Visitors from Greenland

Paramacharya hosted some special guests yesterday morning, from Russia and Greenland, LA and elsewhere. This first photo is of Ole, a native of Greenland, who says his lineage is akin to the Inuit. It was his 60th birthday and he was happy to spend it in a sacred space.

We learned there are no trees in all of Greenland (though it is fully 50% the size of the United States) as it is 85% covered with ice. Well, there are some trees planted in recent years by botanists, but precious few. The group is doing work to protect the Arctic, including a recent release of their documentary starring Mikhail Gorbachov whom Gurudeva met in 1990 at the Global Form for Human Survival. All enjoyed the story of "the Aum in the Kremlin," and Gurudeva's insight that this helped break up the old Soviet Union, just months later.

Ole with his birthday mala...

Galya and Bruce learn about the Temple Builders\

Pavilion and Gurudeva\'s vision of honoring the silpis in bronze.'

Yes, the entire temple is being made using just two simple tools.

One of their missions was to gather water from the Sacred Garden, to take back to Russia and Arctic.

Galya displays a poster that represents all forms of the human tribe.

And Ole brings out the flag of Greenland and asks the team to photograph him with it.

Swami tells the story that ends: \"We have truly succeeded in dealing with a disaster in life when we can rejoice that it happened.\"

Cynthia stands in the rain, perhaps seeking shelter under Ganesha\

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