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October 28, 2006Maha Samadhi Day Photos It is very quiet at the Aadheenam, so we dip into our reservoir and bring you photos of the Maha Samadhi day puja. We had only run the video previously. We had five priests at work that day. Bodhinatha pours the water from the kumbha that...
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October 27, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? This is Mr and Mrs. Chandrasekaran visiting from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They belong to a Murugan temple society which Bodhinatha visited this last June because Gurudeva had gifted them a Ganesha murti to start the worship. They are temporarily renting a hall for pujas...
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October 26, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? This is Vijay and Umayal Eswaran visiting from Hong Kong. Today is Umayal's birthday, so they had a special archana in Kadavul Temple. After a wonderful walk around Iraivan Temple grounds, they met with Bodhinatha and visited our Sivayogaswami shrine. Many years ago when...
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October 25, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Things are quieting down at the Aadheenam so today we pick up the final sequence from Bodhinatha's recent mission to California, October 14-15 in the Bay Area. Now we are up north in the San Francisco Bay Area at the home of Janaka and...
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October 24, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Here is Bodhinatha at the recent quarterly Hindu Heritage Endowment meeting during our last retreat. Paramacharya Palaniswami brings us the photos and story. But, before you start please enjoy this video of Bodhinatha's last seminar to the pilgrims on the subject of "Awareness." Also,...
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October 23, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sun One we begin a new phase having completed the official four days of Maha Samadhi observances. Today after our homa, Bodhinatha gives his weekly discourse. But before we start with today's photos we bring you excerpts from the very powerful final Guru puja...
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October 20, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sri Atmananda is here from Tiruvannamalai, India, visiting with devotees. He meets with Bodhinatha for a brief darshan. A spiritual teacher, his core message is based on the Bhagavad Gita, interpreted to reflect the process of inner spiritual evolution. His home base is in...
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October 19, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha watches the morning Arati ceremonies at Gurudeva shrine. The devotees have covered him in garlands. The second day ceremonies and events begin in the morning with arati at Gurudeva's shrine. The songs of Yogaswami to his Guru were often addressed to "the one...