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January 3, 2017Krishna, Jayashree and Pooja Kini from California Chinniah, Rathy and Hiran Krishnalingam from Richmond Hill, Toronto Kishore, Shweta, Jui and Neha Khankari from Illinois } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
December Mauritius Ganesha Homa
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Andre and Lily Garzia Take a Tour of San Marga
January 2, 2017Andre Alves Garzia is here on Kauai since December 16 and staying for a month working closely with Brahmanathaswami on various IT projects, including our in house Caption Writer now called TAKAL which is the tool we use to create these TAKA posts automatically and efficiently. Andre has been working...
Monistic Theism in Saiva Siddhanta - Bodhinatha's Latest Talk
January 1, 2017Bodhinatha's Latest Upadesha: "The Monistic Theism of Saiva Siddhanta" (December 30,2016) Our doctrine in Saiva Siddhanta is Monistic Theism, Advaita Ishvaravada. To experience oneness with God, to really do well in meditation, first, as a foundation, perfect theism. Become a great monist afterwards. Temple puja awakens the amrita within you;...
We Made Our Goal!
January 1, 2017Each year we seek your help to keep our websites ad-free and all of our resources available at no cost. This year we set a goal of $70,000, and we reached it. In fact, we exceeded it. We are immensely grateful for all your generosity, and we are committed to...
December 30 Homa
December 30, 2016This morning we begin another six-day phase at the monastery. We started the phase with our usual homa, burning written prayers and aligning our energies and efforts with the devas and mahadevas. Saravananathaswami was today's pujari, performing pujas to Lord Ganesha, Lord Hanuman, Lord Varuna and Lord Siva before lighting...
Shum Continues to the Next Generation
December 28, 2016One of the amazing legacies of our Guru Parampara that comes to us from Gurudeva is Shum: The Language of Meditation. Towards the end of his life, Gurudeva was very active in working with the shum alphabet, refining the letters, revising patterns for extending words from 2 to 6 syllables...
Heading Into The Retreat
December 27, 2016Jai Ganesha! After a long and festive six-day phase, the monks are heading into their retreat. We'll see you again in a few days. In a proper end to this week's endeavors, we were gifted with this beautiful sunset over our sacred mountain, our sacred river, and our beloved temple....