Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-02-04
February 4, 2011The Satguru is on the move in Dallas. Lots of snow! http://twitpic.com/3wh4hd # Lunch at PF Chang's at Northpark Center in Dallas. Next, printing material for the HSA retreat, a little shopping... # http://twitpic.com/3whhcx This is not Moscow in January. A photo from Bodhinatha's room in Dallas today! Brave souls...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-02-03
February 3, 2011Jiger and Swati Patel brought dinner to our hotel last night, staying for some great conversation. A home-cooked meal beats restaurant food! # It got up to 20°F in Dallas this morning. Time to go outside and play in the snow, I suppose. # http://twitpic.com/3w5j19 Good morning on Kauai today....
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-02-02
February 2, 2011Neel Bhatt and Rohan Soni came to see Bodhinatha yesterday evening. # Braving the sub-freezing temperatures in Dallas, our travelers rented a car today. Roads here are icy but reasonable. # Out for a Mexican lunch at a restaurant with no English on the menu. Loco y bueno. http://twitpic.com/3vuz49 #...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-02-01
February 1, 2011Yesterday evening Gopal Ponangi of the Sanatana Dharma Foundation came to update Bodhinatha on their initiatives. http://twitpic.com/3vh5w8 # We were also joined by Arun Chandrakanthan and family. Arun became an avid reader of @HinduismToday as a boy. http://twitpic.com/3vh6jj # Snowing in Dallas http://twitpic.com/3vi235 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Sun Five End of Phase
February 1, 2011It is the end of another productive phase. END OF PHASE Today is the last day of our phase. This edition of TAKA will remain posted over our coming two-day retreat, until Dvitiya Tithi, Sun One, Friday, February 4th.
Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple, Frisco, Texas
February 1, 2011On Sunday, January 30, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami was the honored guest at the Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple in Frisco, Texas. He gave an engaging presentation on prayer, meditation, how to (and the need to) answer challenging questions from youth, and an introduction to Hinduism Today magazine. About 150 people attended...
Sadasiva
February 1, 2011A magnificent and giant statue of Siva in India (see the tiny man at the top of the stairs?) Another magnificent Siva, this one the sixth and final master work of art by Pieter Weltevrede of Amsterdam, sent this morning. He asked for Palaniswami's take on it, and here is...
Siva Darshan with Jagjit Singh
February 1, 2011With the presentation of Sadashiva we are inspired to make this a day of Siva Darshan on TAKA. We bring you three famous bhajans by the very devotional and deeply inspiring North Indian singer, Jagjit Singh httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTldipzLIx4 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsZRTd_xgSc and here, a creative devotee has taken Jagjit Singh's famous rendition of...