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December 25, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Happy Pancha Ganapati Day 5! It is a joyous day. Everyone's focus is on Lord Ganesha. At lunch today the Ganapati Kulam shared news. Here is a short list of activities underway in the publications world. Palaniswami has been working with a writer who...
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December 24, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? It has been another busy day full of guests at the Aadheenam. Before we share guest photos we bring you: Siddhidata Kulam Phasely News Sadhaka Adinatha, the acting Talaivar while Yoginathaswami is in India, told his many activities. The team has completed installation of...
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December 23, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? The stream of winter holiday visitors and pilgrims continues on.... Two families from Chicago and elsewhere meet with Bodhinatha. They asked Bodhinatha to share how to experience love towards the Satguru and Siva. Bodhinatha suggested they read his talk on line: "I Want to...
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December 22, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Amit and Krishna Mukerji from North Carolina having darshan with Bodhinatha while on pilgrimage. They visited two years ago and loved their time here, so are back again. They attended our 6am homa yesterday. They said that although their physical home is in North...
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December 21, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? We began a new phase today. Here is Bodhinatha give his Sun One Talk. The Lambodhara Kulam gave their news today at lunch. Fund raising for the temple is going very well and Sadhaka Haranandinatha has been busy handling all the mail and communicating...
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December 18, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? END OF PHASE Today is the last day of our phase. This edition of TAKA will remain posted over our coming two-day retreat, until Dvitiya Tithi, Sun One, Thursday, December 21st. This is the last day of Rishi Thondunatha's visit. He was joined yesterday...
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December 17, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? It's a quiet day at the Aadheenam. The Siddhidata Kulam detailed its activities this phase. They have been working with the silpis, bringing water lines into the Ganesha and Muruga sanctums of Kadavul temple and working on our gardens and grounds. Amazingly, even in...
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December 16, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Today is the monthly Ashram Sadhana Day at the Aadheenam, monks were out and about all morning cleaning, taking care of areas and putting up artwork on walls... We were busy yesterday and did not have time to post our usual excerpts from the...