German Edition of Gurudeva's Toolbox Online!
March 22, 2014We are very happy to announce the release of the German edition of Gurudeva's Toolbox, translated by Professor Devarajan Sankaran. PDF, Kindle, Nook, ePub and Web viewing versions are available here: Gurudevas Werkzeugkasten. Thanks to our Digital Dharma Donors for their support which sponsors the cost of these productions. Gurudeva's...
Spring Break Brings Many Pilgrims
March 22, 2014Our public tour days remain ever popular. During spring break we see more families coming with young people from college with their parents. } ]; transitionSpeed:150});
Mango Desk Tops Near Completion
March 22, 2014The desktops for the new Media Studio are being made of a special mango wood. The tree, a giant one, was gifted to the monastery a few years back, and we recently milled the massive trunk for the new desks for the monks. Today they are receiving their finish, creating...
Bengaluru: A Big Worksite Change
March 22, 2014Jiva Rajasankara sent us photos today, along with a story about the worksite neighborhood. When we moved into the area in 1990 it was out in a desolate, almost desert-like area. There was a highway half a mile away, but little else. But Bengaluru is growing, and apartments have been...
Growing the Fictionary
March 21, 2014CyberCadets know that the monks maintain a Fictionary: A lexicon of words that should be in the dictionary but are not. This grows from time to time as we stumble on the moment we have all known, those awkward (and fun) moments when we know the word but the world...
Recent Visitors to the Aadheenam
March 21, 2014K. Sivakumar family from Arizona and Sri Lanka (middle and left) were on a return visit after a year. On the right, visiting from Pittsburgh, northern California, after many years, are Rajesh and Yatra Raman with their son and two daughters. They met our late Gurudeva back in Concord when...
Another Bronze Nearing Completion
March 21, 2014Today we received these photos from Bobby in Colorado. He has been the artist responsible for transforming Sculptor Holly Young's waxes, into beautiful bronze statues. This is the statue of the sipli at the forge. When completed it will join the statues of Gurudeva, Ganapati Stapati and the silpi sharpening...
Milling MonkeyPod
March 20, 2014Recently, the monks have been milling logs of monkeypod wood. The logs were gifted to the monastery by local tree trimmers. Monkeypod has long been prized as a quality carving wood and Nirvani Nilakanthanatha in particular, has recently been using it for turning beautiful wooden bowls. Nivani sits with the...