Blessings From Kadavul's Ganesha
February 22, 2015The Third Letter from Lord Ganesha (from Loving Ganesha) Softness comes when you are precise, concentrated, with a sense of penuriousness. The concentration of the intellect comes from a vast, expansive ability accrued which has brought an intricate intellect into usage. Softness, therefore, and a demure countenance and approach to...
Bodhinatha's Recent Upadesha
February 22, 2015Summery: Religion has a oneness in mysticism but has major differences in terms of beliefs and practices. Unrelenting effort, working on the outside with our faults and weaknesses, allows us to manifest actual experience as a mystic, intensifying our purification. We are perfect on the inside. Condition the mind by...
Tweet: A classic photo of the main mandapam addition to K...
February 22, 2015A classic photo of the main mandapam addition to Kadavul Temple being built in the mid 80s http://t.co/XAWMpl5n3s
Siva Vision Day
February 21, 2015This morning, monks and devotees gathered and the Svayambhu Lingam for a short puja and meditation to honor the day in February of 1975, when Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami had the powerful vision of Lord Siva which led to the creation of Iraivan Temple. Below is the description from Gurudeva's Spiritual Visions book:...
A Unique Photo from Sri Lanka
February 21, 2015This is the Chellappaswami shrine and this elderly man is Chellappaswami's great nephew. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Bodhinatha's visit to Vethantha Madham
February 20, 2015On January 31st, Bodhinatha visited the Vethantha Madham in Jaffna, where he was greeted by Sri Vidyasagar Swami, the head of the madham and devotees. A brief history of the Vethantha Madham Kadaitswami was considered a Moola Guru (Source Guru or Source of all lineages) in Sri Lanka. He started...
Celebrating Mahasivaratri
February 20, 2015Several days ago, the monastery celebrated our 2015 Mahasivaratri, Siva's great night. In Dancing With Siva this night is described: Mahasivaratri is the night before the new-moon day in February-March. We observe it both as a discipline and a festivity, keeping a strict fast and all-night vigil, meditating, intoning Siva's...
Logs Become Art
February 20, 2015In a recent TAKA post (February 16) we showed the Siddhidatta Kulam removing a fallen Paperbark tree. Not all of it was destined for mulch in the Garden however. Nirvani Nilakanthanatha took part of it and used it for wood turning. As you can see, this raw log became a...