California chili peppers from Moraga Farms
April 20, 2009Yogi Jothinatha ventured through the kitchen this morning while the crew was opening a just-arrived FedEx surprise package. Inside the box was dried chili peppers and some Jaffna style curry powder (50% ground roasted chilis and 50% roasted coriander) that's been grown and packed with love. Our thanks to the...
Gurudeva's Masterpiece in the Noble Gujarati Language
April 20, 2009Gurudeva's remarkable legacy books, his Master Course trilogy, have been translated into Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Marathi and partially in French. Now comes another exciting language. Gujarati. Gujarati is an official national and regional language of India. It is spoken by approximately 46 million people, making it the twenty-third most widely...
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami Mauritius Spiritual Park visit
April 19, 2009We bring you a few more photos of Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami at the Spiritual Park of Mauritius. In 1986 Gurudeva Sivaya Subramuniyaswami chose this remarkable seven acres of land that hugged the Rempart river just where it emptied into the sea lagoon. Gurudeva liked its remote quietness and how ocean...
Guests and Pilgrims
April 19, 2009Paramacharya Palaniswami's mother Jean and brother Larry are visiting us for a week. Here he shows them some of the various projects he's working on in our publications/media world. It's always a blessing to have our mothers' blessings! Larry has been also a student of Gurudeva's teachings for many years....
Iraivan Temple construction: jointing of floor stones continues
April 19, 2009The floor stones on the west side of the sanctum have all been set in place. The silpis on the left are rounding the top edges of the stones. The silpi on the right is adjusting the edge of one of the standard floor stones. Click here to see the...
Thiruvembavai - Sri Lanka Mission
April 19, 2009One of the favorite festivals of Sri Subramuniya Kottam's children is the Thiruvembavai. Thiruvembavai is a ten day festival that falls between the last week of December and the first week of January. Everyday for the ten days of Thiruvembavai the Kottam's children and other villagers arise early in the...
Bodhinatha's Satsang in Kuala Lumpur
April 19, 2009Aravindraj Chandrasekaran and family were very fortunate to be able to spend some time with our beloved Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami who was in Kuala Lumpur briefly in transit to Mauritius. Their daughter, Rahneya Shivajyothee, had just turned six months old and it was time for her first feeding samskara,...
Silpis Honored in Malaysia
April 19, 2009The silpis on their way back to India from Kauai arrived for satsang at the home of Aravindraj in Malaysia. Welcome! The Pada Puja begins, abhishekam items are poured and arati is performed. It is such a great blessing to be able to perform the padapuja to our satguru! ...