Vasuki Sivagnanavel brought her parents for a first visit from London. They are from Jaffna, Sri Lanka originally. Another couple joined our walk through the grounds.

This time its Acharya Arumuganathaswami and Sadhaka Jayanatha heading to California. Acharya will be spreading awareness on the effort to update the chapter on Hinduism in school textbooks. More to report on in the days ahead, stay tuned...

Our weekly Sun 1 homa blessed the monastery and everyone attending this morning. Satguru bagan his talk on Lord Muruga. Muruga holds a special place for our Nandinatha Sampradaya, as he is the "beginning lord of the Yoga Pada", a path the monks strive to empower every minute of every day. He also spoke of the sub-conscious mind and how to keep it straight and clear for proper meditation.

Satguru elucidates on negative attachments from the past: "Events of the past, that aren't fully resolved, will come around in the present, well have another chance and it wont be the same person necessarily, but it will be the same situation..."If your so focused on the past you wont see the present, we have to let go of the feeling "oh we did this in the past its terrible" and let it go and say "well, if that situation comes around again I'm going to handle it this way". We just let go of the past and have a plan for handling it if it comes to us in the future, that's the idea."