Satguru 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 Physical and Pranic Bodies,” a talk given in 1960

Devotee Rishi Thondunathan reports from Jaffna, Sri Lanka--
"We, the devotees of the Sri Subramuniya Kottam, dedicate the year 2022 (January 5, 2022 - January 5, 2023) as the Year of the Nandinatha Sampradaya for the following, very special reasons:

The 150th birth anniversary of Paramaguru Siva Yogaswami

The 80th jayanthi of Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami

The 50th anniversary of Satguru Bodhinathas initiation by Gurudeva in Alaveddy, Sri Lanka

The 50th anniversary of the installation of Pasupatheswarar Siva Lingam in the Sri Subramuniya (Ashram) Temple in Alaveddy, Sri Lanka

The 40th anniversary of Gurudeva's installation of the Sri Shanthilingam with his own hands in Kopay, Sri Lanka.

For these auspicious reasons, we plan to have celebrations all through this year and are also planning several charitable activities to mark these special occasions.

Above all, our main focus will be completing the "Sri Subramuniya Temple Project," a spiritual sanctuary to preserve our beloved Gurudevas legacy in Sri Lanka."

Rishi also noted that Satguru Bodhinatha's sannyas initiation day and Sivaratri fell on the same day this year. "We had a wonderful Maha Sivarathri and initiation day at our Sri Subramuniya kottam. Nallai Adheenam Karthar, Jaffna Chinmaya Mission Swami, Vethantha Madham swami, kilinochi Chinmaya Mission Brahmachari and Dr. Aru Thirumurugan are the special guests along with the local devotees.

Here with I'm enclosing a few pictures.

Jai Ganesha!

Here we see a few inspiring photos from the Bengaluru carving site. In the first photo we can see some of the granite cladding which will grace Kadavul Temple's Nandi Mandapam and Kodimaram base. In the second photo we can see that the remaining red granite pots for Iraivan Temple's perimeter wall are also almost completed. Aum.

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives an upadesha during Kauai Aadheenam's 2022 observance of Mahasivaratri, "Siva's Great Night." Here, Satguru discusses the deeper meanings behind the festival's focus on meditative inner striving. Aum Namah Sivaya.

The holy night of Mahasivaratri in Kadavul Temple is perhaps the most auspicious day of the year. It is a deeply profound and joyous renewal of our spiritual life and is a time for deepening one's understanding of their oneness with God Siva. The night's schedule is as follows:

- 7:30PM: Homa
- 8:50PM: Gurudeva Upadesha audio played in Kadavul Temple Followed by silent meditation

Aum Namah Sivaya

Our various wooden surfaces in the outdoors need regular maintenance if they are to look new. Our Ganesha and Muruga ornate roofs at the entrance to Kadavul Temple haven't been oiled in quite a while, so we thought it would be neat for you to see the before and after look from the other day.

Jai to the Nandinatha Sampradaya!
Jai Kailasa Parampara!

Several days ago our monks gathered at Iriavan Temple for a brief photoshoot of the order and for individual portraits which hadn't been updated in some time. Our taskforcers, Mayuran and Chandipati joined in to help take some of the photos.

"The Natha Sampradaya has revealed the search for the innermost divine Self, balanced by temple worship, fueled by kundalini yoga, charted by monistic theism, illumined by a potent guru-shishya system, guided by soul-stirring scriptures and awakened by sadhana and tapas." - Gurudeva

See: https://www.himalayanacademy.com/monastery/meet-the-monks

Satguru 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 "Love is the Sum of the Law," a talk given in 1960

Today we share another of the new works of art being prepared in Kerala to adorn Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's Yoga Sutras book, to be published later this year (we hope).

It depicts what Gurudeva loved to call the Straight Path to God. His hands held worshipfully above his head, a yogi follows the Sivaneri, unaware of the distractions of nature or village life. Our artist, Suresh Muthukulam, is working on the final, tenth canvas today.