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January 13, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha's eyes light up as he surveys the gold leaf work of the Chinna Gopuram at Iraivan: Thirunavukkarasu Nayanar Gurukulam Tsunami Update Yesterday we finally managed to get through to the manager of the Thirunavukkarasu Gurukulam Orphanage Manager, Mr. Kanan Rajaratnam, to get a...
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January 12, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? A wonderful family came this morning on their first visit to the aadheenam. They are originally from Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh. Grandpa was celebrating his 80th birthday today. Here he is being blessed by Bodhinatha. Though he has never visited here, he has been a...
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January 11, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? It is Sun One again and Bodhinatha gave a talk today to Tamil temples with a message on the Tsunami. Saravananathaswami performs the homa. Two-year old Putrika Shaila Pushpa Sendan, all bundled up to keep her warm, worships with concentration during the final arati....
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January 8, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Ashok and Raziya Mallya visited today from Missouri with their family. It was their first visit to the island and they found out about us through the Kauai guidebook. They met with Bodhinatha and asked him some wonderful questions. Ashok asked Bodhinatha for advice...
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January 7, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? Tsunami Update: Until January 5th, direct communications from the Aadheenam with anyone on the ground in Batticaloa were impossible; but as of January 7th we were able to get some first hand reports. Only one boy of the Thirunavukkarasu Nayanar Gurukulam perished, but the...
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January 6, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? It is a quiet day at the Aadheenam. In fact, it was the first day in weeks there were no pilgrims. Though we did have a few people come by the temple. Bodhinatha has been sharing his reflections on the Himalayan Academy Study Retreat...
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January 5, 2005What Happened Today at the Monastery? After the pada puja, Bodhinatha gave the annual State of the Church address, which Gurudeva traditionally gave at this time at the beginning of each new year. Yogi Japendranatha and Sadhaka Jivanandanatha performed the puja today. Yogurt abhishekam. Yogaswami sang: ""Transcending all mutations of...
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January 2, 2005Tsunami 2004 A Practical and Spiritual Response By Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami Kauai's Hindu Monastery OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TO SHARE some thoughts on the massive global death and destruction caused by the South Asia Tsunami that ravaged such a...