A Sample of Performers at Suttur
January 24, 2012Suttur Mutt spared no expenses when hiring performers for the five-day festival. At any time there were artists somewhere, sometimes simultaneously, including plays that went from midnight to sunrise -- it takes a lot to entertain 250,000 people. Here is a short clip of a cool musical style we heard...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2012-01-24
January 24, 2012Local artists Helen Turner (standing) and Emily Miller (seated) came to paint our beautiful view today. http://t.co/zTBxVlXy # Helen Turner uses pastels to capture the beauty of the Wailua forest. http://t.co/3Q892Yl7 # Emily Miller's medium is watercolor. The two approaches are fun to see side by side! http://t.co/T8ghcaLa # Powered...
Rudiren and Uma Receive Samaya Diksha
January 24, 2012big: '/taka-archive-all-assets/wp-content/uploads/2012/January/January_24_2012/rudiren-uma-diksha-homa/large/DSC_6593_1_1.jpg', The homa begins big: '/taka-archive-all-assets/wp-content/uploads/2012/January/January_24_2012/rudiren-uma-diksha-homa/large/DSC_6600_1.jpg', big: '/taka-archive-all-assets/wp-content/uploads/2012/January/January_24_2012/rudiren-uma-diksha-homa/large/DSC_6601_1.jpg', Rudiren Carpanen Pillay, originally from Mauritius now teaching in South Africa big: '/taka-archive-all-assets/wp-content/uploads/2012/January/January_24_2012/rudiren-uma-diksha-homa/large/DSC_6603_1.jpg', big: '/taka-archive-all-assets/wp-content/uploads/2012/January/January_24_2012/rudiren-uma-diksha-homa/large/DSC_6604.jpg', big: '/taka-archive-all-assets/wp-content/uploads/2012/January/January_24_2012/rudiren-uma-diksha-homa/large/DSC_6605_1.jpg', big: '/taka-archive-all-assets/wp-content/uploads/2012/January/January_24_2012/rudiren-uma-diksha-homa/large/DSC_6606_1.jpg', Rudiren receives the mantra from Bodhinatha big: '/taka-archive-all-assets/wp-content/uploads/2012/January/January_24_2012/rudiren-uma-diksha-homa/large/DSC_6610.jpg', big: '/taka-archive-all-assets/wp-content/uploads/2012/January/January_24_2012/rudiren-uma-diksha-homa/large/DSC_6613.jpg', He reads his pledge to perform japa daily and promptly make up...
Monks Leave Mysore, on to Bengaluru, Delhi
January 24, 2012} ]; height: 505, width: 640, imageCrop:false, imagePan:false, transitionSpeed:150}); Aum Sivaya: We are on the move today, from Suttur to Kailash Ashram to Bengaluru airport to Delhi. India's roads are definitely getting better, some wide and modern, but the drivers still drive as if they were stuntmen for a Mission:...
Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami and Sadhaka Satyanatha, Day 4 at Suttur Mutt
January 23, 2012} ]; height: 505, width: 640, imageCrop:false, imagePan:false, transitionSpeed:150}); Our fourth day at Suttur began with a puja to Adi Shivarathriswara, the founder of the mutt, at his samadhi temple. His murti is so small that it is brought out of the sanctum for special guests to offer flowers, chanting...
Suttur Mutt Event, Jan 20 (continued)
January 23, 2012} ]; height: 505, width: 640 , imageCrop:false, imagePan:false, transitionSpeed:150}); The second full day at Suttur Mutt was extraordinary. Here are some more photos of the events described in previous TAKA posts. The utsava murti was paraded in the morning. The parade included floats and musicians hard to beat. New...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2012-01-22
January 22, 2012http://t.co/f8hZZoNm We just met the head of an Udupi Mutt. He is here to play fusion keyboard tonight. # Watch our new 2-minute January 2012 news video. http://t.co/HKuq0nPs # Powered by Twitter Tools
Firewalking at Suttur Mutt
January 22, 2012Giant crowds before the firewalk This man will be the first across the coals. With a pink bandana, a man in trance. The rush over 30 feet of blazing coals. } ]; height: 505, width: 640, imageCrop:false, imagePan:false, transitionSpeed:150}); It's becoming evening on the plains of Karnataka state and Swami...