New Phase Begins
January 19, 2009A new phase began today... Early morning homa is about to begin Senthilnathswami is the homa priest today with Sadhaka Tandavanatha assisting.
Nayak Family Meets Bodhinatha
January 19, 2009Last phase, Mr. Nayak from San Diego and his parents from Philadelphia met Bodhinatha. They had good questions about vegetarianism, health, etc.
Umakanthan's on Pilgrimage
January 19, 2009The Umakanthan family had another nice pilgrimage from southern California. They have been here several times already. They polished some brass one afternoon before our monthly Gurudeva Chitra padapuja. Here they are up on top of Iraivan... They head to south India next month for daughter Janani's marriage.
Darshan with Bodhinatha
January 16, 2009Master Course readers Karuna and Santosh Krinsky from Wisconsin enjoyed darshan with Bodhinatha and asked him pertinent questions on ahimsa and how to effectively increase it in the world, to which Bodhinatha gave wise answers. He shared this principle, for example, to appreciate progress already going on, such as Europe...
Iraivan's Rajagopuram Gets Another Course of Stones
January 16, 2009With a storm warning in effect for the day we did not know how much we could accomplish before the wind and rains came. Fortunately we were blessed to have a dry morning with just a sprinkle as yet another course of stones was lifted up to the Rajagopuram of...
Batticaloa Orphanage Celebrates Gurudeva's Jayanthi
January 16, 2009Gurudeva's 82nd Jayanti, January 5th, was celebrated in several places in Sri Lanka, shown here just below India. An orphanage associated with Kauai Aadheenam is on the Eastern shore of the island, where the red star is located in this satellite image. The boys all teamed up to make this...
Ashram Sadhana Day At the Aadheenam
January 15, 2009Sun Three. Today was ashram sadhana day for all but the Ganapati Kulam who will do their cleaning work tomorrow... We are happy to let you know that we have just posted a new talk by Bodhinatha. Keep watching the side bar for updates next phase.
Pradosha Siva
January 15, 2009This amazing carving of Pradosha Siva from is for sale at Exotic India, a store that has produced the two beautiful wood carvings of Lord Ganesha and Lord Murugan outside Kadavul Temple. It's an inspiring work, and we decided to share the photos. Bhutas, small elemental devas.