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November 10, 2007Bodhinatha's Travels Here is Bodhinatha with the young Swami Nithyananda at the opening of his new Siva temple in California. This is the first Hindu temple in the Montclair. Here is Bodhinatha and Saravananathaswami seated next to a giant Sivalingam. Swami Nithyananada was raised and did much of his sadhana...
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November 7, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? Today we the blessed annual puja to Gurudeva on the Chitra Nakshatra, the day before Deepavali. We were blessed with the presence of two Sivachariyas who performed a pada puja. Here is Bodhinatha during the puja, deeply absorbed in the presence of Gurudeva who...
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November 6, 2007In Gratitude Click here to view our expression of gratitude for our beloved Gurudeva (In some browsers you may need to wait a minute or two until all the slides are downloaded before you can click on the right arrow to see the next slide.) What Happened Today at...
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November 5, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha at his morning satsang and class today. We will pick up the thread of events here beginning with yesterday afternoon's activities. Things are very busy here, so our captioning will be "light" today. Paramacharya Palaniswami shared tales of Gurudeva's stay in Sri Lanka...
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November 4, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha gave a great seminar this morning in the Guru Peedam, using his Mac hooked up to a hi-definition plasma screen on the wall to present the teachings. The day began with an early morning pada puja to Gurudeva. Chanting the 108 names of...
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November 3, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sun One is here again, and with it the beginning of Gurudeva's annual Maha Samadhi observances. Many devotees have arrived. Bodhinatha spoke this morning on achieving the overview through meditation, learning how to step back from the reasoning mind. By this process, one starts...
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October 31, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? It was tour day today. Guests came for darshan and booksigning with Bodhinatha. This lady had Bodhinatha sign her copy of Lemurian Scrolls. A young couple from Chennai. Each day as the sun passes over Kadavul Temple the light passes through the skylight. At...
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October 30, 2007What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sun Three at the Aadheenam. We had a marvelous Ardra Abhishekam this morning... Lord Nataraja seems to be generating ever more actinic power with each month's Ardra puja. Posing in front of the Iraivan Temple entrance -Left to Right(Silpis) Chelliaya and Pandi; Charlene Oakes...