Ladies Retreat Begins Today
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Sacred Song Workshop with the Ladies
January 5, 2012 Today the ladies joined Sivakatirswami after lunch. He reviewed our overall goals both for sacred song in the future of our educational programs and for the spiritual life and culture of our Saiva Siddhanta Church Satsang and for our own personal spiritual practice in developing bhakti and as a part...
Our Family Meets the Monks
January 5, 2012 Our father Luke and sisters Carelle and Erika came again today. They joined the Ganapati Kulam for their daily morning meeting, took a tour of the Aadheenam property and then met the Pillaiyar Kulam in the afternoon.
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2012-01-04
January 4, 2012A beautiful and thoughtful piece on "The Joy of Quiet" and the importance of regularly getting away from the screen. http://t.co/P2Oj8XSh # Here is your Kauai Aadheenam mushroom of the day. http://t.co/RMRIwtVn # A premonastic returns from the river after the elder sadhakas have shaven his head. He will take...
Discussion 6th Grade History Books in US Schools
January 4, 2012Acharya Arumuganathaswami is meeting with the Visswanathans about Aarti's sixth grade history lessons on Hinduism. The discussion was about how to encourage the teachers to explain Hinduism properly and use the materials on the history of India produced by the monks. You can get the new book online: History of...
Family Visits The Monastery
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Doshi Family Pilgrimage from California
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Visswanathan Family Learns About Our Audio Web Work
January 3, 2012This afternoon the Visswanathan family joined Sivakatirswami to find out more about our new web site and to learn the tools for helping to contribute songs for the future generations. Aarti is behind the camera.