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May 21, 2008What Happened Today at the Monastery? Today was a very auspicious day at Kauai Aadheenam. Sadhaka Jothinatha became Yogi Jothinatha. Having reached the age of 70 he moves on from the sadhaka path to the path of tapas as a yogi tapasvin. Here he is taking his new vows this...
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May 17, 2008Bodhinatha in Arizona Friday, 16th May: After an all night flight, arriving very early in the morning in Arizona yesterday (Friday) Bodhinatha rested and then met with devotees and went to the Ekta Mandir in the evening. Here he is speaking at the Ekta Mandir Bodhinatha meets with Raj Sivananthan....
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May 16, 2008Bodhinatha's Mission to Arizona Bodhinatha left yesterday morning for Arizona with Sadhaka Dandapani. And this morning Paramacharya Palaniswami and Senthilnathaswami left for their trip to California and New York. All the monks gathered to see him off. The magic of the iPhone and email... Sadhaka Dandapani captures the arrival in...
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May 14, 2008What Happened Today at the Monastery? Some pictures from yesterday's homa and Bodhinatha's Sun One upadesha. Sadhaka Tejadevanatha Goes for Sojourn In the World Part of the monastic training program is that during the first twelve years of monastic life, every 4th year, the sadhaka departs the monastery for an...
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May 13, 2008What Happened Today at the Monastery? Another bright phase begins with lots of Hindu guests This lovely family arrived today who had been looking forward to visiting Gurudeva's Aadheenam for many years. On the right is P. B. Kulkarni and his wife, Sudha Kulkarni from Pune, India. They first met...
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May 10, 2008Silpis Visas Arrived! It is the end of our phase today. The Ganapati Kulam gave their report today. The big news is that after a year or more or hard work by Sannyasin Arumugaswami, and the grace of God, Gods and Guru, the Religious Worker Visas for our silpis in...
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May 8, 2008What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sun Three today. It was Ardra puja day. After the powerful abhishekam to Lord Nataraja that must be experienced in person... the curtains are closed and the devotees sing some bhajans. Sivanadiyar Rajan, one of our three new pre-monastics has a great spirit of...
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May 7, 2008What Happened Today at the Monastery? It was tour day at the Aadheenam we had about 100 visitors over both 9 and 11 am tours. Otherwise, it's quiet at home... and we bring you some good news from Sri Lanka. Saiva Siddhanta Church Sri Lanka Mission Sri Subramuniya Kottam Vijayadasami...