Blog Archives
November 17, 2002 
Gurudeva holds the Uthant Peace Award in front of the United Nations.
Various missions around the world held Mahasamadhi observances concurrently with the programs running here at Kauai Aadheenam. See below ,the Singapore program
Our Beloved and Revered Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Attained Maha Samadhi on November 12th, 2001
Click to read for Details.
Mystic Mouse Coloring Book Now available
Today's sample page. ----- Click here to get your copy today!
Today, Bodhinatha and Palaniswami went to the island Vision group meeting, carrying forward Gurudeva's participation in working to create a better future for Kauai.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
End Of Phase Notice:
This edition will stay in place throughour 3 day full-moon retreat. We will see you again on the evening of Thursday, November 21st.
|
Title: The Future of Our Monastery |
Cybertalk: The Aloha brunch talk, ending the Mahasamadhi observances, was about the future, giving a general outline of future activities, projects and festivals at the Aadheenam, Bodhinatha's travel plans next year to Malaysia in January, Mauritius for Ganesha Chaturthi again, possibly Sri Lanka for a Hindu conference and the India Innersearch beginning in December 2003.
Cybertalk Ends"
For more information about listening to Gurudeva's talks online and to hear them in other formats, click here.
And click here for an Index to All Past CyberTalks.
Study Gurudeva's teachings
every day. Visit the Master Course site!
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 Yogi Mahadevan
If you are experiencing any problems listening to the audio, please to go our Audio FAQ page for sound geeks and follow the directions there.
 |
 |
 |
 |
Live Web Cam Pix! |
 |
||||
Shailesh is helping in the Ganapati Kulam. For a week or so he is helping each of the members with their tasks so that he can get to know each of the monks and their work area. Here he has been helping Sannyasin Arumugaswami prepare Hinduism Today Press ID cards which are issued annually. Aside from the monks we have two people whose service to Hinduism Today warrants their receiving a card.
The cards are issued for a limited period, in this case 2002-2004. We have twenty people who warrant a card. Keshav Mallia Chennai, INDIA; Mohana Vilashiny Selangor, D. E. MALAYSIA Uttar Pradesh INDIA; Thomas Kelly Kathmandu NEPAL; Mangala Prasad Mohanty Orissa INDIA; Lavina Melwani NY USA; Rajiv Malik New Delhi INDIA; Hari Bansh Jha Kathmandu NEPAL; Archana Dongre CA USA; Anil Mahabir Cunupia TRINIDAD; Prabha Bhardwaj Haryana INDIA; Choodamani Sivaram Karnataka INDIA; Anandhi Ramachandran Chennai INDIA; Amit Kumar New Delhi, UP INDIA; V. S. Gopalakrishnan Kerala INDIA; Liladhar Bharadia Nairobi KENYA; V. G. Julie Rajan PA USA; Basudeb Dhar Dhaka BANGLADESH; Ishani Chowdhury NY USA
Kulapati and Kulamata Deva and Amala Seyon brought their new truck to the Aadheenam for a vehicle blessing.
It is a small pick up.
Deva calls the new little truck his "White Bull Nandi." Soi often, especially in his seva to help with various Aadheenam project, he needs to be able to haul things... this he says will be just perfect.
Natyam Tyaganatha applies vibhuti in three stripes at various places to decorate the vehicle.
Deva follows with chandanam.
Amala puts on kumkum
Sadhaka Tyaganatha placed a small Ganesha on the hood with the car keys.
The keys are an important element, the connection between the driver and the car's action.
White Nandi looks very happy to be getting blessed like this. It interesting that we just had a baby bull born yesterday. Deva didn't know that.
This young Hindu family dropped by for puja... they disappeared before we could find out who they were.
Three wonderful Hindu couples came to visit today. First we had these two young couples shown in this photo--Madhuri and her newlywed husband from Houston Texas, and Ashish and Shweta Parikh from Florida, married for two years now. Then we were joined by Ramesh Chokshi and his wife from southern California.
All took a walk out to Iraivan Temple together and besides marveling at the stone jointing, had fun strolling down memory lane by sampling betel leaves and seeing jasmine flowers carpeting the path which Ramesh's wife mentioned she had not seen in 25 years.
Afterwards, two couples took a tour through our computer workstations to see a bit of how Hinduism Today and this daily website are assembled.
iraivan temple looks wonderful from a distance. The silpis are working on course fourteen right now and there are intense planning session in the works as the time will be coming soon when we will begin with extensions from the main sanctum outward for the root.
A quick follow-up on the Pilliyar Kulam guest rooms turned into offices renovation project.
the team of Sannyasin Shanmuganathaswam and Sadhaka Jivanandanatha have almost completes installing the drywall on the ceiling. Normally they are working on computers, but most of our monks are multi-talented and multi-skilled. Next will coming taping, spackling the cracks, sanding and painting.
Today was tour day and brought an interesting group of curiosity seekers as usual.
Yogi Mahadevan is their host. After the temple there is the stop at the Pali Lookout from where we can see the temple in the distance and the river below.
A trip down to the river.
The Wailua Ganga is always uplifting for guests.
At the orchid mandapam, Gurudeva had the monks install the twelve beliefs of Saivism on banners that hang from the rafters. Its a great education for guests.
Singapore Mission
Deepavali
Mahasamadhi Observances
On 4 November 2002, the Singapore Mission observed the first anniversary of Gurudeva's Mahasamadhi at the Sri Sivan temple in Geylang East with a special puja and a religious feeding of devotees.
The day started at 6.00 am with a special abhishekam for Lord Siva. The Sivalingam was bathed in milk, honey, ghee, sandalwood paste, vibuthi and many other holy substances. In the picture on the left, the priest is handing the sacred offerings to Kulapathi Dohadeva.
The shaktis of the Singapore Mission and other well wishers are taking a short break at the temple mandapam before the start of the religious feeding. The members and students can be identified by a badge they are wearing. It is a special badge with the picture of Gurudeva and it was made specially for this occasion.
After the puja, special breakfast was served by the mission members to more than 500 people who came to the temple that morning to worship Siva. Pongal, kesari, vadai and coffee was served tirelessly by the members.
Many people streamed to the temple that morning as it was Deepavali day. It was a great punyam to be able to feed all of them.
Mrs Umamaheswaran is handing out the paper "banana leaves" to the devotees who had queued up to receive the food.
The women have taken over now. They are a dynamic group and a real powerhouse behind the many activities of the Singapore Mission.
The food is in big pots as it can be seen from the picture.
On the table is a small display board that announced to everyone that the breakfast was being served to commemorate the first annual observance of Gurudeva's Mahasamadhi. Many people stopped to enquire more about Gurudeva. It was a great way of promoting Gurudeva's teachings.
As we served every devotee we saw Gurudeva in them. We felt blessed to be able to share with others and Gurudeva has been the inspiration behind everything. This Deepavali is probably the best for most of us. It is indeed a gift from our Gurunathan. Jai Gurudeva !
|
MORE UPLIFTING THINGS |
Innersearch 2003-4 in India!
We just completed the July 17-23 Kauai Innersearch, 2002. Bodhinatha will lead the next Innersearch to India, between Dec 2003 and Jan 2004. We will visit Bangalore and the Iraivan Carving Village, and settle in the South in Tamil Nadu, Click on the above for details on what will be an inspiring journey to our holy land of Bharat! |
|
|
Check our children and youth section for new items for the young and young at heart! | |
|
1. SIGN OUR GUESTBOOK and receive a FREE GIFT |
||
| 2. Newest Book: LIVING WITH SIVA | ||
|
3. Visiting KAUAI'S HINDU MONASTERY |
||
|
4. Contribute to THANK YOU, GURUDEVA FUND |
||