Sivajnani Nagappan arrives for Taskforce
April 21, 2023Yesterday Sivajnani Nagappan arrived at Kauai Aadheenam, visiting from Malaysia. He's here for a few weeks on our taskforce program to help the monks with various projects. Welcome to Kauai Sivajnani! Aum Namah Sivaya.
Universe of the Mind - Part 3
April 18, 2023Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Śivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Śiva."Observing the great vastness of the mind, we can draw another...
Iraivan Tiling Resuming, and Shoes Pavilion
April 17, 2023With the prana pratishtha ceremonies finished, the tents are going back up over the front section of Iraivan Temple around the Nandi Mandapam, and the tiling team is about to start laying down the red granite tiles. They expect to take six to eight weeks. They will take a break...
Preparations for Iraivan Temple Final Mandala Pujas
April 16, 2023For 48 days after a prana pratishtha, "Mandala Pujas" are performed to stabilize the newly created vibration. The final three days worth of pujas from May 8th afternoon through May 11th morning are more elaborate and preparations are in full swing for them. Ten priests will be here to perform...
Signs of the Time
April 15, 2023In the late 1990s when Gurudeva was meeting with the island leaders each month, one of his themes was that all islanders are Kauaians. Up til then no one used the word, but they listened as he shared that all the people in California identify as Californians. Whether they are...
Pancha Brahma Mantra
April 14, 2023For optimal viewing, click the "full-screen" button in the top-right of the imagepresentation by Rajkumar Manickam
2023 Nartana Ritau Homa and Flag Raising
April 14, 2023Happy New Year of obhakta! Yesterday our monks began the phase with our seasonal homa and a parade out to our flagpole to raise the new dvaja for this spring season and the new year as the Sun enters Mesha (Aries). Here follows the passage from Saiva Dharma Shatras about...
April 2023 Gurudeva Chitra Padapuja
April 11, 2023After the monthly Ardra abhishekam and about ten days of slowly recovering and cleaning up from the Iraivan Sivalinga prana pratishtha, we held the monthly padapuja on the nakshatra of Gurudeva's mahasamadhi. Gurudeva quote from today's Master Course lesson-- "All things in life must be centered around religion. Only...