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Wishing You a Blissful Ardra

Wishing You a Blissful Ardra

Today is Ardra nakshatra, a time each month when Siva's blessings become extra potent. The Monastery always celebrates with a beautiful abhishekham. The King of Dance is bathed in gallons of water, fresh milk from the aadheenam's cows, fresh yogurt, honey, freshly squeezed citrus juice from the gardens, rose water...

A Chance Meeting While Traveling

A Chance Meeting While Traveling

On the way to the Hindu Students Association retreat in Texas Satguru Bodhinatha had a chance meeting with Rudy Tanzi in the San Francisco Airport. Rudy's been on two Innersearch programs with Bodhinatha. A neuroscientist and professor at Harvard Medical School, Rudy focuses primarily on the research of Alzheimer's disease....

February 8th Homa

February 8th Homa

This morning began the new phase with the usual homa. Satguru Bodhinatha is currently traveling, so his paduka reside in his place. Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami fills in to burn the written prayers to the devas, and to give a short talk after the homa. He the topic of his talk was...

Let the Journey Begin!

Let the Journey Begin!

Today Satguru Bodhinatha and Senthilnathaswami headed for Lihue airport to begin their three weeks of travel. They will be in Texas through the 12th, where they will meet with the Hindu Students Association, make a presentation at a local temple and attend satsang with devotees. They will then fly to...

Kadaitswami's Umbrella

Kadaitswami's Umbrella

You wouldn't think an umbrella would make a good story, but it does. Today we bring you a great surprise (it certainly was a surprise to us) in the form of our Satguru Kadaitswami's umbrella. To which we add a little about this great siddhar from The Guru Chronicles. As...

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