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From the Monastery Kitchen

From the Monastery Kitchen

A special request has come for a few recipes to be added to TAKA, so ammas everywhere can experiment with new veggie dishes mastered by the monks. Today we present poriyal. Pumpkin Poriyal Poriyal is a Tamil word indicating a finely chopped vegetable dish which is served dry with a...

Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-12-10

Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-12-10

Pancha Ganapati mentioned in latest episode of "The Office" http://t.co/iEnglZxB and on Oprah's website http://t.co/oeeFfLg3 # What is Pancha Ganapati, the Hindu alternative to Christmas? Read our festival feature here. http://t.co/SKqNUo9u # Powered by Twitter Tools

Mauritius 2011 Visit, Part 1

Mauritius 2011 Visit, Part 1

Views of our Spiritual Park riverfront, abhishekam to Narmada Lingam after a Siva homa performed by Satguru Bodhinatha and accompanying swamis, view of Grand Bassin lake in the island's center, and a singing sendoff at the end of the visit. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGPIXL5kEME

Mauritius 2011 Visit Part Two

Mauritius 2011 Visit Part Two

On the last day of the visit to Mauritius, Nov 23, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami speaks to Saiva Siddhanta Church sishyas and students about how our youth, especially in Asia where the educational system is very demanding, often don't have time in their school years to join the parents for an...

Mauritius Spiritual Park Siva Homa

Mauritius Spiritual Park Siva Homa

[More views from Bodhinatha's November Mission to Mauritius] We had our Siva Homa at the Spiritual Park in front of the Narmada Lingam where Vishesha Dikshas were given by Bodhinatha... httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlvGckHMbqg#!

More of Bodhinatha and Sishya in Malaysia

More of Bodhinatha and Sishya in Malaysia

Click here for more photos of the homa satsang with Satguru Bodhinatha and swamis in Malaysia, November 27. Click here for more photos of the homa satsang with Satguru Bodhinatha and swamis November 27.

Saiva Swami Sangam

Saiva Swami Sangam

Here is the new photo of the swamis. We are running this again to fulfill request by those who wanted a hi-res version. Right click here (chose "save link as") to download a 4.4MB file you can use to get printed locally.

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