Our Affirmation of Faith - All-Pervasive Love, Absolute Reality
February 28, 2017Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas, Commentary on the Path to Siva, Lesson 18: " Our Affirmation of Faith - All-Pervasive Love, Absolute Reality" (February 27,2017) "God Siva is Immanent Love and Transcendent Reality." Devotion is present in each of Saiva Siddhanta's four paths in our relationship to God. When we begin the...
Mahasivaratri 2017 Upadesha
February 28, 2017Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives an inspired talk in Kadavul Temple during our 2017 celebrations of Mahasivaratri. In His talk Satguru discusses life's innate perfection, our attitudes towards life, the many subtleties of the path and the depths of Siva's Absolute reality.
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February 2017 News Video
February 27, 2017Kauai's Hindu Monastery brings you news from January 2017, including: the monastery's Ardra Darshana celebrations. This grand yearly festival goes beyond our monthly Nataraja abhishekam to include several hundred more gallons of milk, yogurt, honey, panchamrita and rose water; a visit from hula guru Kehaulani Kekua and her group of...
Golden Gurudeva Mahasivaratri Upadesha - 1989
February 24, 2017var mePlayer = $('#audio-').mediaelementplayer ({ features: ['playpause','progress','current','duration','volume'], audioWidth:794, }); mePlayer.play() Mahasivaratri Mangalam! On this most holy night of the year we are pleased to bring you another golden audio treasure from the Gurudeva Audio archives: "Being in Siva Consciousness" some themes in this quintessential Gurudeva talk on Siva: Siva is...
Happy Mahasivaratri!!!
February 24, 2017Aum Namah Sivaya! We wish you many blessing on Siva's most auspicious night of the year! Here is a video made by an anonymous devotee expressing the importance of this night. In a few hours our monks will begin a Siva Homa, followed by a night of upadeshas, bhajans, meditation...
The Garden Is Open
February 23, 2017We go again into the garden to bring you some of the season's gifts. One cannot but be amazed that this is February and so much is blooming and thriving and marching toward the buildings! Hundreds of potted plants in the propagation area More agaves These are lilies Ah Jakfruits...
Bodhinatha's Sun One Upadesha - Beliefs of Saivism
February 22, 2017Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas: "Saivite Beliefs; Religion is Three Worlds in Communication " (February 20,2017) In our teachings we're both monistic and theistic. In the beliefs of Saivism the idea of the three worlds is the basis and key to understanding temple worship, theism. The inner worlds are there to help...