Skanda Shasthi 2015
November 16, 2015As part of Skanda Shashti, devotees came to worship Lord Muruga's grand Vel atop Muruga Hill on San Marga. Offerings of fresh fruits, camphor, kumkum, incense, vibhuti, turmeric, coconuts, flowers, milk, auspicious herbs, rose water, and new cloth were all presented to Lord Muruga on His hill. Thiruppugal sounds were...
Another Look at Mahasamadhi 2015
November 16, 2015Rajkumar Manickam delivered his collection from mahasamadhi this year and we are more than happy to share it. Please enjoy this giant slideshow from the eye of Raj. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Siva Nataraja, Dancing in the Fire Called Consciousness
November 16, 2015Today we received a gift from Pieter Veltevrede, an artist living in Holland. He is the one who painted our five forms of Sadasiva. His gift is this amazing Siva Nataraja, dancing in the fire called consciousness. Thank you, Pieter.
Hula Group Blesses Our Sacred Space
November 15, 2015Today we had a wonderful offering of a hula performance at the monastery. Pilgrims still here from mahasamadhi were able to watch in on the sacred, ancient dance offering. Check out their website: halaukaleikukuihiilani.wordpress.com From Wikipedia: Hula is a dance form accompanied by chant (oli) or song (mele). It was...
2015 Mahasamadhi Celebrations - Day 4
November 15, 2015On the final day of our 2015 Gurudeva Mahasamadhi celebrations, pilgrims enjoyed a morning class with Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. Satguru gave a fascinating presentation about Siva's 10 shaktis. Each pilgrim was also gifted a copy of our newly released Character Workbook, featuring 64 character qualities that we can strive to...
Meeting More Wonderful Souls
November 14, 2015Sanjiva and Tiya Thielamay with baby Veylan chat with Kaivalyanathaswami near Kadavul. Sanjiva is from Mauritius and has known Kaivalyanathaswami for a long, long time. He and his family live in Chicago and invite Satguru to their home whenever he travels there.
Noni Harvest
November 14, 2015Since the monastery had such a large group of volunteers, we decided to make a noni harvest! In order to get enough noni to ship and bottle, a crew must go out and harvest once a week for five weeks. Thats about 12,000 lbs of noni. Our lively crew of...
Mahasamadhi Celebrations - Day 3
November 13, 2015Om Namah Sivaya On our third day of the celebration of Gurudeva's gargantuan greatness, we began by enjoying another 6am padapuja. Later that morning the day's class was held with Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami. Pilgrims gathered in the Media Studio to greet him--a nice setting, it seems, in which to hold such...