November 29th Chitra Puja
November 29, 2013This morning during the chitra nakshatra, the monastery observed its monthly padapuja for Gurudeva. Nirvani Nilakanthanatha and Natyam Rajanatha performed the puja, invoking Gurudeva's light and blessings. "So great is the Sanatana Dharma that it defies all who doubt it, all who disdain it, all who disregard it, all who...
From the Bengaluru Carving Site
November 29, 2013The Nandi Mandapam is the primary thrust of our carving team in Bengaluru, and they are pouring their best skills into it. Today we received these photos of the ceiling stones, just completed in India. The mandapam is almost a small temple in front of the larger Iraivan Temple, and...
You are invited to Darshan & Wisdom in Adelaide
November 29, 2013Bodhinatha will be visiting Adelaide on December 11. We invite you to attend if you are there. If not, invite your family and friends in or near Adelaide.
2013 Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Compilation Video
November 28, 2013httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF30SXaYxNU Every year on the Chitra nakshatra in October-November, our Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, the founder of Kauai’s Hindu Monastery, is honored and remembered with special ceremony. The monks worked hard to make this year's a special one, acknowledging this twelfth annual event. Over a four-day period, two priests officiated several...
November Visitors
November 28, 2013Here are some photos of a few of the hundreds of guests that came in November. Almost without exception our visitors express heartfelt gratitude to Bodhinatha and the monks for opening their gates and allowing access to this most remarkable property. They seem to sense that they are on sacred...
November 27th Homa
November 27, 2013Today the monastery held a morning homa in Kadavul temple. This will be the last homa for several weeks, as the monks will soon observe Sadhu Paksha, a special retreat for which the monks change their morning routine, arising before dawn to worship and meditate in nature. Following the homa,...
Last day to RSVP for Aloha Dinner in Sydney, Australia!
November 27, 2013Click the poster above or here to RSVP! Will you be in Sydney 7 December? Just in case you happen to be in or near Sydney on December 7, you are warmly invited to the very special Satguru event described below. Do you know someone who lives in Sydney? If...
November 2013 News Video
November 26, 2013Our November 2013 news video covers events in October 2013 including: Gurudeva's twelfth annual mahasamadhi observances, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's 71st jayanti celebrations, Media Studio construction progress and the restoration of the Narmada Stream. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec8SjoACzNM