Josh and Michelle Mellicker's Last Day
April 1, 2009Josh and Michelle Mellicker came back for a final few hours of training with the monks this afternoon in the Ganapati Kulam. We honored them in the traditional way of giving each a shawl as a blessing and expression of our appreciation.
Self-God Word Clouds
April 1, 2009We took Gurudeva's classical talk "The Self God" and made these three word clouds. As mentioned earlier, this maps the frequency of words in his talk. Mind and Self are clearly the most common words. Must and try, power and think, become and find are themes he drew in...
Word Clouds
April 1, 2009In producing the quarterly video for Hinduism Today, which is a 10-minutes summary of what's in the magazine, Palaniswami ran across this new web tool. It's called a word cloud. Click here for more word cloud slides The software takes text, even a web page, and analyzes it for the...
Goodbye Presentation for Six Silpis Returning to India
March 31, 2009Tomorrow six of the silpis return to India. At lunch today, Bodhinatha gave them a big thank you and presented each one with a shawl and a special photo album Each silpi comes forward for his blessing.   The silpis have all purchased video camcorders and gave them to the...
Video Training Continues
March 31, 2009In the Ganapati Kulam, the video training continues for a third day. Today we are working on real projects using the program called "Motion." Josh Mellicker introduces us to the new tool box for making motion graphics. We are working on a template for the opening of Hinduism Today videos,...
Spring Sadhu Paksha Begins
March 30, 2009Sun Four - Sadhu Paksha Day One. The Aadheenam is not conducting any Tours at this time. Our Sadhu Paksha retreat will continue until New Year's Day: Aprili 13th when the sun moves into Aries.
Swami's Mission to India
March 30, 2009Sannyasin Arumugaswami brings us a vision from South India, documenting part of the trip that he and Yoginathswami have just returned from. View of an unknown river on our way from Chidambaram to Chennai. Paddy field on the way Our driver is overtaking a truck, while a bus approaches as...
Hindu Organization of the Year Award Given to HAF
March 30, 2009On Saturday, March 28, a ceremony awarding the 2009 HIndu Organization of the Year to the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) was celebrated at Dr. Mihir Meghani's home in northern California. To celebrate the awards ceremony, on behalf of Hinduism Today, Kulapati Easan Katir and Kulapati Deva Rajan offer complimentary copies...