Guru Purnima 2011 Mauritius Part 2
July 21, 2011We bring the second and last series of our Guru Purnima celebration photos at the Spiritual Park of Mauritius. Kulapati Siven Koothan reading the message sent by Bodhinatha for this occasion. "Our life energy can be compared to petrol. Petrol in and of itself is neither good nor bad. It simply...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-07-20
July 20, 2011http://twitpic.com/5t68qz One of the new slides created for Bodhinatha's upcoming Keynote in Guyana, South America. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Bodhinatha Is Home!
July 20, 2011Bodhinatha is home and we now have a great series of images from India of Guru Purnima... We have put it together as a slideshow so that we can include all of them. Click here for Guru Purnima Chidambaram, Part I Click the small "i" icon to read captions.
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Malaysia Devotees Celebrate Satguru Purnima
July 20, 2011Malaysian devotees celebrated Satguru Purnima at Iraivan Illam last week.. Scenic look of chandanam abhishekam.... Tiruvadi covered with yogurt... Stream of milk Adorned with vibhuti Unity of five elements. Pancha Arati Seeking blessings... Upadesha by Rishimata Valliammah on the significance of having a guru in ones life... Meal is the...
Satsang and Pada Puja
July 18, 2011On July 17th, the Golden Gate Mission had the monthly satsang and pada puja at the home of Easvan and Devi Param in Walnut Creek. After the satsang was over, we had a little tea break while the host was preparing for pada puja. Various abhishegam items were used for...
Agama/Priest Conference in Chennai
July 18, 2011A major highlight of Bodhinatha's trip to India was the handing over of the digitized Agama to the priests. We bring you a long post today with photos from the conference in Chennai. Acharya Arumuganathaswami has been spearheading this project for several years and he has the story for us...
Final Events in Pondicherry
July 17, 2011Our team has moved on and is now in Chennai and will be departing for home in a day or so. Stepping back in time we return to Pondicherry a few days ago. After several years of work and amassing 818 Gigabytes of data, the digitization of manuscripts and ola...
Mahabalipuram Meetings
July 17, 2011After wrapping up in Pondicherry, our team moved on to Mahabalipuram. Here is Bodhinatha meeting with Sri Rajeev from Kerala who came to see the team. He is an artist who drew the story artwork in the children's books on Self-Discipline and Religious Life books. He gifted Bodhinatha with a...