| Da Love-Ananda Mahal is located on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Nestled
below the sacred Hawaiian mountain, Waialeale (pronounced "wy-ah-lay-AH-lay")
— which is also the wettest place in the world — it was purchased in 1979 as a
retreat Sanctuary for Adi Da Samraj, enabling Him to write and instruct in a quieter
and more secluded setting. Da Love-Ananda Mahal was the principal site of Avatar
Adi Da's Teaching Work in the early 1980's, and a principal Ruchira Sannyasin
Sanctuary where Adi Da has considered esoteric spiritual practice and spiritual
initiation with devotees.
Mt. Waialeale (click to enlarge) |
The Dome of Temple Adi Da with Mt. Waialeale in the background (click
to enlarge) |
Aerial view of Da Love-Ananda Mahal (click to enlarge) |
This page contains the following sections:  History
of Names for Da Love-Ananda Mahal:
- Da Love-Ananda Mahal (? - present)
- Love-Ananda
Mahal (March 20, 1997 - ?) — The word "Mahal" coincides with the construction
of Temple Adi Da in the traditional Mogul style of architecture (that includes
the Taj Mahal).
- Quandramama Shikhara (April 13, 1996 - March 20,
1997) — A name that indicates the mastering of the Goddess Force. Like "Akua
Mauna", the name includes a reference to Mt. Waialeale: "Shikhara"
means "mountain peak" in Sanskrit.
- Tumomama (? - April
13, 1996) — The word is from the Tibetan tradition, meaning "the place, or seat,
of the Fierce Mother Goddess".
- Akua Mauna (1979 - ?) — In Hawaiian,
"akua" means "god" or "spirit" and "mauna"
means "mountain". The longer more formal name was Akua mauna ma lalo
pono o Waialeale, i ke ala akua, meaning, "the holy place at the very foot
of Mt. Waialeale, in the holy spirit".
Partial
list of special periods of Adi Da's Work that occurred here:
- The
Overnight Revelation of Conscious Light (1998) — In early 1998, Avatar Adi
Da spent a concentrated period of two months giving hundreds of hours of Instruction
to a small group of devotees at Da Love-Ananda Mahal, His Ruchira Sannyasin Sanctuary
in Hawaii. Central to the "consideration" of the Overnight Revelation of Conscious
Light is Avatar Adi Da's Communication of the Indivisibility of Consciousness
(or Being) and Light (or Energy).
Partial
list of Holy Sites and other locations:
- Front Gate
 the Front Gate of
the Sanctuary (click to enlarge) |
 the Front Gate of the
Sanctuary |
 Entrance Sign
(click to enlarge) |
- Free
Standing Man — Bhagavan Adi Da’s residence at Da Love-Ananda Mahal. There
are two meditation halls. See also this
video clip.
A lotus in bloom in front of Free Standing Man (click
to enlarge) |
Adi Da giving Darshan in Free Standing Man (click to
enlarge) |
Temple
Adi Da — Previously known as "the Dome Temple" because of the dome above it,
crafted in the Mogul style of architecture (as was the Taj Mahal). Connected to
Free Standing Man, which is behind it.
 Temple Adi Da
(click to enlarge) |
Temple Adi Da at night (click to enlarge) |
inside Temple Adi Da(click
to enlarge) |
Temple Adi Da - side view (click to enlarge) |
Another view of Temple Adi Da's Dome (click to enlarge) |
Temple Adi Da with a rainbow above it (click to enlarge) |
Curious visitors
[Photo courtesy of Naamleela Free Jones]
(click to enlarge) |
Temple Adi Da with a rainbow above it (click to enlarge) |
Temple Adi Da's Dome at night (click to enlarge) |
(click to enlarge) | - Sukra
Kendra — Out of all the holy places and temples He has established at each
of His Hermitage Sanctuaries, the Sukra Kendra is the most sacred of all the temples,
set apart for Adi Da's (often daily) use in His Work of World-Blessing, during
His human lifetime. As Adi Da described it, "I Am eternally seated in each and
every one of My directly-by-Me Transcendentally-Spiritually-Empowered Sapta-Na
Sannyasin Hermitages and Ruchira Sannyasin Sanctuaries — and most potently in
each and every one of the Sukra Kendras I have established in those Hermitages
and Sanctuaries."
-
Grace
Straightens — The sacred banyan tree that Adi
Da originally named "Grace Leans", and then later,
"Grace Straightens". This tree marks the highest
point on the Sanctuary. The tree was planted in
1981, and Adi Da Himself Empowered it by placing
holy ash and flowers beneath its roots.
Grace Straightens (click to enlarge) |
Adi Da reclining in front of
the tree, Grace Straightens
(click to enlarge) |
Sanctuary grounds near Grace Straightens |
Adi Da walking on the Sanctuary grounds, 1982 (click
to enlarge) | - Firekeeper
— Fire pujas occur here. "This Sacrifice is to be performed constantly, as
if sitting eternally before the Fire" (Adi Da).
the Firekeeper holy site (click to enlarge) |
the Firekeeper holy site (click to enlarge) |
the Firekeeper holy site (click to enlarge) |
- the Guardian Site
the Guardian Site (click to enlarge) |
- Wailua River
the Sacred Wailua River during the biggest rains ever recorded (11/14/09) (click
to enlarge) |
- Garden
the Sanctuary Garden (click to enlarge) |
the Sanctuary Garden (click to enlarge) |
the Sanctuary Garden (click to enlarge) |
Partial
list of books compiled from Adi Da's Instruction to devotees while He was living
here:
More videos
related to Da Love-Ananda Mahal:
Websites
associated with Da Love-Ananda Mahal: Stories
and historical events associated with Da Love-Ananda Mahal:
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Hurricane
Iwa — Adi Da's Divine Play with the spirit-forces in Hawaii, particularly
the "Goddess"-Power, which manifested in the form of Hurricane Iwa in 1982. Also
documented in The
Dreaded Gom-Boo. |
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| The
Fierce Woman — Frans Bakker, M.D., tells the story of Avatar Adi Da’s Instruction
to him and the lessons he learned from a visitation by the Goddess Kali, at Da
Love-Ananda Mahal, a few weeks after Hurricane Iwa passed through. | |
Lay Renunciate
Order — Adi Da’s original Establishment (at Muliwai, on the Island of Oahu) of
the Lay Renunciate Order of devotees. (See The
Promised God-Man Is Here.) Much of Adi Da's work with devotees at Da Love-Ananda
Mahal would continue this focus on renunciation. | |
The creation of Quandra Loka,
Bhagavan Adi Da’s extraordinary, five-part suite of underwater Image-Art, photographed
during His last stay at Da Love-Ananda Mahal (2002-2003). See The
Quandra Loka Suite: 52 Views. |
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It
Is All the Same Distraction: Ghosts, Goddesses, and Gratitude — "I became
aware of a figure approaching the site. It was a blue woman who was obviously
endowed with great power. I felt this woman was Kali, and I became afraid. She
then began to show me her power: the sun changed position in the sky and changes
were happening everywhere in nature. She was rearranging the universe. This is
actually what I saw. I felt how I could be snuffed out by the power of nature,
her power, at any moment." | |
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| "Try the
Suppository" — Much of the Work Adi Da does with His devotees involves their
emotional character alone (without involving their sexuality). Da-vid Forysthe's
story is a beautiful illustration of how Adi Da works with some common male character
liabilities that negatively impact Spiritual growth. | |
Under
Clear Blue Skies — While residing at Da Love-Ananda Mahal, Adi Da talks with devotees about the
esoteric significance of the Sanctuary, and how His Divine Presence and is associated
with the element of water, and the weather responds accordingly. |
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Adi Da in front of Free Standing Man (click to enlarge) |
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Sundaram
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