Today is the monthly Ashram Sadhana day and all the monks have been cleaning all morning. It is also Pancha Ganapati time and Sadhaka Jivanandanatha and Sadhaka Dandapani are out give Honey Bears to all our friends and associates in Lihue and Kapaa, as we do each year.

The Pillaiyar Kulam gave their report today at lunch. There has been a major increase in web sales of our books.

In lieu of pictures from the Aadheenam we bring you more from our collection of Siva Yogaswami.

In this rare photo, he was captured in meditation. We are told that many had tried to get such a photo, but the picture usually came out blank….

Here is S. Rajam’s depiction of Yogaswami getting up to give Gurudeva a big slap on the back as he departed Yogaswami little hut in Columbuturai… “Go around the world and roar like a lion!” Were Yogaswami’s words to Gurudeva that day.