Namakarana for Aspirant Akash Katir
January 30, 2022Jai Ganesha! Recently, at the Siva Murugan Temple in Concord, California, monastic aspirant Akash Katir observed his Namakarana Samskara, officially establishing himself with his new name and formally entering Hinduism. Once his legal name change process has concluded, he will be able to return to Kauai to pursue his monastic...
Arborists at Work
January 29, 2022Having seventy acres of land and tropical growth and not being consumed by its vigorous growth requires upkeep. the monks can do a lot of the maintenance, but for the biggest projects it is safer to bring in professionals with the right equipment. For about eight days JP Tree Services...
Our New Reservations Webpage
January 28, 2022Aum Namah Sivaya Following the rush of our end-of-year guests, Satguru decided to streamline our reservations for Kadavul Temple's morning puja with an online system. Recently (with some help from our Digital Dharma Drive) we've completed Kadavul Temple's new online reservations webpage. With our current limited temple capacity, this site...
The Self God - Part 1
January 27, 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 Self God," a talk given in...
January 2022 Chitra Puja
January 27, 2022Jai Gurudeva! As a nice end to their previous lunar phase, our monks enjoyed the aadheenam's monthly pada puja to Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. Sannyasin Tillainathaswami and Yogi Harandinatha performed the early-morning abhishekam in Kadavul Temple. "Undisciplined people are generally people whom nobody can tell what to do. They won't listen. They...
Tirukural - Chapter 72
January 24, 2022Chapter 72: Judging the Audience Verse 719Two elders have gathered under a shade-giving tree to speak to a learned gathering. One inattentive young visitor raises his hand to ask them to repeat themselves, and they decline. TAKA Presents the Tirukural You can access the entire text, in Tamil and English...
A New Mala for the Spatika Lingam
January 23, 2022Aum Namah Sivaya On the event of this month's celebration of the Ardra Nakshatra, a beautiful, handmade gift was placed at Siva's feet. An anonymous bhaktar spend many hours producing this masterpiece. Its future is to rest upon Iraivan Temple's Spatika Lingam. The mala is made of our large, Kauai-grown...
Framing a Yantra
January 22, 2022Aum Namah Sivaya Recently, sculptor Holly Young created this wax for what will become the future golden-bronze support for the yantra in Iraivan Temple's inner sanctum. The gold yantra will be placed in the center of this lotus, and the lotus will hang upon the back wall of the sanctum...