Tirukural - Chapter 93
June 20, 2022Chapter 93: Avoidance of Drunkenness Verse 929A grieving mother consoles her son who has drunk himself into a stupor. She is urging him, unsuccessfully, not to drink anymore. Meanwhile, her other son, being a bit foolish, rushes to save a drowning man, thinking that he can go underwater with a...
Bonsai Trees Closeup
June 19, 2022For many years our local sishya Tandu Sivanathan has patiently, carefully nurtured various bonsai trees on the Aadheenam grounds. Here are closeup photos of some, revealing nuanced results of the art form. More photos to follow at a later time. } ];
Landscaping Around Iraivan
June 18, 2022It has been many years coming, but in the last few weeks we have finally begun to terraform the land right around the temple. All these years this area (see the red-dirt surrounding the temple in this photo) has been a storage and construction zone, with large trucks arriving to...
New Rudraksha Malas
June 17, 2022Here are some beautiful malas recently strung by local sishyas for selling in the Minimela giftshop. The malas move like hotcakes and we can barely keep up. } ];
Ajay and Lata Shah Visit Satguru
June 16, 2022Aloha , Today is a quiet and calm day at the monastery. We are all winding down from an intense and exciting festival phase, as we like to call it, as it really doesn't feel like a normal phase at all with how much is happening! Anyways... Back to the...
Photos from Vaikasi Visakam 2022
June 12, 2022Vel Muruga! We hope you had an inspiring and meditative Vaikasi Visakam. If you missed the puja the live stream video can be found on our Youtube Channel. In this post we bring you some photos of yesterday's abhishekam. Om Shanmukhaya namah - Praise be to the six-faced one Om...
Yoga's Forgotten Foundation - The Audio Book!
June 12, 2022Aum Namah Sivaya, Please enjoy this audio book of Yoga's Forgotten Foundation, which details the ten restrains and ten observances of Hindu religious life. The book is free. It was created in just a few hours using Google Play's automated book transcription software, which has been improving rapidly in recent...
June Gurudeva Chitra Padapuja
June 11, 2022On June 11th morning we celebrated Gurudeva's monthly padapuja to honor his Mahasamadhi on Chitra nakshatra. Thanks to local sishyas for providing new flower arrangements for the occasion. An update of Gurudeva's year-long calendar of quotations will be printed soon, this time including some quotes from Satguru Siva Yogaswami and...