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 Gurudeva at Half Moon Cay Island, part of the Bahamas and the last stop before returning home to Florida. Look, it's a movie!
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Our Caribbean Innersearch team is arriving back home. Here is Sadhaka Dandapani who did all the pre-trip coordination and managed much of the activity throughout the program (in white on the left.) If you would be interested in going on next year's innersearch please contact him right away.
Paramacharya Bodhinatha went to Honolulu to meet with Bank of Hawaii's top people regarding Hindu Heritage Endowments. We invited them to come to Kauai to join in a special seminar to educate people on Kauai about the value of endowments for the future of their programs on Kauai.
A view from the top of the bank in Honolulu.
New and photos now from the Innersearch, Mauritius and San Diego.
Starting back in Trinidad, here Gurudeva is interviewed by Trinidad TV and radio stations who aired their programs the same day. Meanwhile not all the media participate with enthusiasm. . .here is an interesting report from our correspondent in Trinidad.
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From: Anil Mahabir Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 16:44:57 -0300
Subject: My views on HT's Visit to Trinidad
Namaste, Sita Ram --Anil Mahabir
REPORT: Dearest Gurudeva, prostrations to Your most holy lotus feet
Today, April 2, 2000, we held another Book One Children's class in the San
Diego Mandir. Our lesson today was based on pg. 54, "Our Traditional
Instruments are the vina, tambura, cymbals, drum and flute."
Report:
Usha Devi and I
ask the family who sing bhajans at the Siva puja on the first Sunday of every month to come as guests to our class and teach us all to sing bhajan properly. We
all
practiced "Ganesha Saranam" gradually adding clapping, harmonium, drums and
cymbals until our hearts were as full as our orchestra.
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It's a pleasure to inform you that Gurudeva, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
will stop in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on his way to conduct a travel/study
Innersearch cruise in the Caribbean. You are invited to attend his
presentation of the newly illustrated 2nd edition of Loving Ganesha,
Hinduism's Endearing Elephant-faced God at Borders Books and Music, on March
25 at 12pm. His other books will also be available at the store. For
directions and details please contact the bookstore's Events Coordinator,
Richelle, at 954-566-6335. View a map of the store location at
www.borders.com. Gurudeva will also stop in Northern California on his
return from the Innersearch program, presenting Loving Ganesha at Barnes and
Noble in San Mateo on April 5 at 7pm. For directions and details please
contact Sharon Anderson, at 650-341-5560. View a map of the store location
at www.barnesandnoble.com. Don't miss these rare events!
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GURUDEVA'S VISIT DISPELLS CARIBBEAN MYTHS
By Anil Mahabir
Trinidad
A middle-aged woman from Iowa, an exuberant member of HINDUISM TODAY'S
"Innersearch 2000" Caribbean journey, took the microphone at the Maha Sabha
afternoon segment of Gurudeva's one day stop over in Trinidad and shouted,
"I have been to Alaska on the last cruise with Gurudeva and now I have come
to Trinidad and I have found Hindus!" She then clenched her right fist and
raised it in the air.
Obviously, she was surprised at the fact that a Caribbean island- a
region normally promoted in the western media as banana and beach
republics,- contained
such a significant and pervading Hindu presence.
. . . .with Indians and Hindus, looking like and doing the same things Hindus in India do.
The visit of Grurdeva and his Innersearch entourage shattered a profound
myth which is often used to stereo-type Hinduism and its adherents in this
land and by extension, to propagate Christianity as the only universal
religion in the country...and that is, the myth that Hinduism is a religion
practiced only by "illiterate," "dark skinned" and "socially backward"
ethnic East Indians, confined to rural, under-developed districts here in
Trinidad and to remote villages in India.
Here we had a Hindu spiritual leader and Guru who was white, an American
with an Ashram and monastery in, of all places, "aloha country" in Hawaii,
a non-Indian Hindu who also encouraged a Temple in the far off tundra in Alaska, a
computer literate Hindu sage whose following includes many non-Indians!
Gurudeva's words have been reassuring. At the Chaguramas
Convention Centre during the morning session of his one day visit, he waxed
philosophically: "Where is the Internet?" he asked. "Is it here? Is it
there? Where is it? Is it not everywhere? The Internet is like Hinduism, it
is here, there and everywhere," he said.
Gurudeva made it clear, Hinduism is alive and it's kicking. Like the Internet
these days, Hinduism is everywhere.
And, you can take this to the bank."
The innersearchers were all impressed with Half Moon Cay Island. Our monks said: "We never saw such beaches, the sand was so fine and pure white and clean."
Sadhaka Dandapani takes a breather. . .he has been working for several months to get this innersearch pulled together and then managed much of the on-board activities, running here there and everywhere taking care of detail after detail. . .now time for a short break.
Half Moon Cay Island view from the boat.
The ship was exquisitely appointed.
One of the innersearchers, Kanda Alahan, is a master craftsman who has for many years made wooden "Tiruvadi" i.e. sandals that represent the feet of the Guru. Here he takes this opportunity to make plaster molds of Gurudeva's Feet.
Now Kanda will be able to carve the sandals "exactly to specifications."
Mrs. Sundar--Thilaka
The senior hostess on the ship and social director, Appalonia, who is a serious study of Yoga. She was very appreciative of Gurudeva's presence and made special efforts to see that everything went well for all the innersearchers. Gurudeva gives her a shawl.
At the last evening dinner the Balinese crew members sing a farewell song in their native Indonesian language.
Gurudeva blesses the Balinese crew with vibhuti, gives them a copy of "Loving Ganesha." right in the middle of the dining hall on the last evening aboard.
Innersearchers all come forward to thank Gurudeva.
Testimonials and appreciations for a wonderful experience.
More sharing by all. There were a lot of tears and heartfelt realizations that these few days together had changed their lives forever.
Devani Alderson
Swarup Bhatnagar receives vibhuti from Gurudeva.
Nagavathy Samugam receives a shawl, which was given to all the ladies. The men received japa malas and Aum bracelets.
Photos From Our Branch Monastery On the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius
Sunrise over the Spiritual Park
Turning around and facing west from the monastery,
we have a view of the river at sunrise.
One of our cats, Ardra, takes an interest in how
her breakfast is being prepared.
Dr. Noajee of Beau-Bassin visited the Spiritual
Park recently.
And so did this very fine couple. The TV coverage
in recent weeks has made many people aware of the
Spiritual Park's existence.
The Varlet and Attungue families of Quatre-Bornes
visited and showed a lot of interest in Hindu
philosophy and meditation.
This fine family, the Ponnusawmys from Port-Louis
came to visit twice recently.
This Sathya Sai Baba satsang group came to sing
for Ganesha.
Photos From Public Saivite Hindu Religion Classes
Being Held in San Deigo by
Gurudeva's Shisya: Damara Shanmugam and Usha Devi Katir
Singing bhajan at the Siva puja before the children's class starts.
The young woman playing the drum is Kumuda (a.k.a. Sharon Janis) who just
finished writting, "Spirituality for Dummies". She was a close student of
Muktananda's and sings, chants and plays Indian instruments beautifully.
Auntie Damara Shanmugan's 2 grand daughters, ages 4 and 6 in front of the Muruga shrine.
CAPTION: Auntie Damara and a small group of students. The time changed today and most folks were late arriving, so we took pictures while waiting
for everyone else to arrive.
Caption: Auntie Usha Devi Katir, beloved co-teacher of our little group.
What a lovely sound!
This wonderful family has agreed to continue helping us on the first Sunday of
each
month for the next several months. We have a vina player lined up for the
first Sunday in May.
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