"The greatest inhibiting factor in practicing bhakti yoga is the doubting, cynical, intellectual mind. Doubt and skepticism harden the heart and narrow the mind. "

Gurudeva

Gurudeva, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Founder of Kauai's Hindu Monastery

Bodhinatha is back home and all is well

April 10, 2010

Sadhu Paksha continues at Kauai Aadheenam…

Monks get up early and wander the property and enjoy our beautiful land for their morning sadhana.

Bodhinatha is back and in excellent health after a long journey.

Bodhinatha at Tiruvannamalai

April 10, 2010

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Our Guru Lineage Video (New HD Version)

April 10, 2010

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April 10, 2010

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iPad Marvels

April 10, 2010

In the back is Gurudeva’s picture, of him doing abhishekam to the Siva Lingam. It was in 1983 that he first order an Apple II computer, including one for the monks in San Francisco, who he told to go out and go to classes on how to use it. We have come a long way since then.

Senthilnathaswami is struck by how easy it was to go to the What Is Hinduism, web page, download the PDFs and how fabulous they look on the iPad.

Rudrakshas Have Sprouted

April 10, 2010

The annual rudraksha season is upon us and our land is covered with hundreds of thousands of blue marbles… the tears of Lord Siva’s Compassion.

Yogi Jothinatha shows some sprouted rudrakshas. The seeds can be notoriously difficult to sprout and seem to have a mind of their own. It may take months and months and conditions must be just right.

Our recent classic Kauai weather, showers, sun, showers, sun, rain for hours, sun… is perfect. The seeds are slowly permeated with moisture and the warm sun does the trick….

Yogi takes a look at the iPad

Sadhaka Nandinatha at Work on India Photos

April 10, 2010

Sadhaka Nandinatha has almost completed photo selection and captioning of all the photos from the one month long mission and they will be coming to a slideshow near you soon.

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