Widening the New Road
March 16, 2022Our new concrete road down to Iraivan Temple is called Siva Saalai, “Siva’s Road” in Tamil. It is a 650-foot-long, 10-foot-wide entry, taking visitors through two rows of giant talipot palms, seven trees on each side. It is an awesome entryway. After waiting a month for it to cure, heavy...
Preparing Final Large Shipments to Kauai
March 15, 2022Lots of lumber and labor go into preparing Iraivan Temple's completed stones for their journey to Kauai. In the past few days two more containers are being readied in Bengaluru (we think they are the last). Teams of carpenters and silpis are joining in the effort to be sure the...
Tirukural - Chapter 79
March 14, 2022Chapter 79: Friendship Verse 786Three friends have come to the courtyard of a fourth. Two of them have a smile on their face and also in their heart. The third is smiling outwardly, but not within. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire text, in Tamil and English...
The Bengaluru Team Pushes Hard
March 13, 2022Even in normal times, getting complex things done in India is, to be gentle about it, challenging. With the expected return of our silpis to Kauai in October, it has become critical that the last two containers be loaded and shipped. Trouble was, the craftsmen making key items for Iraivan...
Upgrading the Rudraksha Forest Parking
March 12, 2022Aum Namah Sivaya This last month, the monastery's small parking lot at the Sacred Rudraksha Forest has been seeing some changes. The fencing along the forest itself is being improved and larger plans await the fence line where the small parking lot meets the former cow pasture, which now houses...
The Physical and Pranic Bodies - Part 2
March 11, 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...
1008 Lingams
March 8, 2022Om Namah Sivaya Recently, Suresh and Shanthi from LA visited Kauai Aadheenam on pilgrimage. While here, they had the opportunity to do some seva in the Media Studio. In the Studio's "Cedar Room," there exists a wall of 1008 Siva Lingams from Ma Ganga in India. Cleaning these many little...
Tirukural - Chapter 78
March 7, 2022Chapter 78: Military Pride Verse 780The King is on the battlefield, holding a dying soldier in his lap. He is deeply moved by the bravery of this fallen warrior and a tear falls down his cheek. Around him his commanders appreciate the king’s compassion for their difficult and dangerous task....