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November 16, 2004What Happened Today at the Monastery? Anand, his wife Srividya and their son Abhinav have been here for over a week on pilgrimage and had darshan today with Bodhinatha. It's 4:30 PM in the afternoon and we will be making this TAKA short as the tithi changed to Shashti earlier...
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November 15, 2004What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha has a final darshan with the Malaysian ladies who will be returning home early Wednesday morning. They are carrying forward Gurudeva's teachings to the next generation in a very strong way. The young adults of Malaysia really have set a high standard for...
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November 14, 2004What Happened Today at the Monastery? The third day of Skanda Shashti, some of the monks are fasting, others are on a purely sattvic diet of fruit, yogurt and nuts, some of the pilgrims shaved their heads and also did walking prostrations covering the full length of San Marga. Each...
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November 13, 2004What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha giving out vibhuti after his talk on Lord Murugan this morning in the temple. Approaching Muruga hill.... Another magnificent day on Kauai... Lord Murugan is on our minds... some of the monks are fasting and some of the devotees have shaven their heads......
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November 10, 2004What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha meets with Janahan Balasingham who flew over from California yesterday, just to perform today's Mahasamadhi Pada puja. After the puja he has darshan with Bodhinatha. Early this morning devotees arrive for the finale puja... Gurudeva's shrine is magnificently decorated. The temple is packed....
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November 9, 2004What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha meditating in the Guru peedam before his morning class as the devotees gathered Yesterday afternoon Shanmugam Sthapati gave a discourse on his experience and insights on the Iraivan temple project and took questions from the group. He had previously drafted his ideas in...
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November 8, 2004What Happened Today at the Monastery? Yogaswami sang: "He is the Sat-Guru, who is Self-luminous. He is beyond the plane of objective consciousness." "It is the Guru's grace, his infinite grace, his ineffable, perennial fount of grace, that alone can endow man with a deep insight into the soul of...
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November 7, 2004What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha at Guru Purnima last June... ~~~~~~~~ TAKA Factoid: Q: How can I bookmark TAKA to always go to today's page? A: As many of you may have noticed, if you bookmark TAKA in your browser, you will book mark this specific day. For...