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July 28, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sun Three at the Aadheenam. The Pillaiyar Kulam gave their news today. Shanmuganathaswami is preparing for a big journey to the mainland with Bodhinatha. On the way they are meeting all kinds of different people about 10 places. It's taking him a lot of...
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July 27, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Maruthu Dharmalingam leaves tonight to return to Malaysia. This morning he met for a final darshan with Bodhinatha. At lunch Maruthu expressed his appreciation for his stay here and all the varied experiences he had in all the kulams. He really made big contributions...
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July 26, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? We started another phase today with morning homa. Shama Kumaran has been hosting guests all through the retreat and tells us about our pilgrims. Today we had a wonderful 6 am Sun One homa followed by Upadesh by Sat Siva Guru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. Pilgrims...
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July 23, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? It is the last day of our phase today. The Ganapati Kulam reported on their activities. The main focus has been on Hinduism Today October issue and the new book "What is Hinduism?" which will be a 416-page color edition of Insight Sections from...
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July 22, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? It is a another quiet hot summer day at the Aadheenam. The sun is bright and colors alive all around us. Today, Sun Four, the Siddhidata Kulam gave a very thorough report on activities. Yoginathaswami announced the arrival of several more containers from India,...
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July 21, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? It is a quiet day at the Aadheenam. Hot summer day, no wind, all is still, very few guests, monks busy as bees on their various projects. Bodhinatha is currently putting in many, many hours on his teaching presentations for the coming journeys this...
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July 20, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? It's Sun Two today and a tour day. Among the visitors were a yoga group who asked to see Bodhinatha and came with many questions. They had a good long session together. At lunch Sannyasin Saravananathaswami detailed his work in the Ekadanta Kulam, sending...
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July 19, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? We began another bright new phase today with a homa and a talk from Bodhinatha. Bodhinatha's talk was on spiritualizing daily life, how to meet emotional difficulties without being overwhelmed by them. Today Guests Shama Kumaran has been very busy hosting guests and then...