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December 19, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Today is the monthly Ashram Sadhana day and all the monks have been cleaning all morning. It is also Pancha Ganapati time and Sadhaka Jivanandanatha and Sadhaka Dandapani are out give Honey Bears to all our friends and associates in Lihue and Kapaa, as...

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December 18, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha with pilgrim Mr. Vaidya Bala from Edmonton, Canada. Mr. Bala is retired, his wife has gone on to Siva's feet and now he devotes his time to sadhana, spiritual study and service. He teaches children at the Edmonton Maha Ganapati temple and has...

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December 17, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Dharmaraj Tillai with Bodhinatha on the retreat. He left to return home to spend the holidays with his large family in Tennessee. We want to thank Dharmaraj for all his service and the wonderful spirit he brought to the monastery throughout his three-month stay....

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December 13, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sadhu Paksha Day Eleven (and last day) END OF PHASE Today is the last day of our phase. This edition of TAKA will remain posted over our coming three-day retreat, until Dvitiya Tithi, Sun One, Saturday, December 17th. We wanted to run this "ad"...

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December 12, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Preparations for Innersearch are "heating up" as we are now only 20 days from departure... the Ekadanta Kulam sends us this update today: We want to take this opportunity to share with you Himalayan Academy s new itinerary for its 2006 Innersearch travel-study program....

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December 11, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Only 21 Days left before Bodhinatha departs for the other side of the equator on Innersearch.... Here are two of the Innersearch staff: Sadhaka Dandapani and Saravananathaswami, together they have been working hard on schedules for the coming trip. There are lots of small...

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December 10, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sadhu Paksha Day Nine: The Ekadanta Kulam made their report today. Saravananathaswami and Sadhaka Dandapani are firmly focused on advance logistics for Innersearch as well as post-Innersearch activities in both New Zealand and Australia, where Bodhinatha will be holding seminars and attending a conference...

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December 9, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sadhu Paksha, Day Eight We continue with our quiet retreat. We bring you some photos from our retreat day and last night's sunset over Mt. Waialeale, the extinct volcano just a few miles from the monastery. This retreat an amazing new collection of 40...