Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-05-13
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Kauai has been blessed with LOTS of rain of late. Yesterday the ponds were overflowing their banks. #http://twitpic.com/4x6a0a
For the first time since we built this waterfall seven months back, it was showing its glory. #
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Pilgrims from Santa Clara, California
Shankar and Aparna Natarajan with little daughter Sahana made their first visit to Kauai from Santa Clara, California. It is Aparna’s birthday today, so they felt extra blessed. They had a wonderful discussion with Bodhinatha about spiritualizing daily life and raising their daughter in the USA to be a good Hindu.
Some of Ekadanta Kulam Activities This Week
The Ekadanta Kulam of one, Saravananathaswami sent us this report of his weekly activities.
* preparing older projector to move permanently to Malaysia
* processing incoming Master Course Self-Evaluation Study worksheets and discussing progress with students
* new paper mail processing
* sent Bodhinatha’s blessing letter to Honolulu Hindu community on the occassion of a new Ganesha murti arriving with the goal of building a Hindu temple.
* coordinating some needs of our new resident pre-monastic
* updating lifetime brahmachari declaration document
* fixed some more issues with Gotra listing in our database
* added a formal sishya’s wife to our new private website
* coordinated cancellation of Bodhinatha’s June Pittsburgh trip because Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji had to postpone his USA visit.
* coordinations about Satguru Purnima dikshas in India and July Singapore visit.
* counsel with a local former sishya who is being reinstated to membership
* helping sishyas figure out how to set up recurring monthly PayPal transaction for tithing submission.
* adding news and tweaks to new private Saiva Siddhanta Church website .
* communications with people about pilgrimage and entering that info in visitor calendar.
Tour Day Visitors Brave the Rain
After sufficient warning, only a few brave souls were willing to walk through a gigantic thunder and lightening storm with torrential rain to see Iraivan this week!
From Our Gurus' Teachings
- Gurudeva's Master Course Lesson of the Day
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Bodhinatha's Latest Upadesha: "Detachment from Experiences; Importance of Daily Vigil" (May 5, 2013)
All experiences are good experiences, necessary to get us here. Awareness of aspects of ourselves that are constantly changing is a liberating perception, breaking our chains to mundane areas, detaching from instinctive and intellectual to go into superconscious. The greatest challenge facing youth today is the lack of relating to the devotional side of Hinduism. Daily practice, daily vigil, moves us forward spiritually. Commentary on Merging with Siva, The Master Course, Lesson 21.
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