Jaffna Scholar Visits from Australia
August 1, 2011Dr. K. Ganesalingam and family members visited for the first. He is a scholar of Saiva Siddhanta philosophy. He grew up in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, met Satguru Yogaswami, then our Gurudeva, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, and now Satguru Bodhinatha. Now he's settled in Australia. Rajesh and Radha Narayanan with their daughters...
Orphanage Does Sivathondu in Sri Lanka
August 1, 2011It is a great sign of success and an inspiration to see the Thirunavukarasu Nayanar Gurukulam (orphanage) in Sri Lanka put on a huge public feeding. After struggling through the Tsunami, living through a war, finishing new buildings, the orphanage, which receives support from the Hindu Heritage Endowment is actively...
The Story of Life-Sized Gurudeva Continues
August 1, 2011On July 25, our two Paramacharyas flew from Kauai to Hilo on the Big Island, some 320 miles. That's Hilo with the red and white dot, on the Eastern shore of Hawaii. It's about 350 miles one way. We were at the studio of Holly Young, sculptor extraordinaire, there to...
Ganesha From India
August 1, 2011Jai Ganesha, corpulent Remover of Obstacles. This art was a gift to Bodhinatha when he was in India in July. By the artist who does our children's books, NT Rajeev.
Sun One Begins New Phase
July 31, 2011We began a new, and very busy phase today. Bodhinatha gave a great talk on the Self today... stay tuned for this in the days ahead. Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami leave for their trip to Guyana, Trinidad and points East on Sun Three. Sadhu Paksha also begins on Sun 3 and...
Busy Darshan Day
July 28, 2011Patel family had darshan with Bodhinatha as their pilgrimage winds toward a close. ~~~~~~~~~~~ END OF PHASE Today is the last day of our phase. This edition of TAKA will remain posted over our coming two-day retreat, until Dvitiya Tithi, Sun One, Sunday, July 31st. On this Ardra abhishekam day,...
Hanapepe Senior Citizens Tour
July 28, 2011A few days ago a group of senior citizens from west side town of Hanapepe came for a visit. Hanapepe is on the dry side of Kauai and our visitors enjoyed the lush greenery of the East Side of Kauai...
Word of the Day
July 28, 2011Go Lexicon