July 2024 Chitra Puja
July 17, 2024Jai Gurudeva! Jai to the Kailasa Parampara! Aum Namah Sivaya! Recently we celebrated our monthly padapuja to Sivaya Subramuniyaswami during the timing of the Chitra nakshatra. Sannyasin Tillainathswami and Yogi Haranandinatha performed the puja while other mathavasis chanted Sri Rudram. Local members and devotees brought an abundance of beautiful flowers...
Approaching Satguru Purnima
July 16, 2024On July 19 the monastery and all devotees on Kauai will celebrate Guru Purnima with a parade to Iraivan, a homa and blessings from Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami (who is on his way home from a week in Edmonton, Canada at their Ganesha Temple kumbhabhishekam). We will soon celebrate the day,...
Satguru in Edmonton, Canada
July 15, 2024Satguru was invited as chief guest for the Edmonton Mahaganapati Temple (mahaganapathytemple.com) kumbhabhishekam rejuvenation ceremonies. On the final day he reported, "At the temple from about 9 AM 1 PM. Started up on the roof with the auspicious moment at about 9:30 AM for pouring the kumbhas on the temple...
Path to Siva Now on YouTube
July 11, 2024This morning we received an email from a Sivathondar in Australia, sharing that he has finished bringing all 68 lessons of the catechism for youth into video form, and posted the series on YouTube. Venkatesh Nagarajan, who lives in Australia, worked closely with the monks as he conceived, designed, tested...
Hinduism Today's July Issue Now Available Online
July 10, 2024Jai Ganesha! For those that haven't found it already, Hinduism Today's July 2024 issue is now available online for free at hinduismtoday.com. The issue explores many wonderful topics, visit this page to find out more. From This issue's Quotes & Quips: One can't command compassion. Before compassion comes love. Compassion...
Noni Fruit Drying and Picking Trailer Fix
July 9, 2024Here are some photos of noni fruit sheets coming out of the dryer and ready to be pulverized into powder. Also, after many years of service, a trailer bed that holds the noni picking platform started to falter one too many times. We've hired a welding team to replace various...
Nimu Śivāya
July 8, 2024Many of us are familiar with Nimu, the Ganapati Kulam's avian mascot. Recently, Nimu has been aspiring towards Mantra Diksha, hoping to bless himself with the inner authority to chant the Namaḥ Śivāya mantra (SEE BELOW VIDEO). He sets a good example for us all. Listen to Nimu's chanting voice:...
The Clear White Light
July 7, 2024Today we pay homage to Gurudeva's classical inspired writing on the mystical experience which he called The Clear White Light. It is a story worth telling, and we quote now from The Guru Chronicles, taking up the story in August of 1967. "In Ascona, Switzerland, he spent two weeks at...