Bodhinatha's Classes in California, Day 1
June 25, 2011Bodhinatha, Yoginathaswami and Sadhaka Satyanatha are in California, where Bodhinatha is leading a retreat for church members and students. We are nestled among giant redwood trees, in a Buddhist monastery which rents its facilities for events. A few Buddhist monks and nuns walk around quietly, greeting the Hindu monks and...
I Love the Monks
June 25, 2011A wonderful email today for the monastery. It is from a good soul who reflects on the challenges of working with people: "Sometimes I think almost all adults are crazy. We make things so complicated and make more and more rules to force people to do the right thing, which can...
Digital Font Work
June 25, 2011This phase our book team is making some improvements to the font being used for The Guru Chronicles. The font, called Relato, was crafted by Spanish type designer Eduardo Manso. Back in 2008 we went searching for a special font in which to typeset this special book. We found Relato...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-06-24
June 24, 2011http://twitpic.com/5gagea World's longest dosai, 31 feet long. Made in Ahmedabad in 2009. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Bodhinatha Off to California
June 24, 2011Bodhinatha is in California in the middle of the retreat there. He left on Iraivan day durin our retreat with Sadhaka Satyanatha and Sannyasin Yoginathaswami.
Sun One Homa
June 24, 2011At home we began a new, six-day phase with homa conducted by Senthilnathaswami. Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami give a discourse.
Progress on Gurudeva's Life-Sized Statue
June 24, 2011Today our sculptor on the Big Island, Holly Young, sent a series of photos of the next stage of Gurudeva's bronze statue, seen here in her studio. There is much to be done, she notes, such as the refinement of the robes which will actually show the weave of the...
Today's Tour Day Visitors
June 24, 2011With the completion of our new parking lot, we are slowly relaxing our reservations to allow more guests on public tour day. These fifty souls now know what a magical place Kauai Aadheenam is! We offer a prize for anyone who can remove the ball from the lions mouth! If...