Rudiren Carpanen Pillay Joins Us from South Africa
Rudiren Carpanen Pillay, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University Of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, South Africa, is here on task force for nine days- He will be receiving his Samaya Diksha before he goes home.
New Plants for Himalayan Acres
New Plants for Himalayan Acres
Some news from our nursery department with recent plant acquisitions and improvements. These new plants will be planted in the ground shortly and allowed to grow into large clumps for sale.
And on the practical side, we created a prototype of a nursery bench to solve two problems: both metal and wood benches rot out in a few years in Hawaii, and we have 1,500 feet of used 4" PVC pipe with no other use.... Having the pots up on the benches is both better for the plant and easier on the gardener who doesn't have to stoop to care for them.
Homa Begins New Phase
A new phase began today. Our retreat was a dynamic two days. Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami and Sadhaka Satyanatha left for India via San Francisco, via Frankfurt where they took one night to rest before heading to a very intense schedule in the Holy Land. The trip is being sponored by His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji of the JSS mission in Karnataka. Shivarathri Mahaswamiji visit Kauai Aadheenam in 2010 and invited the monks to attend a big function there in January 2012. See the report below.
January Chitra Puja
On the first day of our retreat we had the monthly Gurudeva Chitra Pada Puja. We thought you might enjoy seeing this a slideshow with large detailed images (be sure to click the pop-out or full screen icons)
Siva Darshana Vanam Displays Moving Forward
Kulapati Deva Rajan has stayed on after the Ardra Puja, pushing the Siva Darshanam Vanam display site forward with Acharya Kumarnathaswami. They complete the frames and installed several panels of the artwork.
The Siddhidata Kulam's New Office
The new Siddhidata Kulam office is heading toward completion. Yoginathaswami is here sorting out the ethernet network cabling for his teams' desktop computers.
Retreat Hike High Above the Jungle
Some of the monks when on a hike up to high elevations nearby on the retreat... Lush Kauai!
Satya and Savitri with Bodhinatha
Kulapati Satya Palani and Kulamata Savitri Palani came to see Bodhinatha before they return home to California. They shared their plans about moving to a new location. Among other things Bodhinatha advised them to write a positive affirmation that they could recite together to help visualize and manifest their goals.
Bodhinatha Signs Books For Visitors
After a very busy holiday season with a constant stream of Hindu pilgrims and tours, things are quieting down now. We are back to our weekly public tour routine and Bodhinatha is in his chair blessing and signing books for our guests.
One inspired guest decided to go "all in" and purchased Dancing, Living and Merging With Siva, The Guru Chronicles, What Is Hinduism, and a Mala!
After all the guests had come forward to have their books signed a few wanted to sit and asked Bodhinatha a few questions. Bodhinatha gave a spontaneous upadesh about the uniqueness of our Saiva tradition with a balance of temple worship and meditation. He then started giving insights into meditation on Siva as all pervasive that was golden and priceless. What a rare and magical gift to our fortunate guests and all of us sitting there.
The star of the tour was little Veda. She is six years old going on twenty five. Her maturity was only out played by her charm. She had her copies of Hindu Children's Modern Stories Volume One & Two personally signed by Bodhinatha.
There was only one little problem for Veda's mother. Veda would not leave until she had "conquered" the Iraivan Puzzle in the Mini Mela. This is a geometric match puzzle that has brought grown men to tears trying to solve it. After she solved it (and she was remarkably close), she smiled and walked elegantly out of the mini mela on her way to a very bright future
We couldn't get everyone in with our small camera but it was one of those special inner groups who took full advantage of the lingering vibration of the most remarkable Ardra Darshana Puja held three days earlier.
Saiva Summer Camps in North America – 2011
Every year Rishi Thondunatha goes to various Sri Lankan communities in North America and shares Gurudeva's teachings with the children and youth. Here are pictures of the programs from the summer of 2011
From Our Gurus' Teachings
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