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June 22, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sat Siva Guru Bodhinatha departed this morning for Canada with the well-wishes of the swamis, yogi and sadhaka of the Kauai Aadheenam and a few local devotees who were fortunate enough to be there. Our first visitor of the day, Sundararaj Palanisamy, arrived just...
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June 21, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? "They do not know the path to the supreme ideal of life, Who cannot efface the dual play of knowledge and ignorance, And cherish the inseparable, ever abiding Lord, Whose luminous wisdom everywhere illumines everything." --Tirumantram, 2580 It's another quiet day at the Aadheenam......
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June 20, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha gave a marvelous talk today in the temple as we started another week with a marvelous homa. Yogi Japendranatha is the homa priest for today. Many pilgrims came. Bodhinatha's subject this morning was "enlightenment" and the correct understanding of ashtanga yoga. Saravan and...
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June 17, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Today is the last day of our phase. What a great phase it was too. So much progress on so many levels. The Ganapati Kulam shared news today. Work proceeds on many fronts. The new "What is Hinduism?" book is steadily being worked on...
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June 16, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Our cameras were taking a technical rest today. So we dug into our archives. Here is a lovely photo of Bodhinatha at our center in Mauritius. Today the Siddhidata Kulam gave their report. Of course major focus for the team since there last report...
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June 15, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha blessing a young Hindu born outside of India and Sri Lanka..... At home today it was the monthly Ashram Sadhana day and the monks were busy with their various chores. At lunch today the Pillaiyar Kulam took their turn to share news: Shanmuganathaswami...
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June 14, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? It was an auspicious day at Iraivan. Our silpis and Siddhidata kulam team met their goal and 35 stones were raised, over 40 tons of stone went up. The story in photos below. Today was Ekadanta Kulam Day and Saravananathaswami shared many interesting news...
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June 13, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sun One begins another bright phase at the Aadheenam. Morning homa was followed by wonderful guests and pilgrims. At lunch today the Lambodara Kulam shared news. Work is proceeding steadily on the temple with a stone lift scheduled for tomorrow or the next day,...