The Fine Art of Meditation
August 22, 2017From Gurudeva's Merging with Siva Lesson 254 Meditation is A Fine Art Meditation is a fine art and should be approached in the same way the fine arts are approached. That’s the way we teach meditation at Himalayan Academy, as a fine art. The artist-teachers are not running after the...
Word of the Week
August 22, 2017[Words from the lexicons of all our books] Go Lexicon
August Monthly News Video
August 20, 2017
Self Sufficiency
August 19, 2017The monastery is trained and equipped to do most work ourselves. As a cloistered community we are always managing to learn more and increase the monastery's capacity, efficiency and effectiveness. Lord Ganesha has asked for our penuriousness and we joyfully oblige. Recently the Siddhidata Kulam has done just that with...
Tour Groups
August 18, 2017The monastery has collected some photos of the weekly tour group. Here is Sadasivanathaswami with a traveling monk, visiting us almost spur of the moment! He did not speak a word of English and had the sweetest demeanor and a kindness to him. Unfortunately his visit was quite short. }...
Mauritius August Ganesha Homa
August 17, 2017Click here for description and more photos of the homa at our Spiritual Park } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Siva Siva
August 17, 2017Aum Namah Sivaya Wishing everyone a wonderful Ardra Nakshatra. Today, as they do once each month, the monks performed an abhishekam to Lord Nataraja. Today's puja was quite powerful, and we were joined by many wonderful guests in Kadavul Temple. Now have I realized the path of Hara. In the...
Happy Jivana Ritau!
August 16, 2017During Jivana Ritau, the rainy season, from mid-August to mid-December, Living with Siva: Hinduism’s Contemporary Culture is the primary text. The key word of this season is work. The colors are rust, copper-maroon and all shades of red--rust for earthy preservation, copper-maroon for fulfillment and red for physical energy. The...