Word of the Day
December 8, 2016[Words from the lexicons of all our books] Go Lexicon
Final Peethams Installed and Publication Spotlight: Guru Chronicles
December 5, 2016We welcome the final installation of our Saiva Saint Path peethams and we reflect on our guru lineage. The Guru Chronicles is filled with the history of the siddhars that guide Kauai's Hindu Monastery and continue to develop the powers it contains. We quote from the book in this slideshow...
Sadhu Paksha
December 4, 2016This phase we've begun Sadhu Paksha. These two weeks are a time when the monks change their usual morning routine and instead enjoy their sadhana unstructured, walking and meditating among nature. These two weeks are also a time when there are no tours and the monks can withdraw from the...
Vrindavan Slideshow Part Two
December 3, 2016(Part Two) In April our Hinduism Today India correspondent Rajiv Malik and photographer Arun Mishra spent almost two weeks in the Vrindavan/Mathura area just south of Delhi. Their work generated two feature stories for Hinduism Today, the first in the Oct, 2016 issue and the second in January, 2017. The...
Spiritual Workout App Now Available On Android!
December 2, 2016Our free Spiritual Workout App is now available on Google Play as well as Apple's App Store, making it available on most devices. The App was inspired by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's publisher's desk article which you can read here: Ten Minute Spiritual Workout While today nearly everyone appreciates the need...
Satguru Returns Home
December 2, 2016Just a few days ago Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and Sannyasin Shanmuganathaswami returned home from their recent trip to Singapore and Malaysia. As is tradition, Satguru was paraded up to Kadavul Temple where the younger monks preformed a short padapuja before Satguru entered the temple for an arati. Jai Gurunathan! Aum...
Vrindavan Slideshow Part One
December 1, 2016In April our Hinduism Today India correspondent Rajiv Malik and photographer Arun Mishra spent almost two weeks in the Vrindavan/Mathura area just south of Delhi. We present excerpts from the photographs in this part one slide show. Their work generated two feature stories for Hinduism Today, the first in the...
Publication Spotlight: Growing Up Hindu, Modern Stories for Youth
November 30, 2016Your parents are your first guru. They teach by example, explanation, giving advice and direction. Very often parents come to me for advice on the subject of raising their children as good Hindus. In response, I developed a list of ten key character qualities to develop in a child that...