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December 27, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? Shanmugasundaram and his wife Sivakama Sundari are here with their son Raghav 19 and daughter, Swathi, 12. Sivakama is the daughter of our long time devotee and India liason officer, Nellaiappan who has done so much service for Gurudeva and Saiva Siddhanta Church through...
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December 26, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sun One begins a new phase. Bodhinatha gave a talk on Lord Muruga that he has given several times in the past. Yogi Jivanandanatha performs today's homa. Jothi and Vasuki Sendan are on hand with their newborn child, Shama who has her Namakarana today....
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December 22, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sastry and Sujatha Sonti with their daughter, Anisha, from California were among our guests today. They had some wonderful questions for Bodhinatha, and Anisha was most fascinated by our "What Is Hinduism?" book. Brahmacharini Shama took the family to Iraivan and writes: "Sujatha and...
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December 21, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? Many of you know about Gurudeva's language of meditation "Shum." Since his Maha Samadhi, Bodhinatha has carried forward this marvelous heritage. And for the first time in decades we are releasing some Shum, which has guided much of the monks' spiritual work, into the...
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December 20, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sun Three of a 5 day phase. The aadheenam is quiet. With only 26 days before Innersearch everyone is starting to "buckle" up for the trip, both the group of six monks who will be on the journey and the 14 of us who...
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December 19, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? It is a quiet day at the Aadheenam. We are in our 30th day of gentle rains. The Ekadanta Kulam shared their news today. Saravananathaswami and Sadhaka Dandapani are continually working on advance preparations for Bodhinatha's travels and the coming Innersearch. Palaniswami and Arumugaswami...
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December 18, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha at the Sun One homa to begin a new phase. Bodhinatha's seat in the Guru Peedam. Saravananathaswami conducts the morning homa. Bodhinatha gives his Sun One discourse... ....a reading on thoughtful speech. Pancha Ganapati has been set out in Kadavul Temple in front...
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December 15, 2007Enjoy this very rare footage of the sacred abhishekam of the Siva Lingam of Kadavul at the feet of Lord Nataraja What Happened Today at the Monastery? The Moksha Ritau begins! Bodhinatha goes out to the flag raising for the coming season. We bring you the usual excerpts from...