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June 23, 2008Bodhinatha in Transit As we write, Bodhinatha and Sadhaka Nilakantha are flying over the Pacific, and will arrive later this evening on Kauai. Sadhaka sends us a few iPhone shots from the arrival at the Baltimore temple yesterday. And Bodhinatha has some interesting observations. June 22nd, Sunday Om Sivaya, everyone,...
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June 22, 2008What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha is still in Baltimore and will be home tomorrow. At the Aadheenam, it is a quiet day. The Pillaiyar Kulam shared news at lunch today. Shanmuganathswami is working on new presentations for the Hindu Heritage Endowment to help clarify the various "components" that...
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June 21, 2008Bodhinatha in Baltimore This is at Siva Kesavan's home in Baltimore. The Siva Puranam was sung devoutly while performing the pada puja. Then the children sang some devarams. Bodhinatha gave a short prasnotara satsang, answering many questions on karma and the Hindu Gods. Iraivan Temple Construction Progress Another great day...
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June 20, 2008Bodhinatha Is Traveling Bodhinatha left for Baltimore yesterday. A temple there is installing a Murugan Deity and ask for him to be present for the event. He is traveling with Sadhaka Nilakantha. We don't have any news yet. Meanwhile we have some interesting pictures and videos today. In this photo,...
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June 16, 2008What Happened Today at the Monastery? It is the last day of our phase and we are heading into a three-day full moon retreat. Seven of the monks will be heading off for two nights "roughing" it for a 3-day camp out at the "end of the Earth." The magnificent...
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June 15, 2008What Happened Today at the Monastery? It was ashram sadhana day at the Aadheenam. All the monks were cleaning, repairing, renovating, sorting and generally improving the physical atmosphere in many different ways. Below we bring you another time lapse movie over a longer period of time: the "Iraivan Roof Assembly"...
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June 14, 2008What Happened Today at the Monastery? A quiet day at the Aadheenam, but we have a steady stream of visitors as we head deeper into summer time. For those who may not have had the bandwidth to view our video from yesterday, we bring you some still shots of the...
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June 13, 2008What Happened Today at the Monastery? Below is a marvelous timelapse movie of the roof beams being placed yesterday Now a quick tour of the monastery. At the temple site, carvers are working on a series of ceiling stones. These have a lotus carved in them, and will be...