Recent Pilgrims
March 20, 2014These are a few families who had darshan with Satguru Bodhinatha this morning Ravi and Srivani Putluru are making their first visit from Jacksonville, Florida Gandhi and Shobhana Gopinath with son Raghav and daughter Vasudha are making their first visit from Houston, Texas. They are familiar with Hindu American Foundation...
Twitter Update: Our publisher's editorial for the March April/May/...
March 20, 2014Our publisher's editorial for the March April/May/June 2014 edition is now online in four languages. hinduismtoday.com/modules/smarts…
Publisher's Desk Video: Hinduism, the Original Humanism
March 18, 2014Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Apr/May/Jun 2014 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. "A critical examination of secular humanism and Hindu humanism for youth immersed in the academic atheism of college" httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A21RaGjwrdM
Gurudeva Padapuja
March 18, 2014"If all the temples were destroyed, the gurus would come forth and rebuild them. If all the scriptures were destroyed, the rishis would reincarnate and rewrite them. If all the gurus, swamis, rishis, sadhus, saints and sages were systematically destroyed, they would take births here and there around the globe and continue as if nothing had...
Installation of the 1008 Lingam Cabinet
March 17, 2014Today the Ganapati Kulam installed the 1008 lingam cabinet in the media studio. The cabinet resides on the east wall of the Cedar room, above the counter. It was made in Pakistan and is built entirely of rosewood with a brass inlay at the bottom which reads "Om Namah Sivaya"...
Lunch with the Island's Rotary Club
March 14, 2014Yesterday, Satguru Bodhinatha was invited as a Guest to the Rotary Club of Hanalei Bay. Rotary International is a service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the...
Media Studio Progress
March 14, 2014Yesterday the vinyl wall murals destined for the Media Studio bath arrived from Chicago. We selected a delightful work of art by our S. Rajam, a coconut grove in which a villager is drawing water (bath, get it?) from a kineru, a village well. If you have never seen one...
Public Tour Day!
March 13, 2014Recently the monastery had a public tour day. Every few weeks, these tours are offered as a chance for people from all walks of life to see the monastery, its sacred gardens and of course, Iraivan Temple. The tours are led by some of our local island members, who all...