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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...
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March 11, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha in a joyful moment with guests today in the Guru Peedam. Now we go back to the last day of this phase and pick up from Maha Sivaratri night, then a retreat "walk about" our property and then today's events.... Four of our...
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March 8, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? A joyous and profound Maha Sivaratri to the whole world! END OF PHASE Today is the last day of our short four-day phase. This edition of TAKA will remain posted over our coming two-day retreat, until Dvitya Tithi, Sun One, Friday, March 11th. The...
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March 7, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? It was definitely a day for looking up! Bodhinatha took a rare moment away from his usual busy morning schedule to go out to the temple and watch the glorious morning events.... Dr. Thiaga Rajan and his wife Sudha from Houston. They had a...
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March 6, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sun Two of Maha Sivaratri phase... We had quite a number of guests today... though no photos... Gurudeva would often speak of Hanuman bringing Iraivan Temple from India to Hawaii, flying through the Akasha, holding the completed Siva Palace in his hand. And he...
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March 5, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? We had a scintillating Sun One home this morning to begin a short 4-day phase that will culminate on the night of Maha Sivaratri. We bring you a few photos today from our retreat outings. Arumugaswami and Sadhaka Adinatha went to Himalayan Acres on...
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March 2, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? 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 Dasami Tithi, Sun One, Saturday, March 5th. Today at lunch the Ganapati Kulam related their activities to the whole monastery....
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March 1, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Today Bodhinatha went to the second Interfaith meeting of clergy from different Churches on Kauai. We had such a group in the early 1990's but it disbanded. The new young group of leaders are very eager to see a new interfaith group get started....