Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-09-11
September 11, 2011Bodhinatha give a presentation on the Hindu view of success. http://t.co/Ouz064w # The presentation is at the Sri Ganesha Temple of Salt Lake City in Utah. Beautiful mountains fill the horizon. http://t.co/l5RcHpJ # Full moon! Exciting morning at the aadheenam = all our cows get out and arrive at the...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-09-10
September 10, 2011We just met with Renate Seldon who is going to make a 90-second introductory video about the monastery for our new website. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Iraivan's Nandi Mandapam Kodungai Carving
September 10, 2011A few days back we Selvanathan Stapathi and Shekar Stapathi visited our worksite. Here, we have Shekar Stapathi marking the thamam ( Lotus Petal) design on the kodungai stone. A detail view of the lotus petal design. The kodungai stone is also called the sun shade stone. It sits on...
Bodhinatha Is With Ganesha in Utah
September 10, 2011Om Sivaya, everyone, Saturday morning at temple for Visarjana. Blessings of many food offerings than a puja done by all the children on trays in groups of about six lead by the priest. I gave thirty-minute talk. Next, after circumambulating the temple, we paraded to a nearby pond and placed...
Mastering the Flow of Water
September 10, 2011Years ago, Gurudeva gave each of the kulams at the monastery affirmations for their sivathondu. Water is life's most precious natural resource and the Siddhidata Kulam (SK) is charged to take care of the stream the flows through the Aadheenam from the Wailua Reservoir just one mile north of San...
Visiting Arkansas
September 10, 2011After Chicago they went to Arkansas. Siddhanathaswami writes: We had a wonderful visit with Jim and Terri Coleman at their facility in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. Our Iraivan crystal was found by Jim in the 70s. They were gracious hosts that spent about 2.5 hours with us! We arrived at...
Hawaii's Ever Bubbling Volcano
September 10, 2011The power of nature has a humbling effect, reminding us of our small place in Siva's vast cosmic universe. Our own nearby volcano is an ever present reminder of the dynamic state of our planet. The volcano on the big island is considered to be in a state of eruption,...
How do Hindus view other religions?
September 10, 2011We continue today with the four new questions and answers that Bodhinatha and the Hinduism Today team just completed. Tweet them. Save them for future use. But mostly, just enjoy them! Click here to view the full article Fourteen Questions In India, where Hindus are the overwhelming majority, the rights...