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Finding 1 of 30 spices when cooking can be confounding. Today that moment of "Where is the cumin?" was fixed #
The new labels are great. You can see the fennel seeds from across the room. Ahh… #- Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami arrive in Chicago in great spirits. #
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Bodhinatha On His Way Home
Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami spent at day at Niagra Falls with Satish family and will be coming home tomorrow.
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END OF PHASE
Today is the last day of our phase.
This edition of TAKA will remain posted
over our coming two-day retreat,
until Dasami Tithi, Sun One, Tuesday, August 23rd.
Utharam Nandi Mandapam Beams for Iraivan
This is a ornamentation design on the bottom face of the utharam or the beam stone.
Stapathy Manikandan marking the design.
He is Manikandan, our supervisor who has been with us since inception of the Bangalore carving site.
Silpi Chelakannu continuing work after detail marking of this design.
Shtapati Selvanathan working on the ornamentation design on the top most part of the beam stone.
This is where it goes.
An another photo of the details of the drawing, an annapahu-bird, called in Tamil. This design is planned at as band of birds on the entire stretch of the beam top.
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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