The Aura and the Instinctive Mind
April 25, 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 Astral Body," a talk given in...
Tirukural - Chapter 85
April 25, 2022Chapter 85: Ignorance Verse 847A farmer has climbed out on the branch of a tree, but he is sitting on the wrong side and is about to injure himself. The owner of the orchard rushes up to warn him and urge him not to proceed. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You...
Today's Story Will Absolutely Floor You!
April 22, 2022Aloha all! Today the first 28 of some 50 pallets of floor stones from China arrived today at Iraivan Temple. These are one-inch thick, red granite slabs up to two feet by two feet square. They will go on the second prakaram, the floor area between the temple building and...
New Podcast Episode Recorded at the Monastery
April 21, 2022Today two women from a spiritual podcast titled "Two Average Girls" came today and recorded an interview with Sadasivanathaswami. They brought all of their equipment and set up microphones and cameras in the media studio where the podcast took place. The woman to Sadasivanathaswami's right is Anne, the wife of...
Special Delivery From Bengaluru
April 20, 2022How does the One appear as two? We don't know, but what we do know is that some stunning stone murtis and lingams are on their way to Kauai along with the final stone shipments needed to complete Iraivan temple. All of them are carved by adept artisans from the...
April 2022 Chitra Padapuja
April 19, 2022Jai Gurudeva! Over their recent full moon retreat, our monks celebrated the Chitra Nakshatra with our monthly padapuja to Gurudeva. Local shishya were able to attend this month's padapuja as well. Everyone enjoyed Gurudeva's calming presence as Yogi Dayanatha and Nirvani Tejadevanatha performed the abhishekam. Aum. "There is no place...
The Astral Body - Part 2
April 18, 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 Astral Body," a talk given in...
The Astral Body - Part 1
April 18, 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 Astral Body," a talk given in...