"Should we acquire the ability to identify as the experiencer instead of the experience, the true and valid nature of awareness and its patterns of movement in the mind become evident..."

Gurudeva

Gurudeva Darshan of the Day

"... We see the mind as a total manifestation, containing all of the past and future evolutions in the eternal now. The mind is vast in its combinations of time, space and form. It contains every vibration from subtle to gross. Awareness is free to travel in the mind according to our knowledge, our discipline and our ability to detach from the objects of awareness and see ourselves as the experience of awareness itself. This explains many of the so-called mysteries of life."

Gurudeva

What Happened Today at the Monastery?

Naveen and Anita Bawa visited today from South San Francisco area with their daughter Caroline. They really appreciate the special atmosphere at Kauai Aadheenam and were impressed with Bodhinatha's presence.

It was their 21st wedding anniversary today, so Bodhinatha blessed them with a shawl.

Special Carvings for Kauai Aadheenam in Progress

Jiva Rajasankara, our carving coordinator in Bangalore, tells us he will soon be visiting the site that is carving three large works for Iraivan.


One is this massive Hanuman. Above is the plaster model which guides the carvers, and here is the actual stone as seen three months back. That's Kanmani, Jiva's wife, in the sari.

Hanuman is the great devotee, the defender of the faith, the strongest Sivabhaktar.


The stone is 12 feet high. Thatched roofs keep the Indian sun from baking the carvers.


In the same area another team is carving our bull elephant.


This again is a plaster model.


He holds a globe on his head, designed by Gurudeva.


And he is walking up the entry steps to Iraivan, perhaps to offer the world as a gift to Lord Siva.