There are a few unusual men who have had enough of worldliness and choose to dance, live and merge with Siva as Hindu monks.

hese rare souls follow the path of the traditional Hindu monastic, vowed to poverty, humility, obedience, purity and confidence. They pursue the disciplines of charya, kriya, yoga and jnana that lead to Self Realization. Knowing God is their only goal in life, the power that drives them tirelessly on. They live with other mathavasis like themselves in monasteries, apart from worldliness, to worship, meditate, serve and realize the truths of the Vedas and Saiva Agamas. Guided by Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, successor to Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, and headquartered at Kauai Aadheenam in Hawaii, USA, on the beautiful Garden Island of Kauai, the Saiva Siddhanta Yoga Order is among the world's foremost traditional Saivite Hindu monastic orders, accepting candidates from every nation on Earth. It is an advaitic Saiva Siddhanta order, a living stream of the ancient Nandinatha Sampradaya, originally deriving from India, and in recent centuries based in Sri Lanka. Young men considering the renunciate path who strongly believe they have found their spiritual calling in this lineage are encouraged to write to Bodhinatha, sharing their personal history, spiritual aspirations, thoughts and experiences. Holy orders of sannyasa may be conferred on those who qualify after ten to twelve years of training.

Write to:

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami,
Guru Mahasannidhanam Kauai Aadheenam,
107 Kaholalele Road,
Kapaa, Hawaii 96746-9304
USA
E-mail: Bodhi@hindu.org;
World Wide Web: www.Gurudeva.org