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March 23, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha and Arumugaswami, after a one night rest in San Franscisco, took off for London and are probably landing soon... see the schedule on Bodhinatha's Travel page. Yesterday morning we observed the Maha Samadhi day of our beloved Satguru Sivayogaswami... We have some very...
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March 20, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Anticipation builds as Bodhinatha is about to go off to London. Lots of preparations underway. Fortunately he and Arumugaswami will have an over night stop in California. Previously journeys direct from Hawaii to Europe were rated very high on the "exhaustion" index. Today was...
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March 19, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? We had a very actinic homa this morning, though no photos were taken... Over the retreat the monks did "Iraivan day" and got a lot of work done on the fund raising for the temple. Ardra Puja was also performed and the atmosphere here...
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March 16, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? A joyful Bodhinatha meeting with guests... 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 Dvadasi Tithi, Sun One, Saturday, March 19th. Shirish and Daksha Parekh are pilgrimaging from...
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March 15, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? It was a quiet but beautiful Sun Five today at the Aadheenam. Bodhinatha has been working with his editing team on Book Four of the Saiva Hindu Religion course for youth... every afternoon. And today Bodhinatha went through a giant pile of correspondence with...
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March 14, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Today the long awaited complete revelation of the golden vimanam arrived... Meanwhile Yogi Japendranatha's mother has come for a visit for a week. Each morning she comes to spend some time with her son.... The top piece of a Tara pillar... This part will...
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March 13, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha and Sannyasin Arumugaswami leave for England on the 22nd... If you are in the UK and want to come to some events, please see the schedule on Bodhinatha's Travel page. Photo shows Gurudeva worshipping at the Highgate Murugan temple in North London during...
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March 12, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Today is a very auspicious one -- the 32 anniversary of the installation of Lord Nataraja. In a way, it could be said to be the founding day of Kauai Aadheenam. The story began in 1969 when Gurudeva discovered the island of Kauai and...