The Many Moods of Mount Waialeale
February 8, 2023About 40 years ago Gurudeva noticed that the mountain which dominates our Western view (and is the long-extinct central volcano of Kauai island) changed from day to day, sometimes spectacularly so. He asked the monks to begin collecting photos of what he called "The Many Moods of Mount Waialeale." The...
Facing Life's Tests - Part 1
February 7, 2023https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g57u4CjkWuU
2023 Thai Pusam Live Stream
February 3, 2023
Bronze Panels for Iraivan
February 3, 2023After years of writing text that would last a thousand years (no pressure, right?) and sculpting and casting, nine of the 35 panels are being shipped today from Loveland, Colorado, to be installed on the perimeter wall. The shipper sent some (not so great) photos. The actual panels are works...
Gold Leafing Siva's Five Cosmic Forms
February 2, 2023Today we received project update photos from the two teams in Honolulu who are working to gild the five Panchabrahma murtis. The transformation is awesome as you will see in the slideshow below. But the work has been arduous and far more complex and time-consuming than we thought. This is...
More Angles of Bala Alaya Pujas, Day 2 Morning
February 1, 2023A small Ganesha made of turmeric is worshipped first. In the corner of the yagasala with pots of earth, Kumar Gurukkal performed the pancha kavya puja, which honors the widely used substances produced by cows. After that, we moved to another corner for Surya kumbha puja, which is why Gurukkal...
From Darkness To Light - Part 12
January 31, 2023
Bala Alaya Preparation, More Angles of Day One Afternoon
January 30, 2023The first few photos below show some of the preparations in the days before events began. After that, are photos of the Bhumi Puja under the bilva tree, during which Mother Earth was honored for providing abundance. The rest of the photos show the process of transferring the shakti from...