Satsang at Jayendran's home
July 19, 2017This was the second Satsang Satguru came to Chicago to attend. It was a beautiful and lovingly prepared evening. Satguru does a Ganesha Aarti to start the evening with blessings for everyone. The children gave a lovely presentation, each sharing a portion of Hindu wisdom. After many great questions from...
Satsang at the Malhotra's home
July 18, 2017Satguru came to Chicago for two satsangs, the first was at the Malhotra's home. With flowers, beautiful decorations and a loving Pada Puja taking place, is was a sweet and special time for all. There were many great questions asked to Satguru. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Capturing Moments
July 15, 2017Aum Namah Sivaya As the Aadheenam head into two days of retreat, we thought we would share you a few more photos from the collection being developed for our Kauai Aadheenam Virtual Tour project. Most of the photos you'll see here were taken by Lakshmi Grace Phoenix. Enjoy. \"To define...
Kadavul Dance Offering
July 14, 2017A few weeks ago the monastery was fortunate enough to host Shreelata Suresh and her daughter for a devotional offering of dance at the end of the Siva puja. These two stunningly danced in Kadavul last year as well. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Media Studio Pilgrims
July 14, 2017The Ganapati Kulam is fortunate enough to host lovely folks who stop by for the morning meeting, 8 am sharp! Saiva Siddhanta Church members Sivaram and Arunesh Eswaran say aloha after their two week taskforce. Thank you so much for all the seva. The large Pillay family of Victoria, Canada...
Promoting Kauai's Aloha
July 13, 2017Recently we arranged to reprint 1000, 16 x 20 inch Aloha poster for all of the island’s 700 school classrooms. You may recall that Gurudeva, in collaboration with then Mayor Marianne Kusaka, designed a poster in 1998 for use in the local schools as a way of passing on the...
A Belated Report: Travels in Boston
July 12, 2017A few weeks ago Acharya Arumuganathaswami and Natyam Jayanatha had traveled to Boston, Massachusetts. The two had been there to attend the World History Association conference and to visit several local temples. At the conference, Acharya spoke on a panel which focused on the presentation of Hinduism and Indian history...
What Is Bhakti? Bodhinatha's Latest Talk
July 12, 2017Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas - Commentaries on Path to Siva What is Bhakti?, Lesson 28 (June 25,2017) Gurudeva teaches that in our tradition there is always pure devotion/bhakti for God but it deepens as we progress as a calm, intelligent expression of love. Theism leads to monism. Behold the light of...