Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-11-17
November 17, 2010A few members of our Ganapati Kulam are attending an EPUB webinar led by Elizabeth Castro this morning. http://twitpic.com/37orog # Powered by Twitter Tools
Bodhinatha at Golokdham Ashram, India
November 17, 2010Yesterday (17th in India) and today Bodhinatha and Palaniswami are in New Delhi at Golok Dham Ashram. Internet connectivity and time for logging in are not easily available. They attended a big yajna, puja and abhishekam for the founder of this ancient Vaishnava sect, Nimbarka Bhagavan, who is believed to...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-11-16
November 16, 2010http://twitpic.com/37hg91 Bodhinatha is asked to realeas Jeyendrapuri's latest book, an English translation of a Sri Vidya work # http://twitpic.com/37hgiz The morning at Kailas Ashram was full of rich ritual and talks with swami, punctuated by a little rain. # http://twitpic.com/37hh4e Dozens of priests held a Chandi Homa for the sanskara....
Bodhinatha First Two Days in India
November 16, 2010On the 15th, Bodhinatha and Palaniswami left Kuala Lumpur for India on a morning flight, transiting through Chennai to Bangalore. After a short rest in their room at the Golden Palms Hotel, they were off to their first function at the padasala of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (see below). The...
Bodhinatha Speaks at Art of LIving Padasala
November 16, 2010On November 15, our Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami and Paramacharya Palaniswami had the distinguished honor of visiting His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, guru and founder of the Art of Living. There in Bangalore, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has established a large and thriving padasala where boys and young men learn...
Operation Math-Compass Lanka
November 16, 2010In Sri Lanka, when children reach Grade Six, one of the school items that is needed is a math/compass set (ruler, pencil, compass, eraser, sharpener in a box). Many families are not able to purchase this small item (valued at $1US) so the children need to use each other's set...
Newsweek Has Obama Channeling Lord Nataraja?
November 16, 2010We could not resist posting this cover of Newsweek. Nitya Nadesan who sent it to us, echos the sentiments of many of us: "Vanakkam and Aloha, Please see attached. I find it fascinating the way the media appropriates our Hindu iconography. Aum Sivaya, Nitya"
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-11-15
November 15, 2010Hindu Association of West Texas makes the local TV news. Watch the video on the right here: http://bit.ly/a0SVwK # Powered by Twitter Tools