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Haran's Namakarana Samskara

Haran Kandadas, who was recently at the monastery helping with the media stuio construction, has just had his official Namakarana Samskara. His name changing ceremony, and his formal entrance into Hinduism.

Gurudeva speaks of the Namakarana:

"Anyone can declare himself a member of the Hindu religion, but for one to be accepted into the community, he must immerse himself in its traditions and lifestyle. This is the first step. Next he must practice Hinduism openly and thus prove his declaration in his own life and in the minds of others. A person seeking entrance to Hinduism must convince not only himself but his close friends and family that, in fact, he is a Hindu. Otherwise, it is just a secret "play pretend." Finally, he must change his name and use his Hindu name, first and last, in all circumstances and have it made legal so that it appears on his passport, driver's license and business letters. This is a clear sign to one and all that he has fully embraced the Hindu faith.

When a soul who has experienced the Hindu religion for many years in a small village in India or Sri Lanka suddenly finds himself incarnated, through desire, in the Western world in a family of no religion or in a Christian or a Jewish family that expects him to follow what is an alien faith to him, that soul intuitively seeks out and searches for the religion that is right for him. When he finds Hinduism, God and the Gods become dear to him, Lord Ganesha is a familiar friend. All layers of his mind are content, and wholeheartedly he declares himself a Hindu and later enters into the Hindu religion."

Recent Happenings

Adi Srikantha is back for 3 months of task force. He's here to help the Ganapati Kulam in its continuing renovation work.

Orchids are blooming today, and the rain has brought forth hundreds of mushrooms.

Thanks to some major earthwork being done at the Kauai Airport, the monastery is receiving dozens of huge boulders. It's a gift since the workers knew we were looking for landscape rocks. All we have to do is pay for the delivery. What is a giant rock worth on our island? Years ago we went shopping for them and since there were precious few the prices were in the $1-5,000 range.

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