Meeting an Old Friend of Yogaswami in Toronto
September 27, 2011Sadasivanathaswami and Senthilnathaswami visited Toronto for the past two days with the primary purpose of spending some time with Dr. James George, who spent many moments with and was profoundly influenced by Yogaswami in the early 1960s when he was the Canadian High Commissioner to Ceylon. (A lifetime scholar and...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-09-26
September 26, 2011This morning our traveling swamis are in Toronto. They will hold a video with Dr James George, former High Commissioner of Canada to Ceylon. # Dr. George was in Sri Lanka in the early 60s, knew Yogaswami well and considered Swami his guru. He has many great stories to tell!...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-09-25
September 25, 2011Our swamis who are on the road have completed a very successful #HMEC and are now on their way to Toronto for a couple of days. # Objectified: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit http://t.co/uh2caV95 (a fascinating watch for any designer, artist or observer of beauty) # Powered by Twitter...
Iraivan's Yesti Stones Finalized Drawings
September 25, 2011Last month we had showed some photos of the Nandi Mandapam Yesti Stone Drawing. After approval of Bodhinatha Veylanswami, Selvanathan stapathi is redoing a new drawing for the final stone carving. Shekar Stapathi does another part of the drawing. Manikantan Stapathi, our resident Stapathi helps. This yesti stone is the...
Loganathans From Maryland
September 25, 2011Mr. and Mrs. Loganathan darshan with Bodhinatha. Satguru Yogaswami used to walk frequently by his home in Jaffna, sometimes spontaneously coming in to say a few words. Kanagasabai and Nagulambikai Loganathan are on pilgrimage to the monastery and visit with Shanmuganathaswami and Yogi Jothinatha. They are Hinduism Today lifetime subscribers...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-09-24
September 24, 2011Follow @CHYnetwork and @HinduismToday for up to date news about #HMEC 2011 Columbus # View our blog post on the Hindu Mandir Executives' Conference, Day 1 here: http://t.co/w1h2H2Uz # Powered by Twitter Tools
Aggarwals and Dhodias From Edmonton
September 24, 2011The Aggarwal and Dhodia families are visiting from Edmonton, Canada. The Aggarwal family (on right) visited here 20 years ago and met our late Gurudeva at that time under a banyan tree. Gurudeva gave an assignment to Mr. Aggarwal to distribute 20 free copies of Dancing with Siva in his...
How to Live a Fulfilling Life
September 24, 2011Here is a short, trendy video by the Hindu Students Association, from their QuickFire series. They asked Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami to talk about how to live a fulfilling life, from the Hindu perspective. We shot it at the monastery, and they edited and released it on their YouTube channel. Enjoy!...