The Lord With Six Colorful Faces
June 23, 2016Today's photo is brought to you by Suzette Barnett, a recent visitor to the Aadheenam. The subject is Lord Shanmuga amidst the banyan tree along Thiruneri which leads to Kadavul Temple. She was the first to discover His multi-colored appearance, which became evident upon the pruning of His banyan tree....
Bodhinatha's Sun One Upadeshas (May 30th, 2016)
June 22, 2016Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas:"Instinctive, Intellectual, Superconscious Mind" (May 30,2016) The Hindu point of view. Everyone has a three-fold nature: instinctive, intellectual and superconscious. Everyone is a divine being. Everyone has the seed of divinity. See what phase of the mind we're in and practice controlling it. Once the instinctive mind is...
June 22 Homa
June 22, 2016"Whatever exists and wherever it exists is permeated by the same divine power and force." Śukla Yajur Veda, Īśa Upanishad 1. EH, 45 Following a 3-day, full moon retreat the aadheenam's mathavasis begin their new phase today. This will be a standard five day phase with a few unique happenings including a...
Word of the Day
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Thinning the Banyan
June 18, 2016Visitors to the Monastery will now be greeted with a slightly sunnier walk as they make their way up the small path from our entrance to Kadavul Temple. Due to safety concerns for our many guests, we have had the north side of Lord Shanmuga's sprawling banyan tree trimmed. This...
Recent visitors
June 18, 2016Kasthuri family from Seattle, USA Anbalagan family from California Akhil and Padma from Chennai, India } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Chicago Satsang
June 17, 2016Here are some more photos from Satguru's recent trip. Satguru, Shanmuganathaswami and Siddhanathaswami attend a satsang at Jeyendran's home in Chicago, IL. Aum Namah Sivaya. A group photo with all the youth who attended the satsang Satguru arrives after a long trip he is greeted in the traditional way All...
Dr. Padma Sugavanam Sings in Kadavul Temple
June 16, 2016Today we were honored to have Dr. Padma Sugavanam visit the monastery. Dr. Sugavanam is a professional Carnatic vocalist from Chennai presently touring across the US. She was able to visit us since she's currently invited to present a lecture-demonstration at the University of Hawaii on O`ahu. For the last...