Clubwallas Visiting From New York
March 20, 2012Mr. and Mrs. Clubwalla of New York are long-time devotees and Innersearch participants. They visited us over the past week, as they do periodically. Their sunshine disposition brightens the atmosphere wherever they go. Here, they meet with Shanmuganathaswami and Yogi Jothinatha.
Quartzite Paths Work Continues
March 20, 2012With some sunny dry weather for the first day of Spring today, Jonathan finishes up another segment of the monastery walkway upgrade. Quartzite slate now goes right up to our courtyard.
Crystal Mushrooms?
March 20, 2012Another addition to our exotic mushroom collection. These tend to appear for a day or two at a time near our Nepalese Ganesha entrance. We refer to them affectionately as our "crystal mushroom." You can see why. Sometimes they are milky, as this one, and sometimes totally clear like glass.
Tropical Marvels: Bugs, Vines and Little Lizards
March 20, 2012A feast of pollen for this little bee Jade vines hanging from on high. This lizard was just moments before sitting on a dark colored lava rock. Playing in the bromeliads Spiders are everywhere He knows Im watching him and asks "What is that clicking sound?"' Ready to run, but...
Our New Kitchen Making Progress
March 19, 2012John Anderson and his team have completed the work of demolition on the old kitchen space. The interior was completely gutted out and cleaned. New electric circuits, insulation and plumbing were put back into the walls and the room was then covered in again with plywood and sheet rock. Here...
Little Teva Receives His First Solid Food
March 18, 2012Teva prepares to receive his first solid food His mother Roopa holds him close Successful! Teva facdes a flower, book, pen and money He chooses the flower! } ]; height: 525, width: 700, imageCrop:true, transitionSpeed:150}); Sudarsanarao and Mani Akkineni came from Chicago area to guide the annaprasana samskara for their...
Twitter Updates for 2012-03-17
March 17, 2012Banyan roots near monastery entrance today http://t.co/cy8nv21J # Powered by Twitter Tools
Pilgrims Texas Have Darshan with Bodhinatha
March 17, 2012Drs. Nipank and Leena Shroff, and Drs. Nalin and Kamal Tolia made their first visit to Kauai. They stayed with sishyas Mrunal and Padmaja Patel family. They are all from Midland, Texas and founding members of the Hindu temple there. Amey Deosthali returned to Kauai, this time bringing his...