Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-02-07
February 7, 2011Snowless and sunny in Dallas http://twitpic.com/3xh899 # Our travelers are on their way to DFW airport to brave the crowds of tens of thousands of Super Bowl fans that return home today. # At DFW. Pretty quiet. Most of the Super Bowl devotees must have left by this afternoon. We...
Bodhinatha in Transit
February 7, 2011Om Sivaya, everyone, Jai ganapati. We drove back from the camp at Bruceville to a suburb of Dallas near the airport, which is Louisville. Hotels nearer downtown were all full due to the Supper Bowl. Weather is totally clear, no rain or snow and reaching a high of 49 degrees....
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-02-06
February 6, 2011Varun Mehta begins the closing session http://twitpic.com/3x4lpp # Bodhinatha is now giving closing remarks for this engaging Gateway retreat with HSA http://twitpic.com/3x4oun http://twitpic.com/3x4ose # At the closing program, Bodhinatha gave a box to each HSA branch with books, arati tray and Ganesha murti. http://twitpic.com/3x6w8l # Speaking to Sonny Mehta, Vijay...
Big Malaysia Mission Satsang
February 6, 2011Kulapati Dhasan Sivananada writes: Vanakam Swami, We had satsang at our house on 5th February 2011. Special guest from Bangalore, Kulapati Jiva Rajasankara and Kulamatha Kanmani from Iraivan Temple site India attended the satsang. He gave an inspiring talk on our beloved Gurudeva and the Iraivan Temple. He also shared...
Mauritius Water Front Works Nearly Complete
February 6, 2011Kulapati Manon Mardemootoo writes: The major work on the Water Front is complete. We shall soon begin filling the right and left sides with earth and plant with, grass, decorative and palm trees. This will be a slow work . The contractor is now finishing a path to the river...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-02-05
February 5, 2011Brahmachari Girish Chaitanya from Chinmaya Mission Austin performs Gayatri havan. All the students participate. http://twitpic.com/3wrvq2 # Sonny Mehta and Sonal Dhawan give an intro to the @HinduStudents Association. http://twitpic.com/3wu7ty # Girishji speaks to the group, drawing from the Upanishads http://twitpic.com/3wu84z # Swaminathan Venkataraman from @HinduAmerican Foundation speaks to the group....
Sun Two
February 5, 2011Bodhinatha is with the students in Texas, we suspect they are out of internet range at the moment. But we understand they are having a wonderful retreat. At home we are having beautiful cool clear "winter days." Oh! temperatures dropped to 55 last night! And some of us have to...
Siva’s Five Faces of Grace
February 5, 2011Seeing the Amsterdam artist's new paintings on TAKA last week, a CyberCadet in India wrote this little ode: You flow through the brush You flow through the words You flow through chisel and stone Constantly You draw us closer to Source nearer to Home, to YOU! Faces five or None You are Beauty-full Dancing or still You are Wonder-full Water...