
November 2011 Two-minute News Video
November 19, 2011Our November 2011 news video covers events in October, including: two swamis' attendance at the Uberoi Foundation's 2011 Experts Meeting at Loyola Marymount University where they released our book "The History of Hindu India;" the gathering of nearly 100 people from around the world on Kauai for four days of...

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami Arrives in Mauritius
November 17, 2011width: 700, imageCrop:true, transitionSpeed:150}); Mauritius 17th November, 2011: Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, accompanied by Sannyasin Saravananathaswami and Sannyasin Siddhanathaswami arrived in Mauritius and were welcomed by sishyas at the SSR International Airport this afternoon. The plane from Malaysia arrived a few minutes earlier and kulapaties Mardemootoo and Manick were at the...

This Week's Tour Day
November 17, 2011Yesterday was this week's tour day. Among the visitors was a group of local retired school teachers. Dedicated to education and serving our youth they were a delight to meet and talk with. With the recent publishing of the Guru Chronicles, our guests now have access to a book which...

Bodhinatha in Transit - Malaysia
November 16, 2011Bodhinatha is in transit...all is well. He writes: "Today's journey seems a bit short, a flight of 200 miles from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur versus yesterday of over 7,000 miles Honolulu to Singapore! One day stop at Pan Pacific Hotel at Kuala Lumpur airport. The swamis visited the potential book...

Mission team in Singapore
November 15, 2011Bodhinatha and the team report smooth sailing, arriving safely in Singapore. Saravananathaswami writes: We're now in Singapore airport waiting to fly to Kuala Lumpur for one night, then on to Mauritius. While in Honolulu waiting to depart for Tokyo, one of the Chinese Asian Pacific Economic Conference delegates from Beijing...

Butterflies in an Airport?
November 15, 2011While waiting in Singapore airport for flight to Kuala Lumpur, we visited the indoor butterfly garden. The first photo shows a compartment where you can see pupas growing and preparing to emerge as butterflies. The last photo shows a group of butterflies feasting on ripe pineapple.

Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-11-14
November 14, 2011See who has donated to our 2011 Digital Dharma Drive and join them. http://t.co/88diXu4z # Curious how we used last year's funds and what we have planned for this year's contributions? Read this page: http://t.co/ZN4eTVzc # Mount Waialeale on a clear day (today). Just because it's a rarity with the...

Bodhinatha On His Way to Mauritius
November 14, 2011Here is Bodhinatha, Saravananathaswami and Siddhanathaswami off for an action-packed two weeks. One this mission trip Bodhinatha is very much focused on nurturing and progressing his sishya and students. In Mauritius the devotees there are getting organizing in a very big way! See some of the announcements going out locally...