Sivaya SubramuniyaswamiAnnual Guru Puja - 2023

San Marga Path Deity Moving

Today we moved the Ganesha and Muruga murtis that were just before the svayambhulingam square, to new locations. The Ganesha moved to the other side of our property to giving blessings outside our new maintenance building, while Muruga moved up to the side of Muruga Hill. We started in the...

Noni Fruit Picking, and Gurudeva Annual Puja Events Underway

We took taskforcer Tarun Nathoo (in green) over to Himalayan Acres for the first time, to join us in picking hundreds of pounds of noni fruit. Suresh and Rajkumar also joined us. They got to briefly experience the picking platform to reach the higher fruits, while spending most of the...

Karma, the Natural Law - Part 2

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple. It is part of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Śivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Śiva. "A third way that past actions are re-enacted is through the actual intense reactionary experience and...

HOLY SONGS

The monks continue almost daily work on the Siva songs of Saint Tayumanavar. Once in a while we wish we could share them all with you, and we will, once the book is published. In the meantime, here are two from yesterday's editing session. Canto 40, Song 5 Alone, standing...

San Marga Path Update

The first photo shows a new platform on the side of Muruga Hill which will soon host the murti of Kartikeya which has been sitting just before the svayambhulingam for so many years. The other photos reveal that employee Dennis Wong has placed rocks and gravel on most of the...

Today Begins the Annual Digital Dharma Drive

Following the model of another free resource, Wikipedia, today we begin our 13th annual November-December appeal for support of our publications development. The success of this drive defines the scale of our digital work in the months and years ahead. Right from the days he printed his first yoga lessons...