Prabhu and Radhika Ambatipudi (left) returned today with their Guru, Sri. N.V. Raghuramji, to join us for the early Sun One homa and later to have darshan with Bodhinatha

We skipped photos of the homa today which you have seen many times in favor of a beautiful picture from our doorstep. We reveled in the dry night and perfectly clear morning when Mount Waialeale revealed itself in all its’ majesty…

“We have to go in and in and in and reach an expanded state of awareness and gain that mountaintop consciousness where we perceive that there is no injustice in the world. There is not one wrong thing. All is in perfect order and rhythm in Siva’s cosmic dance.”

–Gurudeva

with all the pilgrims returned home and with the work on our roof almost complete, the Aadheenam was very quiet today… that feeling of a cloistered monastery has returned…

“You have to be very firm with yourself in meditation sessions. They are serious, not ponderous, but serious applications of life’s force. They are moments of transformation and discovery, and the same care and earnestness of a mountain climber must be observed constantly if real progress and not mere entertainment is the goal.”

–Gurudeva

This is the “lull before the storm” as all communications we are receiving lately indicate that the December and New Year Holidays will be bringing a grand torrent of joyful yatrikas to Kauai this year.

Iraivan shines in the morning sun….

It is a awesomely beautiful morning….

Sannyasin Muruganathaswami assisted by Potriyan are filling up Honey Bears

These will be given out during Pancha Ganapati time.

We will take them personally to visit all our friend and those we conduct business with as we do each year to extend our friendship and appreciation to everyone in the Kauai Community.

On the Himalayan Acres land across the from the temple we have had our third major corn harvest today with help from Marcheta (seen here), her husband Augusto and son John, hired for the job. They wanted some extra money to send John to the Rose Bowl this New Years as part of Kauai’s excellent all-island marching band. The corn had suffered mightily from the torrential rains of last month, with the harvest below what was expected.

Ears of corn are being clean and prepared for delivery to Esaki’s produce. The discoloration on the husks is a result of the wet conditions. Finally the land is producing a small revenue stream thanks to all the hard work and persistence of Sannyasin Arumugaswami who is taking the lead on the management and development of that parcel. In order to maintain our lease, we must continue to fulfill the mandate to develop diversified agriculture there…