Himalayan Academy
Himalayan Academy, founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami in 1957, is the
educational and publishing arm of Kauai’s Hindu Monastery. Its mission
is to share the teachings of Sanatana Dharma, as a public service, with Hindus
and seekers worldwide. In addition to publishing the Master Course
trilogy—Dancing with Siva, Living with Siva and Merging with Siva, which
together comprise 50 years of Gurudeva's teachings—it accomplishes this
goal through its many other books and pamphlets, its award-winning
international quarterly magazine
Hinduism Today, , its extensive
website, where all its publications are available to read or download for
free, and its various study aids. Through home-study lessons, learning videos,
mobile apps and children's books, Himalayan Academy offers guided study of
traditional Saiva Siddhanta metaphysics, yoga and meditation practices and
spiritual lifestyle. The publications and other resources, many of which are
applicable to all denominations of Hinduism, are freely offered for use by all
Hindu communities, with the aim of encouraging and empowering them to foster
and train individuals as teachers, public speakers and in other educational
outreach capacities.
Many or most Hindu monastic orders perform outstanding public service, such as
feeding the poor or running schools, hospitals or orphanages. Gurudeva
ordained that the public-service focus of his Saiva Siddhanta Yoga Order would
be education and the strengthening of Hindu solidarity worldwide. He likened
the Sanatana Dharma to a great banyan tree, whose every branch sends roots
deep into Mother Earth and thus strengthens the entire tree. Thus the aim of
Hinduism Today, Himalayan Academy's flagship magazine, is to support,
encourage and strengthen all traditional Hindu lineages—seldom telling
our own story, but focusing rather on the people, events, philosophy, culture
and traditions of the broader Hindu world. With all its aesthetic, full-color
graphics and you-won’t-find-this-anywhere-else features, Hinduism Today
is available not only in print but also in a free digital edition and a mobile
app, replete with video featuring Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reading his
Publisher’s Desk column.
Partially hidden in the monastery’s luxuriant greenery fifty yards from
Kadavul Temple is the Academy’s high-tech media workshop, where
dedicated swamis and younger monks use state-of-the-art computerized
publishing to craft our books, courses, videos, communications and websites.
In their hand-spun cotton robes, each monk works at his late-model wide-screen
Macintosh—writing, editing, designing, and directing by email a skilled
international cadre of journalists, artists and photographers who help create
Hinduism Today. Publishing this journal is a joyful, inspired work—a
labor of love distributed to 62 nations and treasured by readers around the
globe. Not merely a source of news, the magazine is a forum of spiritual
sustenance and timeless wisdom, a lifeline of dharma, a family album proudly
chronicling 21st-century expressions of the world’s oldest faith. Since
1979, Hinduism Today has provided a candid inside view of the Hindu way of
life, clearly articulating Hindu culture and philosophy in modern English. The
magazine has been instrumental in dispelling myths and misinformation about
Hinduism while providing news about all sects and lineages to strengthen Hindu
solidarity worldwide.
Himalayan Academy is a 501 (c)3 nonprofit run by the monks in Hawaii. All
contributions are tax-deductible in the United States.
Himalayan Academy (also dba "Himalayan Academy Publications®") 107 Kaholalele
Road Kapaa, HI 96746 US donors may claim a tax deduction for donations to
Himalayan Academy. Federal Tax ID: 23-7062033 Dun and Bradstreet ID:
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