New Phase Begins - With "Sweet, Sweet Smile"
July 9, 2009A devotee offers this poem to Bodhinatha during Guru Purnima: O, your smile! That sweet, sweet smile So gentle and kind So gracious and benevolent! The softness of your presence Is a balm for hurt and pain The quietness of your strength A support during troubled times The depth of...
Bodhinatha's Upadeshas
July 9, 2009Bodhinatha gave a wonderful bhashya (commentary) on Gurudeva's teachings about consistency in sadhana taken from Living with Siva. Keep an eye on the right side bar, we are catching up rapidly with posting Bodhinatha's recent talks.
Vel Mahalingum Arrives From Mauritius
July 9, 2009Here is Brahmachari Vel Mahalingum arriving in Lihue from Mauritius for 6-month taskforce at Kauai Aadheenam.
Peace Pole Under Construction
July 9, 2009Sivakatirswami is working on a second Peace Pole to be installed at the Matsunaga Peace Garden in Hanapepe. This is fairly straight camphor log that was rescued from being disposed of. Camphor trees are common on Kauai and "grow like weeds" in some areas. With a chainsaw the log is...
Tour Day Today
July 9, 2009These beautiful souls made the today's tour joyful and uplifting. Showers came and went, but they kept high spirits with lovely remarks about the work the monks are doing here. Hard to see, way in the back, John Lydgate and his wife who have been friends to the monks for...
Yogaswami Girls' Orphanage In Sittandy Fund Raiser
July 9, 2009The June 28th fund raiser dance recital by Nayani Rajamohan in Toronto went well. Somas Rajamohan writes: Vannakkam Swamy, By the grace of almighty the recital on June 28, 2009 went very well. The fund raising effort for the Yogaswami Girls Home in Sittandy, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka was a great...
Guru Purnima Celebrations 2009
July 5, 2009The auspicious day has arrived. Joyous misty devotional feelings of love, gratitude and sense of awesome appreciation for the great gift of the living preceptor and the heritage of our lineage, fills the air and our hearts. It is 6 am and Bodhinatha has arrived at the Third World section...
Arumugaswami Receives Acharya Diksha
July 5, 2009On this auspicious day, yet another spiritual moment was celebrated. Bodhinatha gave acharya diksha to Sannyasin Arumugaswami. Gurudeva regarded this as a special blessing and responsibility, for his acharyas are given the commission to teach, interpret and nurture into the future of futures the order and its mission. Swami received...