A Message from Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
November 1, 2026
Namaste and welcome to our websites and mobile apps, through which we endeavor to provide information on Hinduism that is accurate, contemporary and applicable to the daily lives of our readers.
Thanks to Digital Dharma Drive donations, the monks have continued creating AI recordings in Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami’s voice of writings he did not personally record. These are especially appreciated by those who enjoy listening to spiritual teachings while commuting or going about their daily activities.
We have established a new presence on Instagram, where excerpts from Path to Siva and Gurudeva’s Spiritual Toolbox appear each week, made possible by newly acquired development and publishing tools.
AI has become a valuable assistant to many of the monks, supporting communications, publications, app development, image creation, troubleshooting, computer learning and research. Donations also help cover the professional services needed to improve and expand our digital offerings. On our “How the Funds Are Used” page, we detail what we have accomplished with your past generosity and what we hope to achieve in the coming year.
Our Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, insisted that all his books, Hinduism Today magazine and our other publications be offered in digital formats without charging for access. In keeping with his directive, all the material on our websites and mobile apps remains freely available.
However, following the model of Wikipedia, we invite donations during the final two months of each year. For the past sixteen years, you have responded generously to our Digital Dharma Drive. After another year of progress in digital publishing, we return with our 2026 appeal.
Digital Dharma Drive funds do not pay staff salaries or administrative overhead, since our websites and apps are created and maintained by monks who serve without compensation at our monastery in Hawaii. This allows us to accomplish major projects at relatively modest cost.
Ten percent of every tax-deductible contribution goes into the permanent Digital Dharma Drive Endowment, which now stands at $423,380 after sixteen years of fundraising. This follows Gurudeva’s vision that endowments will ultimately provide ongoing support for all major aspects of his mission.
Please donate to help the monks continue improving Hinduism’s global English-language resources for the benefit of present and future generations.
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
Guru Mahasannidhanam of Kauai Aadheenam
Publisher of Hinduism Today