We Meet the Balinese
July 16, 2013One of the truly delightful surprises of our swamis' trip in Europe came when meeting members of the Balinese community in Cologne. We connected with Made Sukasta, a German man who took a Hindu name, married a Balinese woman when he was living in Bali decades ago and is now...
Hamm and Koeln
July 15, 2013After passing umpteen kilometers of farm fields, quaint villages, solar fields and wind farms that ran to both horizons, our swamis' train from Berlin stopped in Hamm, just next door to the Sri Sithivinayakar Temple, which Gurudeva had given the murti for decades ago. This little temple inside a capacious...
Twitter Update: In Chicago today, our swamis and their hosts went...
July 14, 2013In Chicago today, our swamis and their hosts went and saw The Bean. Quite a remarkable work. http://t.co/4IgiNOywgJ
Join Us for Guru Purnima in Mauritius
July 13, 2013Guru Purnima will be celebrated at Saiva Siddhanta Church's Spiritual Park in Mauritius on Monday, July 22nd. Join us to celebrate the blessings of Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and the Kailasa Parampara. Events begin at 5 PM. 5.00 PM: Natchintanai 5.30: Pada puja 6.30: Meditation 6.40: Guru Purnima Message 2013 from...
Busy Summer Visitor Days
July 13, 2013Our visitors were in for a big surprise this past week. The new shipment from India has arrived and it was like Pancha Ganapati looking at all the new crates and treasures. From every concievable walk of life they come to learn more about the world\s most ancient path to...
A Final Dinner in Paris
July 13, 2013From our traveling Swamis:To be filed under true, but unbelievable…. Swami and I had as last dinner in Europe last night, so walked the cobblestone passages (too narrow to call them roads), continuing to be amazed (and exhausted) by the street energy of Paris, like the most intense human gathering...
Mauritius Spiritual Park
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Swamis in Switzerland
July 12, 2013After flying from Catania, Italy, to Geneva, Switzerland--quite a stark contrast--and spending the night at a little hotel in a small village just across the border in France, our traveling swamis met for breakfast with Dr. K. Kalyanasundaram, a long-time friend of the monastery. As the leader of Project Madurai,...