 Satguru Siva Yogaswami Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
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 Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Kauai's Hindu Monastery, USA |
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November 25, 2001
November 25: Uttaraprostapada until 9:26PM HST November 26: Revati until 11:48PM HST Hindu Year 5103: Vrisha, the "Year of Fulfillment" |
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Gurudeva's Statement -- Attack on America  All is quiet at the Aadheenam, but as usual a dynamic power flows within as all the monks are busy with their mission work and sadhana. Since Gurudeva's Maha Samadhi we have had brilliant sunshine and clear days as we go through our "Hawaii fall," period when the temperature drops to 70 degrees outside, and all the heat and humidity dissipate and leave us feeling like we are indeed living in paradise.
Cybertalk: A New Shrine to Gurudeva has been created so that monks and pilgrims may come and prostrate. Poipu Rotary Club had a meeting to honor Gurudeva. The Mayor gave a speech and there was a brief video of Gurudeva. Announcement: The software that gives you the ability to run Quicktime in a browser on a Windows machine with Internet Explorer is undergoing some changes. We are in the process of addressing these issues. Changes in the coding may effect other users as well. Feedback is important. If you are experiencing any problems listening to the audio, please send a message to studyHall@hindu.org with the details of your problem, your operating system, the browser you are using and what version it is. Thank you. Bodhinatha will be happy to hold "Prasnottara Satsang" -- "Questions and Answers" over the telephone with any Hindu religious societies, Hindu youth groups, Radio talk show hosts etc. All you need is a phone with a speaker and an enthusiastic audience. Arrangements may be made in advance by sending email to Sadhaka Mahadevan
 Last week some of the last pilgrims to visit us finally took their leave to go home. Here, from California, is Hotranatha Ajaya with his wife Punita (left in the back in white) daughter, Devika (in red) and Yatrika (in front). This was their first visit to Kauai. The family have been students of Saivism for many, many years and been studying with Gurudeva for nearly as long. Though they had little direct contact with Gurudeva in early years, they were fortunate and wise enough to take the opportunity to go on innersearch with him to Europe...  Christian Langers from Denmark sent these photos from that past innersearch and here we see Hotranatha participating in the Ganesha Visarjana of the "Northern Seas."  Here is Gurudeva with Paramacharya Ceyonswami and Paramacharya Palaniswami at the temple in Denmark.  One of Gurudeva's long time commitments has been to nurture and inspire the Sri Lankan immigrant communities in various countries around the world. Despite the tragedy of the war, the diaspora of the Sri Lankan Tamils has had the amazing and positive result of seeding the world with new Saivite Hindu communities in countries far and wide.
 Work at the Iraivan temple site continues, steadily, powerfully, day after day. Here is a fantastic piece that is part of the sanctum.  It is unusual to watch the progress, because, with each course we rise higher and higher, but the retaining wall causes it all to "disappear." If all goes well and the grace of generosity on the part of many donors flows strong, the inner sanctum is scheduled to be completed in early 2003. Then we will take down the retaining wall and will have, a small temple standing. So, it is not so far away...  The door to the main sanctum.... please give generously, email iraivan@hindu.org and request to sponsor a stone today!
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