← Rituals
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03-22 Rishikesh Day 3.mov
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami enjoys a sacred bath in the Ganges and participates in Siva worship at Parmath Niketan on March 22, 2010. ...
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Making Your Home God's Home - Publisher's Desk
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the Oct/Nov/Dec 2011 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. Establish a formal shrine room as the family's place of communion with the Divine through ...
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May 2016 Monthly News Video
Our May 2016 news video covers events in April 2016, including the birth of the monastery's new calf named Teta; the progress on the bronze statues of Iraivan Temple stone ...
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First Havana at Iraivan Temple (HD)
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami presides over the first havana (fire ceremony) to be conducted at the San Marga Iraivan Temple at Kauai's Hindu Monastery, October 25, 2008, during the seventh annual ...
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September 2016 News Video
Our September 2016 news video covers events in August 2016, including Satguru's recent travels around the world (including Mauritius, Mainland, US, India and Sri Lanka), our recent guests and the ...
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January 2017 News Video
This month's news video covers events from December, 2016, including: the monastery's Pancha Ganapati celebrations, along our many holidy vistors; Iraivan Temple's silver naga is getting closer to arrive on ...
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Hindu Wedding
In this Educational Insight, we present a pictorial summary of the Hindu wedding ceremony, with text drawn from a new book, Vivaha Samskara, designed particularly for Hindus living in the ...
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Siva Puja Sthavam (Sanskrit/Tamil)
Fundamental points of Siva worship. ...
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Saiva Booshanam (Sanskrit/Tamil)
An outline of the Saiva ritual system and its basics. ...
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Saiva Kala Viveka (grantha)
The following is a scanned version of the Saiva Kala Viveka, Systematic Inquiry on Timing of Temple Rituals, provided to us by Dr. Sabharathnam S. Pattusamy of Chennai, India. It ...
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Kamika Agama (Grantha)
Kamikagama is one of the longest Agamas followed by most of the temples in South India. It is looked up on as the feet of Siva. It deals with all ...
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Honoring the Mayor of Kauai
Bodhinatha gives news of a dinner at the Marriott Hotel which he and another monk attended in honor of our island's mayor who is about to leave office after eight ...
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What Makes a Religion
Gurudeva explains that tradition and religious ceremonies build up a religion. ...
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Perfecting Spiritual Techinques
Today Gurudeva answers a question about keeping the ashes of a departed relative in the shrine room. He talks about clearing the subconcious mind through the vahana dasa tantra, writing ...
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How Do We Observe Pilgrimage?
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 65 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing Hindu Pilgrimage ...
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2019 Thai Pusam Abhishekam
Kauai Aadheenam's 2019 Thai Pusam abhishekam held in Kadavul Temple. ...
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How Do We View Other Faiths?
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 68 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing how Hindus view other religions ...
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Observances of Birth, pt.1 (with Tamil)
Today Gurudeva responds to a question about the Hindu Observances of Birth, such as not going to the temple or worshiping in the home shrine. Isn't birth supposed to be ...
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Observances of Birth, part 2 (with Tamil)
Today Gurudeva responds to a question about the Hindu Observances of Birth, such as not going to the temple or worshiping in the home shrine. Isn't birth supposed to be ...
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Prayer, Meditation and Ritual
Today we have a delightful question and answer session about the difference between prayer and meditation and the need for ritual. Gurudeva says that meditation is finding, or being your ...
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What Makes a Religion
Gurudeva explains that tradition and religious ceremonies build up a religion. ...
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Perfecting Spiritual Techinques
Today Gurudeva answers a question about keeping the ashes of a departed relative in the shrine room. He talks about clearing the subconcious mind through the vahana dasa tantra, writing ...
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Wedding Protocols Part 1
Cyberspace devotee Mahendran from Nepal wants to know why his divorced parents cannot attend his wedding. In the first part today Gurudeva says the reason that they would not attend ...
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Rituals and Moksha
A cyberspace devotee from Singapore wants to know how rituals contribute to moksha. Gurudeva says ritual practices are a natural expression of a person wanting moksha, but it also requires ...
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Importance of the Saiva Agamas
This talk was prepared by Bodhinatha as an address to the conference of Adi Saiva priests in Bangalore, July, 2012, wherein the various Sivachachariya priests and heads of Saiva padasalas ...
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How God and Gods Come Into the Murti During Puja; Jivana Ritau
Three varied Hindu views regarding the Gods and temple images. Gurudeva's perception: During the high point of puja the Deity manifests through the murti for a short or protracted time ...