Cleaning the Gods
September 21, 2016The other day was Ashram Sadhana Day in the monastery. Conceived by Gurudeva decades ago, it's a monthly day during which the mathavasi spend their energies cleaning various parts of our home. One of our resident guest task forcers, Dean Drulius, took some pictures of his cleaning efforts. Enjoy. In...
Busy Visitor Day at Kauai Aadheenam
September 21, 2016Aran Sendan conducted the tour today. Aside from this group of bright souls an enthusiastic boatload of Hindus also arrived from a Carnival Cruise shipped docked for a day on Kauai. They came for the puja, joyfully clapping North Indian style after the main arati. Later in the morning then...
September 18th Homa
September 20, 2016Enjoy these belated photos from our recent homa. The monks perform a homa on the first day of each of their lunar weeks. This week is only a four day week for them and includes Ashram Sadhana Day. On the following two day retreat we observe Iraivan Day, when we...
Bodhinatha's Latest Sun One Upadesha
September 19, 2016Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas:"Evolve Through Self Control; Follow a Religion" (September 18,2016) The soul body plus the essence of the soul, Parashakti and Parasiva, together equals the totality of the soul. The essence of the soul is being Siva and the soul body is becoming Siva. The soul body is maturing,...
Last Day in Chicago
September 18, 2016The traveling monks spent their last day in Chicago with a bang, seeing the Museum of Science and Industry and having lunch with the group. Come along for the ride. This is the front lobby of the museum. One can literally spend hours in this place. This is a world...
Mauritius Ganesha Chaturthi Part 3
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Chicago Part 2
September 14, 2016From our traveling monks: After the jungle outing and lunch with the Malhotras, we were able to have a meeting with a young philosopher named Adina Bezerita. She has been to the monastery to meet to monks and see about the ascetics who know the Self. We discussed future articles...
Sunset Over the Aadheenam
September 14, 2016One of our monks recently captured this image, as the sun was setting behind Mount Waileale. The monks our now heading into a 3-day retreat. See you soon! Om Namah Sivaya } ]; transitionSpeed:150});