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New Upadesha Posted Today

For Satguru Speaks fans, see the right side bar for another recent Sun One talk by Bodhinatha.

The Preserver of All that Is

Our master artist in Amsterdam has completed the third in our Sadasiva series and sent this scan to the monastery today. Here we have Siva in His aspect of Vamadeva. His element is water. His symbol is the lotus. His syllable from the great NAMASIVAYA mantram is MA. His power is preservation (represented here by the green flowing energies to the left and right of the pink lotus flower).

Chamundi Sabanathan Moves To Kauai

On the 12th, the ladies of the Saiva Siddhanta Church Golden Gate Mission held an appreciation luncheon for Tirumati Chamundi Sabanathan, who is fulfilling a long-term goal of moving to the Wailua Mission on Kauai this week. Tirumati Chamundi is a long-standing Church member, a quiet powerhouse, always ready to join a karma yoga project. Each one told how much her example has enriched their lives.

San Marga Display Progress

Kulapati Deva Rajan is working on a project to create a display of the history of the Swaymbhu Lingam on San Marga with Acharya Kumarswami, who sharpens his own saws.

Turning Wooden Bowls at the Monastery

Some more images from the lathe corner:

Here we have a couple of bowls in the background that have dried for a few months and are ready to put back on the lathe for final turning. I, the foreground we see a “jamchuck.” This is used as a base to attach the bowl after the outside has been tools and sanded to its final form.

Here, we see the jam chuck with the bowl snuggly fitted on to it. Prior to this, the jam-chuck, made of pine in this case, was turned to the exact diameter of the inside of the bowl rim. Then the assembly was mounted on the lathe and the bottom was brought into final form, as seen in this picture.

This is the inside of the bowl

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