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May 18, 2006Bodhinatha in Toronto It was a quiet day at the Aadheenam. Everyone was busy as bees as usual... but the feeling of "nothing is happening here," which is considered to be a good thing, permeated the atmosphere. So, it is a good time to pull out a set of photos...
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May 17, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? It is Ashram Sadhaka day here at the Aadheenam. Monks were out and about all day cleaning and fixing things. We take this opportunity to share with you a fascinating series from a recent fund raising event in Malaysia for the Iraivan temple building....
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May 16, 2006Bodhinatha in Texas At the Aadheenam today Sannyasin Saravananathaswami is working on the annual Guru Purnima mailing. Every sishya in our world wide congregation is given the opportunity to re-dedicate themselves to Gurudeva, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and the Kailasa Parampara. You write out "Aum Namasivaya" 108 times and send a...
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May 15, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? We begin Sun One today of a short 4-day phase. Bodhinatha was in bright form this morning. At lunch he said that he calculated this year he would be traveling 120 days... 1 day out of 3 on the road in 2006! Sadhaka Jivanandanatha...
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May 11, 2006Bodhinatha in San Antonio Our photo documentary retrospective on events in San Antonio continues today. Here is Bodhinatha circumambulating the temple. All the necessary abhishekam kumbas are ready for the auspicious time to bath Ardhanarishvara the priests are ready. let the abhishekam begin, Jai Devotees are spell bound Awesome view...
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May 10, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Here is Bodhinatha watching the abhishekam of murthis in San Antonio on his recent trip... more photos below. Here are the silpis speaking from the Iraivan Temple foundation with two pilgrims from their homeland this morning. In the background David Hett and wife, Gweneth,...
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May 9, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha arrived home today from San Diego, looking bright and full of energy. Late this afternoon all the monks gathered at the front of the monastery. Sadhaka Tejadevanatha was accompanying Bodhinatha. He has more photos from the trip we will share with you in...
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May 8, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha had another dynamic day yesterday in San Antonio and then today went for a long drive to visit Barsana Dham in Austin. He arrives home tomorrow. Iraivan Temple Construction Progress Our photographer went for a stroll to Iraivan today. Do you know what...