Recent visitors
June 1, 2014The Kondapi family from Arizona is back on their yearly pilgrimage, this time accompanied by a college roommate Raghuram and Divya are on their first visit from Seattle, Washington Parthiban and Puvaneswaran visit for the first time from Penang, Malaysia. They took the opportunity while coming to Hawaii anyway for...
Recent visitor, longtime student
June 1, 2014Sanjiva and Tiya Thielamay chat with Yogi Jothinatha, during a recent visit. Sanjiva was just a boy when he took Himalayan Academy classes in Mauritius in 1983—in Beau Vallon, near Mahebourg. He has since traveled the world and become a well-known and accomplished IT consultant for large institutions. He and...
Publisher's Desk Video Shoot
May 31, 2014Recently, Sannyasin Senthilnathaswami and Sadhaka Jayanatha set up for their quarterly shoot of Bodhinatha's Publisher's Desk video. This quarter's Publisher's Desk Article is entitled "Noninjury: the Foremost Virtue," and can be found in the July/August/September issue of Hinduism Today. Until the Media Studio construction is complete, the videos are being...
Learning Never Ends
May 31, 2014The monks love to explore new words, introduce each other to a lost gem or dust off a seldom-used term. Today that word was xyst, and no one had ever heard the term. On the web we found the meaning: "Among the ancient Greeks, a long covered portico or court...
Satsang in Chicago at the home of Sharad and Namrata Haldwania
May 31, 2014On Monday, May 19th in the evening we held a satsang at the home of Sharad and Namrata Haldwania. Bodhinatha gives an introduction prior to his presentations. The satsang was attended by 35-40 people. After the satsang Bodhinatha gave out vibuthi prashadam. Siddhanathaswami handed out fruit prashadam. This is Sharad...
Another Recent Tour Group
May 30, 2014"God Siva's veiling grace hides Siva as He dresses in many costumes. He is a dancer, you know, and dancers wear many costumes. He will come as a guest to your home, unrecognizable. You might think it is your dear friend from a far-off place. That, too, is Siva in...
Kashi Gets a New Home
May 30, 2014Kashi, our new calf, is now 28 days old and ready for an upgraded calf pen. Having passed the critical stages of development with flying colors, he's now ready to explore the wonders of eating grass. Shanmuganathaswami walking Kashi to his new pen. Smelling the grass.... Kashi has fun running...
Bodhinatha visits the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago
May 29, 2014On Sunday morning, May 18th, Bodhinatha and the swamis visited the Hindu Temple in Lemont. The children of the Sunday School class were celebrating their graduation. This is the Hindi class An older Hindi class group This is Dr. Janakiraman, a long time devotee of the temple who helped Gurudeva...