Recent Visitors
April 16, 2015Umasankaran, his wife Geetha and their daughter Anika made their first visit from Edmonton, Canada. Anika's first birthday was on the 14th. Umaskankaran recently completed our formal Master Course Supervised Study. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Bliss, Satchidananda and Samadhi
April 15, 2015Click to Play In Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's most recent upadesha, He discusses various levels of realization and samadhi. In short, the experience of ananda in savikalpa samadhi has to cease before you can dive deeper into nirvikalpa samadhi. Agitations of the mind are released by the attainment of shanti in...
Vijay and Sushma Pallod Visit from Houston Texas
April 14, 2015Bodhinatha and the monks were delighted to welcome Vijay and Sushma Pallod from Houston, Texas, a few days ago. We have been working closely with them for some 25 years, and this was their first--long overdue--visit, so we were all very happy to see them, and for some of...
Prime Minister Modi's International Day of Yoga Site Launched
April 14, 2015India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new International Day of Yoga web site was officially launched in Paris on August 10th. The monks were contacted to contribute and you will find Himalayan Academy Publication's contribution in the "About --> Roots of Yoga" section where the Yamas and Niyamas are in focus...
Visitors from Maui
April 14, 2015A few days back we had 11 visitors arrive at the monastery gate, the friends and family of Woody Harrelson. Woody is an enormously talented actor, first on the last-millennium sitcom "Cheers" and more recently in the Hunger Games series (and lots more). He and his family live on Maui...
Starting The New Year
April 13, 2015Today we celebrate the beginning of the Hindu Year of Manmatha, 5117. Sadhu Paksha ended yesterday for the monks and following this morning's homa, monks and local devotees paraded out to the flagpole. The coral pink flag of the Moksha Ritau was replaced with the bright orange flag of the...
Mauritius April Ganesha Homa
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A Study of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras
April 10, 2015This afternoon, the Aadheenam's Natyam and young sadhaka took part in a special class with Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. The subject was Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Verse by verse Satguru went through explaining and answering questions about this profound yogic text. Much of a monastic's training at Kauai Aadheenam is experiential, so...