"When a person depends upon memory or reason for meaningful answers, the mind will break down in doubt. Only when the higher elucidation of the intuition is sought is doubt dispelled."

Gurudeva

Gurudeva Darshan of the Day

We are back now after a three-day retreat at the Aadheenam. We had a very powerful Thai Pusam Muruga puja and several quiet dynamic fullmoon days... now we are back in the saddle!

News from Bodhinatha

The Innersearch has made it all the way from Malaysia to Chennai and then to Tiruvannamalai. Communications links will be few and far between. Meanwhile we offer here Bodhinatha's brief reports and will continue with slideshows from earlier days in the program.

Bodhinatha writes:

" Mon Jan 21st Today was our seventh day, of Innersearch activities. Our morning and afternoon satsangas presented the preparation for meditation and the May Mamsani on Simshumbisi Kaif. Palaniswami also gave a one hour class, plus the Thai Pusam Video was shown to prepare the group for the festival they will be attending soon.

"Tue Jan 22nd, Today was our eighth day, Tue Jan 22nd, of Innersearch activities. We flew from Langkawi, Malaysia to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, had lunch sponsored and attended by Dato Vijay Iswaran at Annalakshmi restaurant, checked in to our hotel in downtown KL and went to bed early as we leave the hotel at 3 AM tomorrow morning for Thai Pusam celebrations at Batu Cave.

"Wed Jan 23rd Today was our ninth day, , of innersearch activities. We left the hotel at 3 AM for Batu Caves. From 4-6AM pujas and preparations for carrying milk kavadi by some of the innersearchers took place at Divine Life Society. At 6 AM we began the climb with a large group of Divine Life Society Devotees and their staff and a DLS swami. Milk from each individual was poured over the Vel shrine at the top of the hill in the cave, then up more stairs to the Murugan Valli Devayanai shrine for arati, down the stairs for worship at shrines at the bottom for Ganesha, Devi and Siva. Back to the Divine Life Society for breakfast. Swami Guhabhaktananda said they feed 20,000 devotees over the two day period.

"In the evening we had a sponsored dinner for the entire group at Lotus Restaurant

"Today was our tenth day, Thu Jan 24th, of Innersearch activities. We flew from KL to Chennai and then bussed to Tiruvannamalai, Siva's sacred hill city, ended the day with a dinner looking up at the hill."

Om Bodhinatha




Today's Latest Innersearch Slide Show Link

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First Day in Langkawi, Malaysia

Today's Pilgrims and Visitors

Another wonderful morning on the Island of Kauai. More and more Hindus from around the world are discovering our beautiful island Hindu temple.

Today Girish and Sushil Patel arrived from Georgia with Sushil's sister Tara and Arvind Patel who live on Oahu. Arvind is a longtime subscriber to Hinduism Today. He also reads Gurudeva's trilogy and is an Iraivan Temple donar. Sanjeev Kumar and Surbala Kumari are from Sunnyvale, CA with another young couple also from Calif. on their first visit to the Aadheenam.

A group photo of the Patel families in the entrance of the Iraivan Temple.

This young couple is originally from Chennai and both feel very blessed to be here.

Almitra Zion and her two sons, Jade and Sequoia, arrived today. She was instrumental in helping find the large 700 lb Spatika Lingam in Arkansas in 1987. This beautiful crystal, now resting in the Kadavul Siva Temple, will be ceremoniously installed in the Iraivan Temple during the Maha Kumbhabishekam.

Tara and Arvind find that tree-hugging is most appropriate when hugging rudraksha trees.

Sanjeev and Surbala happily harvest rudraksha seeds covering the ground under the rudraksha trees lining the western perimeter of the Iraivan Temple complex.