Gurudeva Upadesha - Sadhana and Pilgrimage
May 27, 2017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2S9mZ-CCRc Excerpts from an archived Upadesha by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. In Kadavul Temple Gurudeva discusses sadhana and pilgrimage
Satguru is Off to London
May 26, 2017Satguru Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami begin their two week trip in London. Every monk offers a flower as Satguru gets ready to drive to the airport Everyone helps with blog photos! The Swamis arrive in Honolulu safely. It is a 30 minute flight. And here they are arriving in London by...
Sri Satguru Yogaswami Visits Our Monastery
May 26, 2017Sri S. Vinayagalingam of Sugar Land, Texas, was visiting our Minimela book-&-gift shop, looking over our books. When he turned around there was Sri Satguru Yogaswami, looking at him! The vision lasted about two seconds, he said. We asked him to show us the spot. And there you see him,...
360 Degrees
May 23, 2017Indivar Sivanathan has just finished up a morning of work here at the monastery and is moving the virtual tour project along. One day in the future devotees will be able to visit the monastery from their homes. Our virtual tour will have hundreds of view points where users can...
Word of the Day
May 23, 2017[Words from the lexicons of all our books] Go Lexicon
Good and Evil, an Upadesha by Satguru
May 21, 2017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBjTD1PW70U Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami expands on material from our new publication "Path to Siva." Here Satguru discusses lesson 25, covering our Saivite Hindu view of Evil, Hell and Sin.
Bodhinatha Comments on Evil, Hell and Sin - The Hindu View
May 21, 2017What About Evil, Hell and Sin, Path to Siva, Lesson 25 (May 20,2017) Hindus believe in each individual as a soul, a divine being who is inherently good. We all have a threefold nature: instinctive, intellectual, intuitive. Develop the intuitive/spiritual/soul nature with compassion, devotion, penance. Use the intellect to help...
Graced by Gardens
May 20, 2017Enjoy this on-your-own paced slideshow with inspirational quotes The highest truth cannot be put into words. Therefore the greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries. Lao Tzu Indifference to the world is not the main feature of spiritual consciousness. Sarvepelli Radhakrishnan Within...