August Chitra Puja
August 8, 2016Today, being Chitra Nakshatra, Satguru, the monastics and local members gathered in Kadavul Temple in the early morning. There they observed a padapuja to Gurudeva's granite tiruvadi. "Henceforth being pure, clean, void, tranquil, breathless, selfless, endless, undecaying, steadfast, eternal, unborn, independent, he abides in his own greatness." - Vedas from...
Making Dharma Your Own - Publisher's Desk
August 7, 2016Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the October/November/December 2016 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. "Dharma is a complex and comprehensive term with many meanings, including religion, divine law, law of being, way of righteousness, ethics, duty, responsibility, virtue, justice, goodness and truth. In its most general sense dharma is...
Watch a Bronze Get Made from Start to Finish
August 6, 2016A few weeks ago, the monastery received the most recently completely bronze piece for the Temple Builder's Memorial. This piece is of two silpis moving a large, roughly hewn block of granite with iron crowbars while using a simple block of wood for leverage. In the long slideshow below we...
Bodhinatha's Recent Upadesha
August 6, 2016Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas:"Accept the World, Take Responsibility" (June 28,2016) What is happening in the world is supposed to be happening, not because God wants it to happen but because man created it. There is no advantage, as a normal citizen, to get disturbed by violence in the world. Impact your...
All About Kauai Aadheenam in Tamil
August 5, 2016We are pleased to release a publication in the Tamil language which tells the story of Kauai's Hindu Monastery Of America. This was researched and authored by Shanmugam Bhaskaran as for his dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Special) in Department...
Time for Tempeh
August 5, 2016Natyam Dayanatha opens his first batch of tempeh and it is a success! Here at the aadheenam we try to be self-sufficient and produce everything we possibly can on our own. In this spirit, Dayanatha has singlehandedly made tofu, soy milk and now tempeh to his ever growing list of...
The Sacred Gardens of Iraivan Temple
August 5, 2016Enjoy this pano shot of the gardens of Iraivan Temple. This is the view on the temple's east side where we find not only plants but the continuing of Rishi Valley's stream into the off-camera Wailua River. It isn't, however, only plants who find themselves in residence here. Many, many...
Sadhu Paksha Begins
August 3, 2016Today the monastics of Kauai Aadheenam begin their seasonal two-week retreat known as Sadhu Paksha. During this time the monks break from their usual morning routine to walk about the sacred gardens and worship and meditate to the rising sun. Apart from the aadheenam being more restrictive toward visiting guests,...