San Francisco Bay Area Hindu Bhajanai Group
June 2, 2016On May 15 while traveling, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami was inivited to give an upadesha to the Bay Area Hindu Bhajani Group. The Group meets monthly in different homes around the San Francisco Bay Area, CA and their mission is, "To educate and inculcate Hindu values, principles, traditions, and teachings to...
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June 1, 2016Go Lexicon
Sunset Atop Muruga Hill
May 31, 2016Over this past retreat, a monk found himself walking along San Marga. It was late in the afternoon and the 4.6 billion year old star at the center of our solar system whom we call Surya began to make His daily westbound departure. Peering up from the base of Muruga...
Iraivan's Perimeter Wall Progress
May 30, 2016As a container is slowly being loaded for shipping to Kauai, the Rajasankaras snapped some close-up shots of the carving detail. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Beginning the New Phase
May 30, 2016The new lunar week has just begun for the monks, and happens to be aligned with the rest of the world's standard workweek for the time being. The morning began with a warm sunrise which lit up the treetops and Mount Waialeale. The monks gathered in Kadavul for the morning...
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Satguru's New Publisher's Desk
May 27, 2016httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ukYXFpG1w Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads his editorial from the July/August/September 2016 edition of Hinduism Today magazine. "It is easy to talk high philosophy in Hinduism, 'man is God,' 'we are divine,' it is easy to say profound things...however to put these principles into practice to the extent that we really...
An Update from Our Bengaluru Carving Site
May 27, 2016Aum Sivaya everyone, we have just received these photos from Iraivan's carving site in India. The silpis are working hard to finish the perimeter wall and Nandi Mandapam stone pieces. Silpis can be seen here making the wood shipping crates from scratch These crates are built to last 1,000 years,...