Ending the Phase
Today is the 5th sun of our lunar week, so tomorrow the monks will be heading into a two-day retreat. This afternoon we all gather in Kadavul Temple for our monthly puja to Gurudeva's Paduka durning the hours of the Chitra nakshatra.
This was a full week for the monks. They banded together to clean the monastery for a day. They conducted round-the-clock temple pujas as is the norm. They digitized their archives. They worked to steer Iraivan Temple construction on its steady course. They cared for our cows, and the aadheenam's vast wildlife. They did the important work of finances, shipping and publication sales. They worked to create another issue of Hinduism Today magazine. They made repairs and did upkeep around the monastery. They harvested fresh grown vegetables; they meditated upon the Absolute.
But for all this, there is the feeling that nothing is happening. All this movement is as natural as the rains that patter upon the taro leaves or the trees that ever so slowly reach for the sunlight above. It is all Siva's dance.
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July 21st, 2018 at 12:46 am
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Aum Namah Shivay!