Fourth Annual Midland Interfaith Panel
March 4, 2014On Wednesday, February 19, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami joined a Jewish rabbi, a Catholic monsignor, an Episcopal bishop and a Baptist pastor for the fourth annual Permian Basin Interfaith Event. The two-hour event was videotaped, and as soon as the monastery receives it on DVD, it will be uploaded to YouTube...
A Letter from Rishi Thondunathan
March 4, 2014Our Malaysian members left Lanka today, we tried our best to give them a memorable yantra in Yogaswami's land. Took them to all the major temples in Jaffna and the places connected to our paramparai. I believe they had a nice visit. We had a nice sivaratri puja at the...
Recent Pilgrims
March 4, 2014Recently multiple families made pre-arranged visits to enjoy the grounds and have darshan with Satguru Bodhinatha. Vinothachandran, wife Sahunthala, daughter Sahana son Sananthan, making first visit from Toronto area. Originally from Jaffna, Sri Lanka They discussed keeping the children engaged through participating in regular home puja, and doing the ten-minute...
Gurudeva Siva Vision Day
March 3, 2014Today we celebrate Gurudeva's Siva Vision Day, calculated by Revathi nakshatra in the month of Kumbha. It is today that we worship Siva at the svayambhu lingam, to which Gurudeva's vision lead him. Just before sunrise, monks and devotees walked through the darkened gardens, to the lingam square to enjoy...
Quatrains Describing the Indescribable
March 2, 2014During Sivaratri night, a poem was composed that we share today. If you look carefully, the lines of the first quatrain and each of the subsequent parallel lines relate (mostly). Sivaratri Night Kadavul Temple February 27, 2014 Siva is not a friend of fathomers, Of those who seek a...
Celebrating Mahasivaratri
March 2, 2014This year, the monastery enjoyed another beautiful celebration of Mahasivaratri. The night began at 7 o'clock, as devotees walked the torch-lit path up to Kadavul temple. There they sang bhajans together until 7:30 when the special Siva homa began. From that very first arati to Ganesha, it was obvious that...
Preparing for Siva's Great Night
February 27, 2014Aum Namah Sivaya This evening is Mahasivaratri. The monastery is full of activity as preparations are made for Siva's great and blissful night. We observe tonight both as a discipline and a festivity, keeping a strict fast and all-night vigil, meditating, intoning Siva's 1,008 names, singing His praise, chanting Sri...
A Religious Visit to Midland
February 27, 2014Following Trinidad, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and Sannyasin Senthilnathaswami flew back to Texas, this time to Midland, far out west. Arriving in the evening, the first stop was a dinner at the home of Drs. Nalin and Kamal Tolia, some of the monastery's strongest supporters in West Texas. The next morning,...