Ashram + Iraivan Sadhana Day
March 28, 2022Today was Ashram Sadhana Day for the Mathavasis. That's our day every month when we spend extra time cleaning in around the monastery. The monks started their day as a group cleaning up around Iraivan Temple mainly moving unused stone in preparation for future landscaping around the base of Iraivan....
Tirukural - Chapter 81
March 28, 2022Chapter 81: Old Familiarity Verse 807A limb, fallen from a large tree, has broken the chariot and injured the passengers. In the foreground the maker of the chariot apologizes to the charioteer, who assures the man that it was not his fault. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the...
A Return to Kadavul Temple
March 27, 2022"Deep inside we are perfect this very moment, and we have only to discover and live up to this perfection to be whole. Our energy and God's energy are the same, ever coming out of the void. We are all beautiful children of God."- GurudevaAum Namah ŚivayaYesterday the state of...
The Physical and Pranic Bodies - Part 3
March 26, 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 Physical and Pranic Bodies," a talk...
Saving the Gold Leafing!
March 23, 2022Today is the final day of the phase and after a three moon circumgyration shortage of sky-water, it has begun to spill again. Luckily the rain stopped for a few hours during the day and we were able to finish our gold leafing protection project. The Kodimarams at Kadavul and...
Final Two Containers from India
March 22, 2022The team in Bengaluru has been working hard to bring all the pieces together for the last shipment to Kauai. A few days back you saw them making the solid crates that will protect the sculptured stones during their 8,000-mile voyage. This slideshow is historic, since there will be no...
Tirukural - Chapter 80
March 21, 2022Chapter 80: Testing Fitness for Friendship Verse 800A man is conversing with his wife when he notices a suspicious looking man outside surveilling them. Going outside, he offers the stranger a few coins to go away. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire text, in Tamil and English...
March 2022 Chitra Puja
March 20, 2022Aum Namah Sivaya Jai Gurudeva! Today our monks began their lunar phase with this month's pada puja for Gurudeva which takes place during the Chitra nakshatra. Today is also the day that Aspirant Akash Katir arrives at the monastery from California. He will next be perusing his supplicant vows, which...