Today at Kauai Aadheenam

Announcement: The talk given on Sun One this phase, has today been posted. Many of the sishya have been looking forward to this day. Thanks to Hitesvara Saravan, who is doing the transcription of these so promptly, we have finally met this goal and we are now back to where we were years ago where the Satgurus Inspired talk is available to everyone right away without delay, with the complete transcript available also at the same time for those who may not have the band width to listen to the audio.

Here is Bodhinatha, somewhere in the world, giving a presentation on Saiva Siddhanta. As travel season is coming up, Bodhinatha is working hard on a major keynote presentation on "What Is Hinduism?" which both he and Paramacharya Palaniswami will use independently in different countries.

It is Sun Five today and the Ganapati Kulam gave their report. Paramacharya Palaniswami continues to get ready for his five-week journey to India, Mauritius, Hong Kong and China. Part of that work involves working on the above-mentioned presentation which comprises a five-part, highly graphical 2.5-hour instruction to be presented to seminar participants in Mauritius.

Arumugaswami, Sivakatirswami and Sadhaka Satyanatha are hard at work on Hinduism Today articles. Arumugaswami continues to work with the French Institute in Pondicherry to move the digitization of the Ola leaf project ahead, fulfilling Gurudeva's wish to preserve and disseminate the sacred texts of Hinduism. Sadhaka has also helped Yogi Japendranatha with the transition to our new computers.

Yogi Japendranatha has been handling a vast amount of small details that attend the computer upgrade. That has been his full-time job this phase. And our task force helper, Tandavan, also helped him and Arumugaswami as well, preparing photos for the incredible story on Thai Pusam in Malaysia that is coming in the next issue.

On the left is Tandavan (Robert Brown) and Nandi (Scott Falzon) who are returning home after having served so diligently for the past six months. That is the maximum time someone who is not under vows may stay at the monastery.

All the monks join to thank them both for their humble spirit of selfless service, dynamic, quiet push and initiative in putting their shoulder to the wheel of all the many mission projects here. And last but not least, for their exemplary behavior and spiritual presence which has uplifted everyone and been an inner boost to the whole monastic order. Both will go home now and consider their futher pursuit of monastic life.

We wish them well.

Kazuhiro (center) had a dream of "Bali Hai" and a Dancing God prior to coming to Kauai. This morning he attended the Kadavul Temple where the main Deity is Siva Nataraja, the Primal Soul, whose dance of Creation, Preservation, Dissolution continues throughout the entire Universe.

Here he is at the Bali Hai waterfalls on the Temple property with Noriko Sasakawa and Peter Fong (Peter is a lawyer and a judge in Honolulu.)

A wonderful international group of visitors today all enjoying the wonders of the Iraivan Temple and the absolute beauty and spiritual peace of the Kadavul Siva Temple and the Aadheenam gardens.

Starting on the left, Kazuhiro Toyama, a bright light from Okinawa, Japan, Noriko Sasakawa and Peter Fong both from Honolulu, Susan Trevethan from CT and Cindy and Bill Adams from Kauai, and Surinder and Sheila Rajpal from Wisconsin, originally Hydrabad

Kazuhiro enjoying the sacred energy of this spiritual wonderland.

Our three visitors felt very grateful to have experienced this spiritual haven and promised to return again soon.

Posing with Paramacharya Palaniswami are visitors Ashok and Carol Gorwara from Maryland. Ashok is President and CEO of his own Company, PMI Industries, Inc., and Tom and Natalie Mahoney are ardent mariners from Honolulu.

And finally a short slide show of Iraivan to close this phase.