Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-12-10
December 10, 2010Electrical transformer down at the monastery. Severe storm last night. http://twitpic.com/3eoiha # Powered by Twitter Tools
Pilgrims Meet Bodhinatha
December 10, 2010Mr and Mrs Radhakrishnan from Connecticut, USA, had darshan with Bodhinatha this morning. They love attending temples, chanting Sri Rudram and other chants, meditating, Tirumantiram and Tirukural. He loves to use our website resources. The other day he was asked to give a talk about Hinduism and he prefaced it...
Sadhu Paksha Day Ten
December 10, 2010Yogaswami's wrote powerful spiritual letters to his devotees. Here are two to a young man, Yogendra: Sivamayam Letter to Self who is Yogendra full of Love. I am with you and you are with me. You are myself and I am you. What is it you fear? Look! I am...
Photos from Thanjavur
December 10, 2010These photos of Thanjavur Brihadeeswara Temple abhishekam were shared by Tiru Sambandan Umamaheswaran of Singapore
Sadhu Paksha Day Nine
December 9, 2010Yogaswami said: "We are THAT: We do not become THAT. Under no circumstance, and from no one should we beg. Guru and disciple are not separate entities. All are THAT. Man must endure suffering. It is the invigorating tonic. Smile at yourself when sorrow befalls you. Joy and sorrow affect...
Bonsai
December 9, 2010Many visitors take note of the tiny trees here and there on the grounds, bonsais cultivated in the traditional way by master Tandu Sivanathan. His Ichiban Apprentice, Sadhaka Rajanatha, is working on a banyan, cutting the roots back and repotting it to discourage growth.
Visit by the Mayor and Kauai Administration Leaders
December 8, 2010Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr. and his wife Gina and ten of the mayor's county administration team visited the Aadheenam today. First they met with Bodhinatha. Paramacharya Palaniswami gives the mayor a shawl. Bodhinatha says the reason for their visit, which has been planned for months, was that the mayor...
Next Generation Hindus from New Jersey
December 8, 2010Here are two young couples all the way from New Jersey on a short pilgrimage. Very devout, they came for the early morning Muruga puja today and dropped by our media lab. Vikas and Aparne Chawla, and Rajendar and Najuk Pakanati. They are devotees of Sri Sri Pandit Ravi Sankar....