Guruthondu Day
Every few months the monks take part in Guruthondu Day, a rare time when nearly all of them are able to band together and work on one or two large projects. This time the focus was on the rapidly advancing solar project and on the tree planting at Himalayan Acres. The Solar panel racks have been fabricated and secured and the next step was installing the micro-inverters which control each individual solar panel. This system allows each panel to utilize the maximum sun exposure and transfer that power to Monastery. After the micro-inverters were installed, grounding wires are needed for each individual panel. The panel can then be secured to the Solar panel racks. One interesting aspect of solar panels is that from the moment the panel is exposed to the sun it generates electricity. Safety is very important as you can imagine. Recently the SK carefully transported the panels and hand carried each panel up three scaffolding frames to the second story of the Mini Mela and completed the roof installation. Now the main array is the gets full attention. With the day's help of so many monks, the panel grounding wires were mostly installed, and the SK estimated one or two weeks of work was done on this single day. Another group of monks spent the morning planting trees, joining the solar project in the afternoon, while another small group helped with the Media Studio renovation project. It was a productive and enjoyable day for everyone. Jai Bodhinatha!
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May 29th, 2013 at 9:25 pm
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May 30th, 2013 at 2:25 am
always very inspiring and JOYful to see what the monks are up to!
ever-changing, ever-renewing, with such great verve and exuberance.
It truly inspires me continually in my life, just to see it all going on….such a positive force of mutual undertaking to improve…i have the good fortune of living nearby! .aum shanti i i i i i i, Leonora
May 30th, 2013 at 5:49 am
Good job!
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May 30th, 2013 at 3:13 pm
Jai Ganesa!!,Wonderful to be able to accomplish so much and with all the Swamis together,what a blessing. Sincere thanks for all your efforts to maintain and preserve the entire property. Jai Satguru Bodhinatha!!
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May 31st, 2013 at 9:58 am
Looks like a wonderful day full of Aloha!
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