Detach Awareness
September 6, 2014This puzzle is slightly harder with 36 pieces! It took me over 5 minutes the first time and then 4 minutes the second time. Beware it may be hard to follow the advice of the finished puzzle once you start! Tips: puzzle does not fill the whole space; pieces can...
Ganesha Puzzle
September 6, 2014This puzzle requires Flash to be installed in your browser (i.e. does not work in iOS devices but should run fine in Desktop and Android browsers )

Gurudeva Archives Gem from 1962!The Art of Giving, Of Doing Nothing; True Perception and Talking Things Over
September 6, 2014It has been observed that Gurudeva's teaching style in his early years when he was working a lot with the general public, was, as one might expect, very much like Bodhinatha's today: very practical, straight forward language that brings the spiritual work we have to do into sharp focus for...

Sweet Potato Ganesha
September 5, 2014Today one of our monks was inspired to create this little Ganesha from some of our morning's sweet potato harvest. From Merging With Siva: The Hindu enjoys all the facets of life as transmuted into a religious expression in art. The Hindu's art is a religious art--drawing, painting and sculpture...

Mauritius Spiritual Spark Ganesha Chaturthi Part Two
September 5, 2014Click here for many more photos of this jubilant festival } ]; transitionSpeed:150});

More Recent Guests
September 5, 2014We missed including this photo of Srinivas and Lakshmi Reddy family visiting from Missouri a few weeks ago. The other two photos are of Shridhar and Bijal Iyer making their first visit from northern California. They are ardent readers of Hinduism Today magazine for past five years after learning about...

Photos from Bodhinatha's Recent Trip
September 4, 2014Jiva Rajasankara recently sent us photos from Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami's recent trip to Bengaluru. These are a select few of those photos, depicting their visit to adichunchanagiri mutt where they met with Sri Nirmalanandanatha Mahaswamiji, and their visit Kailash Ashram, where they spent much of their time with Sri Jayendra...

Recent Guests
September 4, 2014The monastery has been seeing many guests lately. Many come on pilgrimage and others only hear of the Aadheenam as they arrive on the island, but needless to say, everyone has an unexpectedly wonderful visit. Above, Suresh, Usha and Rohit Shrawagi are making their first visit from northern California. They...