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October 1, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha with our guests today in the Guru Peedam. END OF PHASE Today is the last day of our phase. This edition of TAKA will remain posted over our coming two-day retreat, until Dvitiya Tithi, Sun One, Tuesday, Oct 4th. This is Kanagasundaram from...
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September 30, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Rudy and Dora Tanzi came back today to have darshan with Bodhinatha. They asked may insightful questions and engage Bodhinatha for a full hour. Upon departure. Rudy said: "I don't think I have ever met anyone who answer my questions with such clarity." As...
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September 29, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? A quiet day at the Aadheenam. Everyone focused on their Sivathondu and Sivadhyanam... We take this opportunity to bring you a second set of photo from Sri Lanka... The Tsunami affected on the coast line. It's business as usual for those establishments away from...
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September 28, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? It is a quiet day at the Aadheenam, so we take this opportunity to reflect on our roots and Parampara. We have two sets of Photos from Siva Markandu in Toronto who recently went to Sri Lanka. We will show one set today and...
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September 27, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? More pictures today from Mauritius... here is Bodhinatha diving deep within during a temple ceremony... Rudy and Dora Tanzi who visited here in March are back to see us again. Both are professors of neurology at Harvard Medical School and on their last visit...
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September 26, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? It is Sun One... here is Bodhinatha giving vibhuti to the monks as they depart after his talk... Saravananathaswami performs the homa... Final ghee offering... The lady in the back has flown all night and came to the temple early this morning... Bodhinatha shared...
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September 23, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Today was tour day and we had a big crowd as usual. Some many travel magazines and guidebooks now include Kauai's Hindu Monastery, that we no longer have an "on and off" season for visitors. They just keep coming now, week after week, all...
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September 22, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha arrived home this morning at around 9 AM after long transit from Asia. Here is at the temple... A brief shower blessed us just as Bodhinatha drove up. Passing the Nepali Ganesha It is a beautiful day and ever more so having our...