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San Diego Chinmaya Mission Blessing

San Diego Chinmaya Mission Blessing

Last week Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and Senthilnathaswami visited the site of a new Chinmaya Mission center, to be called Chinmaya Jyoti, for which is just beginning construction in the beautiful hills of Poway, California, outside San Diego. Sukumar Srinivas took us on a tour of the muddy site. When the...

December 30th Homa

December 30th Homa

After a wonderful retreat which included Ardra Darshanam, the monks return to their regular schedule and activities. The temple is still very zingy from the festival, so this homa was quite powerful. Satguru Bodhinatha gave an upadesha about all the little worries, doubts, and conflicts which can get in the...

Ardra Darshanam Festival

Ardra Darshanam Festival

Yesterday the monastery celebrated Ardra Darshanam, conducting a homa followed by a grand abhishekam. Siva's light and electric energy will be felt here for days. Many people participated in decorating Kadavul Temple for the event. It was a full moon. Galactic center, the Sun, Earth, the moon and Ardra all...

Bodhinatha Speaks at BAPS Chino Hills Mandir Inauguration

Bodhinatha Speaks at BAPS Chino Hills Mandir Inauguration

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuPyGKUdur8 On December 23, 2012, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, publisher of Hinduism Today, was an honored guest at the inauguration of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Chino Hills, California. He gave a rousing talk to an assembly of about 4,000.

Illustrations of Ganesha

Illustrations of Ganesha

For many years now Rajan Ramakrishnan has been sending us his illustrations of Ganesha. He is amazingly prolific and has done many hundreds of them. You can see his collections here: http://www.rajandraws.com/ Lord of Catagories } ]; transitionSpeed:150});

Aum Gam Ganapataye Namah - HAPPY PANCHA GANAPATI!!!

Aum Gam Ganapataye Namah - HAPPY PANCHA GANAPATI!!!

The fifth shakti of Lord Ganesha is the combination of the first and the third in vibration, and it extends into the wonderful feelings obtained by the outpouring of love of this God. Loving Lord Ganesha with all your heart and soul is the combined merging of these five shaktis....

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