Jai Satguru Bodhinatha Veyalanswami!

Today is Satguru's 73rd Jayanti celebration. As satguru likes to keep things simple, the monks will be having a special Jayanti dinner for Satguru tonight.

From the Kularnava Tantra:
And Lord Siva said: How can My subtle perfection, which is one, omnipresent, attributeless, indifferent, undecaying, unattached like space, unbeginning and unending, be an object of worship for the dualistic mind? Hence it is that I as the Supreme Guru have entered into the bodies of human Satgurus.
Even My gross aspect, being full of light and energy, is imperceptible to human eyes. For this reason I have assumed the form of the Satguru in the world, and thus protect the race of sishyas.
As Mahesvara, in human body I secretly wander on the Earth in order to favor sishyas. As Sadasiva, I assume the modest and merciful form for the protection of sadhakas. Though remaining above samsara, yet I appear and act in this world as though I were a man of samsara.
When the fruits of sin predominate, Satguru is seen as a person. And when the fruits of virtuous acts prevail, Satguru is seen as Siva. Like blind men deprived forever of seeing the sun, unfortunate jivas are unable to see the real Satguru, the embodiment of Mahesvara, though He is present before their eyes. It is undoubtedly true that Satguru is Deva Sadasiva Himself, for who is it that grants Liberation to seekers if Satguru be not Siva Himself?
O Beloved, there is not the least difference between Deva Sadasiva and Sriguru. Whoever makes a distinction between them commits a sin. For by assuming the form of a preceptor, the Gurudeva severs the multitude of bonds which bind jivas to the state of pasu and enables them to attain the Self, Parasivam.
Om Namasivaya,
Sivaya Namaha

Today, Shanmuganathaswami and Siddhanathaswami are in California to attend a 4D workshop and to visit with devotees. 4D is the platform that the Pillayar Kulam uses to manage their servers and much more. Shanmuganathaswami writes us from the road:

Jai Bodhinatha Jayanthi!

After an eventful red eye flight (I think our plane may have been hit by lightning!), we beat rush hour and made it to our hotel by 6am. For lunch, three 4D staff members took us to a Thai restaurant down the street from their office. Check out the name of the restaurant they choose!

Then we went back to their office for an intensive workshop on 4D's web software called Wakanda. It was fantastic! Exactly what we needed. Xiang (pronounced "Shawn") was a great teacher. In the evening we met with Sudheer and his friend about app development for the panchangam.

The other photo is from our hotel parking lot. The moon was just a sliver as the sun set.

Aum!