The Human Aura - Part 3
June 1, 2022Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Siva. Here, Satguru discusses "The Human Aura," based on a series...
Lahaina Noon
May 31, 2022In the tropics the sun passes overhead twice during the year. On these two days, at local noon, the sun will be exactly overhead and an upright object such as a flag pole will have no shadow. This phenomenon only occurs in the tropics; the sun is never overhead in...
Tirukural - Chapter 90
May 30, 2022Chapter 90: Not Offending the Great Verse 896A man walks through a fire unscathed, despite its heat and burning flames. He encounters a holy man and scolds him. Immediately he is paralyzed in the picture below. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire text, in Tamil and English...
Monastic Family Visit
May 28, 2022Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami's sister, Devi Marks, recently visited for about a week after a couple years break. Besides spending time with the monks, there were a number of new things to see, such as the stately lava rock San Marga bell arch. And she got to witness the concrete foundation pour...
Building Iraivan Temple With Rudrakshas
May 27, 2022Aum Namah Sivaya For many years now, the shishya of our local Wailua Mission have been working tirelessly to harvest, clean, drill, oil and string Siva's most divine seed. These five-faced beads represent the five divine functions of Lord Siva by which we and the whole Universe evolve: Creation, Preservation,...
Some Recipes for a Tasty Lunch
May 26, 2022Jai Ganesha! Today we take you through some savory classic dishes. Our monks rotate through cooking meals, so each day has a slightly different flavour. You'll find several online review for the monastery that state something like "The view was gorgeous, but whatever amazing-smelling food they were cooking prompted us...
Lotuses for Siva
May 26, 2022The lotus is of course legendary, for its beauty and rarity, for its water-repelling leaves and more. Lotuses are everywhere in Iraivan. Years ago we had a large pond with hundreds of plants and blossoms, but along came the tropical tilapia fish and ate them all (people eat the roots,...
The Human Aura - Part 2
May 24, 2022Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly upadesha in Kadavul Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Hawaii. It is part of a series of talks elaborating on the inspired teachings of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami as found in his book Merging With Siva. Here, Satguru discusses "The Human Aura," based on a series...