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Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-04-11

Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-04-11

Only in Midland airport do you see an ad for an iPhone app for keeping track of live data from your oil wells! http://t.co/CZBzo1v # Time to go home! Bodhinatha and Senthilnathaswami are in LA on the way back to Kauai at the end of an 18-day trip. # Pankaj...

Bodhinatha in West Texas

Bodhinatha in West Texas

First on Bodhinatha's visit to Midland, Texas, was a pada puja at the home of our hosts, Drs. Mrunal and Padmaja Patel. This is Bodhinatha's third visit to Midland. The puja was powerful. Everyone felt the presence of Gurudeva and the parampara blessing the home. Bodhinatha was in high spirits...

Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-04-10

Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-04-10

Bodhinatha is giving an upadesha at the Hindu Association of West Texas this morning. # http://t.co/4sp1oLI # Video: Bodhinatha explains paradigm shift required to look at our entire day as an opportunity to progress spiritually http://bit.ly/gj0Ksj # Powered by Twitter Tools

Bodhinatha Visits BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Houston

Bodhinatha Visits BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Houston

Last Sunday in Stafford (Houston), Texas, we visited the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir. This is the same temple of which we attended the inauguration ceremonies in 2004. It was exciting to be back after almost seven years at this ornately carved marble and sandstone temple in exquisite Gujarati style. We were...

Bodhinatha's Visit to Chinmaya Mission Houston

Bodhinatha's Visit to Chinmaya Mission Houston

One of the main events during Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's visit to Houston, Texas, was a pair of satsangs at the Chinmaya Mission facility. This is their Siva temple, which Swami Chinmayananda insisted they build here. It was finished just a few years ago. A solemn procession took us next to...

Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-04-09

Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-04-09

Saw this sign in a cafe in the quaint mountain town of Fort Davis. This is not where the West begins. This is the West! http://t.co/0cg44et # Wonderful visit to the mile-high observatory in the Davis Mountains last night. Viewed Saturn, Moon, Pleiades, Orion nebula. # The Master Course (Der...

Mayuran Sokkan Received His Namakarana Samskara

Mayuran Sokkan Received His Namakarana Samskara

Brahmachari Mayuran Sokkan has a good Saiva karma to be sure! He is living in Texas but made a special connection with the Tamil community after a pilgrimage to Toronto last year. He went back to the Sri Varasithi Vinayagar Hindu temple on April 7th, 2011. Riccardo Morano was transformed...

End of Phase - Amaryllis Blooms

End of Phase - Amaryllis Blooms

It's the end of our 6-day phase. This amaryllis which was planted outside the Siddhidata Kulam office is happy with spring and just bloomed. We will see this for just ten days each year. Tomorrow Bodhinatha will complete the 17th of his 17 presentations made on this mission and be...

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