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December 15, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha looks up at the newly raised coral pink flag that marks the beginning of the Moksha Ritau. Today was doubly auspicious as we had Chitra puja in the morning on this same day. The pictures need no captions. They tell their own story.
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December 14, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha attended a meeting of the Kaua'i Aloha Endowment Board. They reviewed grants to decide who should receive the first fund grant to be made by the endowment since it's inception. It is an historic meeting, because it brings to fruition yet another one...
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December 11, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? There is a swelling stream of holiday season visitors. It's always the time of year when whole families come. With schools closed, this is quality time together in a holy place. This is Selva Subramaniam with his wife, daughter and grandchild. They all live...
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December 10, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sadhu Paksha Day 10 This is a quiet Sunday morning and several Hindu visitors arrived for the morning Abishekam at the very beautiful Kadavul Siva Temple. Sevla Subramaniam and his wife Saro. Their daughter and son-in-law Thanuja and Ragulan Sinnarajah, and their two children,...
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December 9, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sadhu Paksha Day 3 It's a very quiet, sublime day at the Aadheenam. A cool gentle breeze. Our three monks in India are text messaging from their cell phone: "Aum Sivaya Bodhinatha, we assume everything is well in the Aadheenam.Yesterday we when to Murukuruni...
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December 8, 2006Bodhinatha's Last Days in Malaysia We pick up the thread today of Bodhinatha's last days in Malaysia before returning home. Here he is at Kulapati Appasamy Kuppusamy's home for Pada puja and a big satsang with sishya and other devotees. Please send your feedback on our new slideshow initiative...
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December 7, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sadhu Paksha Day 1 We begin our winter retreat today...TAKA captions may be very quiet during this period. Now we go back a few days. This is Sivalayadeepam or Krittikadeepam, the great day when Siva is worshipped as an Infinite Pillar of Light. The...
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December 3, 2006Bodhinatha on Mission We continue today with the documentary of Bodhinatha's mission and travel events. As we write today, he is in Kuala Lumpur, preparing to leave soon to come home. Meanwhile we pick the end of the story of his meetings in Chennai and then on to Singapore. In...