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September 2, 2006Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami in Malaysia Here is Bodhinatha being greeted in Penang, northern Malaysia. but we will being our story back on August 28th, at the Aadheenam. In the car and off we go a relaxed moment on the way to Honolulu Kumarswami checks out the safety features on the...
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August 29, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha is still in transit... in Taipei tonight. Yesterday morning's beautiful Gurudeva pada puja.... We want to send a special thank you to Mauritius to Kulapati Sivakumaren Mardemootoo, Kulamata Kavita, Basanti and Deepanjali for the marvelous job they did gold-leafing the Navagraha murthis! The...
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August 28, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? A photo from the Innersearch earlier this year in Sydney, Australia, as we send Bodhinatha off on another long journey. He left for Malaysia this afternoon. He arrives in Penang, Malaysia on August 31st. Acharya Kumarswami is traveling with him for the next three...
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August 27, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Mr. and Mrs. Tamil and Teresa Anban from Connecticut, getting a shawl blessing from Bodhinatha for their 10th wedding anniversary. Bodhinatha blesses the gifts the couple brought to give to each other. He will be leaving for Malaysia and Singapore tomorrow. Iraivan Temple Construction...
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August 26, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? The auspicious day of the Nandi Mandapam concrete pour arrived and all the monks went out early to the temple site for the 5:30 am worship. Here Bodhinatha takes some gems and gold pieces to put into a granite block to be placed in...
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August 25, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? This is the Mahendran family from Perth, Australia. They are here on a pilgrimage. Mahendran related in his email prior to arriving: "I had the pleasure seeing Yoga Swami in Jaffna in his latest stage of his existence in 1960s. I also had the...
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August 24, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sun One begins a new six-day phase. All is bright and upbeat at the Aadheenam. We had homa this morning and Bodhinatha gave a delightful talk on Lord Ganesha. Meanwhile the excitement is building in the air as the concrete pour for the Nandi...
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August 21, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? An old photo... Bodhinatha blesses one of the stones of the Iraivan Gopuram. And we are running our announcement again about Bodhinatha's next trip to Asia. For TAKA viewers tuning in from Malaysia and Singapore, you are cordially invited to take part in a...