Tour Day
January 5, 2011Sunny skies and gentle trade winds transported our guests to the devaloka today. So many kind words of thankful words of praise to our monastics for creating heaven on earth! Last weeks tour were also a very inwardly quiet group. They moved easily from one stop to the next with...
Homa - The Fire
January 5, 2011Today is Sun One and our photographer captures images of Agni, the Fiery Messenger. Senthilnathaswami is the homa priest today.
Great Progress at the River Shore in Mauritius
January 5, 2011Giant platform at the river by our property in Mauritius is nearly complete, with a wooden railing installed. Railing protects crowds from falling, but devotees will still be able to get water to take up to bath the Sivalingam. Now it is time to fill all these areas with sand...
Happy New Prime Year - End of Phase
January 2, 2011Today we complete another phase as we enter what some are calling the Prime New Year: 2011 is a prime number. It is also a sum of 11 consecutive prime numbers, the ones found between 157 and 211. What does that mean? It means it is really a great number...
Specimen Tree Purchase and Planting complete
January 2, 2011With the addition of another 60 lovely dwarf date palms that were planted this phase, the purchase and "installation" on the Himalayan Acres land of pre-grown specimen trees from nurseryman Scott Young is complete. The dwarf date palms have a very lovely form, and will produce several smaller trunks from...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2011-01-01
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Mauritius Pancha Ganapati Part Two
January 2, 2011A few more photos of the Pancha Ganapati celebration at the Spiritual Park of Mauritius. SHR catalyst Vandana Nathoo from Floreal stressing on the need for parents to give their children a well structured religious education. A few quotes on Lord Ganapati by the students of Catalysts Kevina and...
Darshan with Bodhinatha
January 1, 2011Karthik Narayan and wife from Honolulu. They wanted to get blessings as they prepare the start a family. The Sundaram family from Dallas area in Texas has been here before but this is their first time meeting Bodhinatha. At home they are raising funds to build a Ganesha temple about...