Facing Life's Challenges
July 19, 2015Gurudeva spoke often of the difficulties life brings us. He would reassure us that nothing can come into our experience but that we have the strength to face and overcome it. That message never grows old, and it was brought to mind today when a CyberCadet sent us a series...
Helping in the Siddhidata Kulam
July 18, 2015This phase, the Siddhidata Kulam has two helpers for their various and varied works around the Aadheenam. Jeyendra Mardemootoo is from a Siava Siddhanta Church sishya family in Mauritius and is helping out while here on the island visiting his grandmother's family. Divyesh Nagarajan is taking part while his family...
July 17th Homa
July 17, 2015This morning the swamis and sadhaka began a new phase following a two day retreat. This will be a six day phase and will include ashram sadhana day on Sun 2 and a padapuja to Gurudeva on Sun 6. We began this Sun 1 morning with a Siva homa. At...
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Bodhinatha's Recent Upadeshas
July 14, 2015Bodhinatha's Latest Upadesha: "Keys and Benefits of Meditation" (July 4th, 2015) Meditation: Transmute the physical and emotional forces. Quiet the intellect, slow down thinking. Tune into the spiritual energy of the spine, experience intuition, answers attach to the end of each question. Parampara stories of Yogaswami and Markanduswami. Thannai Ari--Know...
Happy Ardra Darshanam!
July 14, 2015Today during the Ardra Nakshatra, the monks of Kauai Aadheenam perform our monthly abhishekam to Lord Nataraja in Kadavul Temple. This is the time each month when Lord Siva's Sakti can most easily be felt flowing from within. Aum Namah Sivaya. "But who is Siva?" one might well ask. Our...
Satguru Simhasanam
July 13, 2015As most CyberCadets know, Bodhinatha receives visitors in the Guru Peedam and also conducts the daily one-hour Shum meditation there with all the monks present. The seat upon which he sits is called the Simhasanam or "Lion's Seat," and is traditionally the place of deepest authority for the lineage, a...
Baking Bread
July 12, 2015Recently, the monks have been making some nice breads on retreat days. One monk in particular has been focusing on making sourdough. Here are his most recent masterpieces! The swirl pattern is caused by special proofing baskets in which the bread rises } ]; transitionSpeed:150});