Word of the Day
March 23, 2011Go Lexicon
Sun Two
March 22, 2011Sun Two and 48-hour count down before Bodhinatha leaves for Texas. For those who enjoyed the video of his Sun One Video, note that the audio is also now online and available for download to your PC. See the right side bar link
Root Vegetable Magic: Ginger and Carrots
March 22, 2011Sadhaka Adinatha and the Siddhidata Kulam team have amended this raised bed in the garden with rich compost and some chicken manure in the bottom of this trench, in preparation for planting ginger. Covering over the seed by hand. Next the "seed" is placed and covered: roots from a previous...
Word of the Day
March 22, 2011Go Lexicon
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-03-21
March 21, 2011We just held a beautiful pada puja for Gurudeva in the temple on chitra nakshatra. Jai Gurudeva! # Powered by Twitter Tools
New Phase Begins
March 21, 2011Another dynamic phase begins. Bodhianatha leaves for the Southwest on Sun Four.
Chitra Puja Day
March 21, 2011Chitra puja was performed for Gurudeva today. The kumbhas here arrayed, filled with precious substances for the abhishekam. Sadhaka Nandinatha and Sadhaka Satya are the pujaris today. Outside we have a picture of the Extreme SuperMoon. Well, almost, the actual perigee occured on the 19th. During every orbit the point...
Iraivan Stone Carving News from Bangalore
March 21, 2011We have this update on the beautiful work being don on the stones for the Nandi Mandapam. Here, Andiappan, is carving the intricate floral designs on the beamstone ( uttataram) A close up view of the carvings in progress. Sankaran working on the lower portion of the beamstone. The ornamental...