
Growing Shitake Mushrooms
November 12, 2017After several months of trial and error, the monks have learned a system to successfully grow Shitake mushrooms. Shitake mushrooms have many great health benefits as well as being quite tasty! The process from start to mushroom can take 6 to 18 months. First the mycelium is grown on wooden...

Publication Spotlight: Path to Siva
November 9, 2017Our newest publication Path to Siva is explained by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami as, " based on Dancing, Living and Merging with Siva, the Master Course Trilogy created by my Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. Path to Siva presents all of the important teachings of our Saiva religion, Shuddha Saiva Siddhanta. It is...
Tour Day
November 9, 2017A large group of visitors came for tour day, hosted by Vel Alahan and herded by Dasaan and Shakti Mahadevan. Satguru signs books in the Minimela The Minimela is a busy place on most days, not just on tour days! Dasaan talks with a visitor } ]; transitionSpeed:150});

Hindu History Book Gifted to Texas Library
November 8, 2017The Valley Ranch School in Coppell, Texas, along with Denton Creek Elementary and CMS West, has just received our Hindu History publication thanks to Pankaj Jain. Pankaj is a professor in the department of philosophy and religion at the University of North Texas and dreams of having the Hindu History...

A Month of Muruga
November 8, 2017The daily abhishekam of Lord Murugan, our Lord Kartikeya, has been a joy for one of our senior swamis Muruganathaswami; a daily vigil he has done for years. Without fail our vigil system in Kadavul temple goes on from light to dark and dark to light over and over again....

A Cloudy Mountain
November 7, 2017Handling Life's Experiences: A Talk by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami click below to play Transcript: When I was looking at TAKA recently it threw up a quote from Gurudeva on experience which I'll read in just a minute. But first the verse in, a verse in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras which also...

Iraivan's Beautiful Sky
November 6, 2017Our Iraivan temple is glorious in the day, but at night the temple enjoys an entirely different vibration. Thanks to Rajkumar for spending the time to get this special shot.

Satguru Event in Johor, Malaysia
November 6, 2017If you are located in Malaysia or Singapore, please attend Satguru's next function there.