Pilgrims to Kauai Aadheenam
February 26, 2009Shriram and Rohini Udupa (on the left) have been here for several days and attended our Sivaratri pujas. They are from the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago. Rohini is Hindu Dharma and Philosophy Committee Chairperson of that temple. Today their friends from Honolulu came to visit along with them. Narmada...
A New Phase Begins
February 25, 2009Our new phase begins with a homa conducted by Yogi Jivanandanatha. Bodhinatha read from Gurudeva teachings about getting up out of the world of the emotions and entanglements of the 3rd dimension, by moving awareness within to the fourth dimension of the mind where we can look out and down...
Mahasivaratri Night
February 25, 2009Maha Sivaratri was observed at the end of last phase. It was a profound and amazing holy night. It always feels like a fresh new start to inner life, as we immerse ourselves in the presence of God Siva. Here Bodhinatha is taking the Kumbha that was blessed during the...
More from Bodhinatha's visit to Adelaide
February 25, 2009We bring some more photos from Bodhinatha's visit to the Ganesha Hindu Temple in Adelaide, Australia, from Prema and Ramani Iyer who were part of the 2008 Innersearch to Cambodia and India. You can also see other photos of Bodhinatha's visit to Adelaide on Taka on 19th Feb: http://himalayanacademy.com/taka-archive-all-assets/taka/2009/2/19/ . ...
Darshans with Bodhinatha this morning
February 22, 2009Umapathi and Geetha Cattamanchi are members of the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago which Gurudeva helped start when he gave that community a granite Ganesha in the late 1970's or early 1980's. Umapathi remembers meeting Gurudeva at that time. They are longtime subscribers to Hinduism Today. They also belong to...
Pranams Sent to Bodhinatha From the Big Island
February 22, 2009We send on to you the blessings flowing from the Summa Iru Walking Meditation Garden Siva Nataraja outdoor shrine on the slope of the world's most active volcano to Bodhinatha's blessed Lotus Feed on this most auspicious day. Our shrine is situated among the rudrakshas gifted by Kauai Aadheenam. --...
Saiva Siddhanta Church Sri Lanka Mission
February 22, 2009Free Eye Glasses Distributed at Sri Subramuniya Kottam     In honor of Gurudeva's 82rd Jayanthi, on Januray 3rd, Sri Subramuniya Kottam held an "Eye Camp" for deserving people. Forty people have received the reading glasses free of charge. The first pair of glasses was received by Sai Matha Rajeswari,...
Day Before Maha Sivaratri
February 21, 2009It is the day before Maha Sivaratri and anticipation is mounting as we approach the most sacred Saivite festival of the year.