Monastery Year in Review Video
September 29, 2010Important activities and events at Kauai's Hindu Monastery over the past year (August 2009 - September 2010) including festivals, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's travels across the globe, lots of construction progress on Iraivan Temple, an Innersearch Travel-Study Program on Kauai, many visitors to the monastery, testimonies from resident guests and volunteers...
Kirthi From Houston
September 28, 2010Kirthi Narasimhan makes his first visit from Houston, Texas. His mother is part of the Hindus of Greater Houston group that put on a large Janmashtami event that Bodhinatha attended last year. Kirthi has wanted to visit ever since he attended a youth camp ten years ago that our swamis...
"God, Soul and World" - What Is Hinduism? Pilot Video
September 28, 2010God, Soul and World - What Is Hinduism? Pilot (SD) from Editors of Hinduism Today on Vimeo.SD (480p) Version This pilot episode of our new educational video series is based on Chapter Three of the book What Is Hinduism? by the editors of Hinduism Today magazine and is inspired by...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-09-27
September 27, 2010Flagpole quartzite work is complete. http://twitpic.com/2skzsp # Steps down to Rishi Valley lake. http://twitpic.com/2sl0nt # Quartzite work begins at Dakshinamurthi peedam. http://twitpic.com/2sl25h # Sadhaka Nandinatha to the rescue of the koi. http://twitpic.com/2sle5f # Kelly Ochis visits the Mini Mela. She is beginning her Master Course studies while living on Kauai...
Bodhinatha Home and Settling In
September 27, 2010After many weeks of travel it is good to have Bodhinatha home again!
Culture in Mauritius - Omvathi Begins Education
September 27, 2010Our sishya are observing the traditions as Gurudeva would have hoped. We have this report from Adi Sankara in Mauritius. Dear Swami, here are some photos which we want to share with swami and for Taka regarding the Vidhyarambam Samskara of Omvathi Peruman performed at the Sarveshwarar Siva Temple,Pailles,Mauritius, on...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-09-26
September 26, 2010Bodhinatha is just about to depart SFO for Kauai. # Bodhinatha takes a morning walk in Palo Alto and sees a Tesla car. http://twitpic.com/2s95ko http://twitpic.com/2s95is # More photos from our Forest Park walk in Portland. http://twitpic.com/2s9674 http://twitpic.com/2s961d # Bodhinatha just returned and inaugurated our new entry arch. http://twitpic.com/2scmze # Our...
Bodhinatha Comes Home to Bless the Arch
September 26, 2010Bodhinatha arrived home this afternoon. We had prepared a special surprise for him: the blessing of the newly installed archway. Jai Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswamiki Jai! The arati for the arriving holy man is held at the new entrance. Lighting the lamp Breaking the coconut. Bodhinatha offers a shower of flowers...