January 11 Homa
January 11, 2016This Morning begins a new phase. The monks performed their usual early-morning homa, aligning their energies with the devas and mahadevas for the coming week. This will be a five day phase. Tomorrow, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami leaves on his trip to Australia. On Sun 3 we have a tour day,...
Tour Day
January 8, 2016Today was the monastery's tour day, which happens about once a week. Members from the Wailua Mission are instrumental in making these tours a success. First the group is given an introduction to the Monastery, to Hinduism, and to our vast array of publications. As seen here, Vel is introducing...
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Some Very Special Guests
January 7, 2016We've recently enjoyed a visit from Pundit Vamadeva Shastri and his wife Shambhavi Chopra, both of whom are renowned authors and teachers. Staunch Hindus, these two have long been collaborators with our Hinduism Today team, supporting the magazine with advertisements and being ever ready to help on a consulting basis....
San Marga and Our Sacred Gardens
January 6, 2016Currently Mayuresh is here on the island with his family. While here, he as been serving in several of the monastic kulams. He recently took some photographs of Sanmarga and our Gardens for a project he is working on. Here are some of the images he captured. Om Namah Sivaya....
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Bodhinatha's Recent Sun 1 Discourses
January 4, 2016Bodhinatha's Latest Upadeshas:"Resolve, Mitigate, Dissolve Karma" (December 20,2015) Internalizing and externalizing. Turning within, we're uplifting ourselves. Astrology choreographs and spreads out our karma. Purification, focus on karma, dharma, God Realization. Accept karma as our own creation. Don't retaliate; forgive to release karma. Mitigating and resolving karma through tapas, penance, austerity,...
Photos of Many of Our Recent Guests
January 4, 2016Here we share 56 images of many of our visiting pilgrims from the last several months. Valady, Lakshmi and Ramya Nagarajan from New York and California Murali and Sridarsi Maka from Honolulu. Murali and Sridarsi Maka from Honolulu Shobha and Mukund Saraiya from North Carolina Mani and Meenakshi from Bangalore...