Bodhinatha Veylanswami is the Guru Mahasannidhanam of Kauai Aadheenam, a traditional Saivite monastery/temple complex located in the state of Hawaii. He became the spiritual head of the Aadheenam, which is also known as Kauai’s Hindu Monastery, in November of 2001 after the mahasamadhi of the Aadheenam’s founder, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, affectionately known as Gurudeva. Bodhinatha had been Gurudeva’s disciple for 37 years, having received sannyas diksha in 1972. Most of the year finds him on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he oversees the varied publications of Himalayan Academy, guides the spiritual lives of hundreds of families around the globe, serves as publisher of the international magazine, HINDUISM TODAY, and is president of the $7 million Hindu Heritage Endowment which strives to “strengthen Hinduism worldwide.” His monastery is building a $16 million white granite temple in Hawaii, carved in India. At the 458-acre monastery-temple complex, he trains twenty monks from five nations in both their service duties and spiritual practices. §