Meet Our New Yogis
February 10, 2017During this year's Thai Pusam festival Adinatha and Rajanatha took Yogi vows and supplicated their aspirations in front of God, Guru and Acharyas. They read from the Yogi addendum of their sacred vowbook, received new robes, beads, a bamboo staff of tapas or danda, and the sacred thread called yajnopavita...
Recent Visitors
February 8, 2017Darshans with Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami never end as pilgrims from all over the world pour in to receive his blessings Jiva and Kanmani Rajasankara part of Iraivan Temple coordinator family in Bengaluru Varun and Anjali Takyar from southern California Vinod and Neelam Chaudhry from New Jersey } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Lord Nataraja, the Meaning of Siva's Dance
February 7, 2017Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas: "What is the Meaning of Siva's Dance" (February 5,2017) Initially we're looking at the world. By Siva's revealing grace, anugraha, ultimately we turn toward God. The soul matures, fulfilling dharmas. We reach a point where we see that Siva is the doer, guiding us, adjusting our angle...
Happy Ardra Nakshatra!
February 7, 2017Today the monks celebrated the Ardra Nakshatra with our monthly abhishekam to Lord Nataraja in Kadavul Temple. This is quite an auspicious time of year, with Lord Murugan to be celebrated on Thai Pusam just a few days from now, and with Mahasivaratri to be celebrated on the 24th. This...
From the Aadheenam Pastures
February 6, 2017Every so often our monks take the tractor out to the cow pastures to mow the grass. This keeps weeds at bay and helps to ensure that our beloved bovine get all the tasty fresh green grass that they can eat. Sivanadiyar Kanthanatha offers us some photos of his recent...
First Homa of February
February 5, 2017Nama Sivaya everyone. We hope all is well in your world. This morning the monks and local devotees along with some wonderful off-island pilgrims woke up before the sun and worshiped Siva. Here is some text superconsciously pulled from Lemurian Scrolls: "As the planet becomes older forces equalize themselves and...
Gujarati Dancing with Siva Audiobook Finished!
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From the Agamas
February 2, 2017Aum Namah Sivaya As the monastery heads into its two day retreat (our lunar weekends) we thought we would leave you with an excerpt from the Matanga Agama's Vidya Pada. Here Sage Matanga has asked Lord Siva to explain the inner most layers of existence. In part of His answer...