2022 Vaikasi Visakam
June 11, 2022Live Stream of Kauai Aadheenam’s annual celebration of Vaikasi Visakam
Sharing with Kauaians
June 10, 2022When he was young, Jonathan Anderson worked in the monastery grounds, building paths and more. He later became a Kauai policeman and had a family. His son, Tapa, is now graduating from high school and Jonathan asked if the monastery could give some flowers for the party. We, of course,...
Final Iraivan Temple Shipment Arrives at Last!!!
June 9, 2022Today was the long awaited arrival of the final shipment of stones and other items for Iraivan Temple. After a long journey from Bengaluru, these final containers landed on Kauai several weeks ago. They've been going through detailed import inspections and today, at long last, their contents have made it...
Shanmuga Banyan Offerings
June 5, 2022Aloha everyone, We hope this Sunday lived up to all of your greatest expectations! Our Sunday was not a retreat day so we were all working hard but thankfully a three-day retreat is coming up tomorrow. Anyways, on to our story... over the past few years visitors and pilgrims to...
Woman Sage Chellachiamma
June 4, 2022Today we bring you a story from The Guru Chronicles. It is part of a chapter on a mystical Tamil woman who was close to Yogaswami and for a time the primary spiritual preceptor in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. One of Yogaswami's contemporaries was a saint named Chellachi Ammaiyar, whose home...
Tirukural - Chapter 92
June 4, 2022Chapter 92: Wanton Women Verse 914A man of some means, surrounded by wealth and scriptural texts, has retreated to a shady tree to contemplate spiritual matters. He does not see a beautiful woman who has approached him and is trying to get his attention. When he ignores her, the woman...
Banyan Branch Break
June 3, 2022We're just sitting there on a recent morning at our computers in the Media Studio, minding our own business, when suddenly a loud "Crack, Crack, Whoosh!" We all rushed outside to find a sizable branch or two had partially detached from the Shanmuga Banyan tree nearby. Fortunately it fell just...
Sharing Gurudevas Teachings on Youtube
June 2, 2022Aloha all, We were recently reached out to by the owner of a Youtube channel with over 200,000 subscribers called Supreme Yogi. He frequently publishes short videos highlighting the teachings of various Hindu Sages such as Ramana Maharishi and Sri Ramakrishna. Yesterday, with our permission, he posted a 16 minute...