January 18th Homa
January 18, 2014After a three day retreat, which was full of festival celebrations, the monastery returns to another phase. Today's Siva homa was quite powerful, as the the temple's atmosphere was still scintillating with the energy from Lord Siva's Ardra abhishekam and Lord Skanda's Tai Pusam invocation. Following the havana, Satguru Bodhinatha...
Celebrating Tai Pusam
January 16, 2014Today we celebrate Tai Pusam, a festival for fasting and performing public penance, by which we seek Karttikeya's blessings to dispel our selfishness, pride and vanity. From Dancing with Siva: What Is the Nature of Lord Karttikeya? Lord Karttikeya, Murugan, first guru and Pleiadean master of kundalini yoga, was born...
Twitter Update: Happy Tai Pusam http://t.co/Fq9u4nbz2w
January 16, 2014Happy Tai Pusam http://t.co/Fq9u4nbz2w
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Twitter Update: Go Puja at Kauai Aadheenam this evening. Happy San...
January 14, 2014Go Puja at Kauai Aadheenam this evening. Happy Sankranti! http://t.co/FnIjblq1tY
Ardra Darshanam
January 14, 2014Today is Ardra Dashanam and the monastery is observing an abishekam to Lord Nataraja in Kadavul temple, bathing Him in water, milk, yogurt, vibuthi, honey, chandana, citrus and more. Our Gurudeva had many wonderful words to say about our beloved God, here are just a few taken from Merging with...
The Aadheenam Celebrates Thai Pongal
January 14, 2014Yesterday the monks enjoyed Thai Pongal. Boiling a pot of sweet rice in the morning, and savoring a delicious lunch together, the monks celebrated the consistent harvest of fresh fruits and vegetables that the monastic gardens produce. KURAL 1032 Farmers are the linchpin of the world, for they support all...
Thai Pongal Rainbows
January 13, 2014Today the monastery celebrated Thai Pongal, and sure enough the morning started out with an incredible rainbow. We get a lot of these, but this one was particularly full and stretched from Iraivan temple all the way to the cow barn, where our cows were munching down on their breakfast....