Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-11-05
November 5, 2010Skanda Shashti begins November 6 here in Hawaii. Kumar Gurukkal has decorated Muruga nicely this morning! http://twitpic.com/34asjm # Powered by Twitter Tools
Mahasamadhi Final Day
November 5, 2010Happy Deepavali to all! Yesterday was an incredibly auspicious day, the final in our Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Observances. We began with our morning arati for Gurudeva. Gurudeva's shrine is scintillating with energy and his presence is all around us with blessings pouring from within. This morning Bodhinatha presented everyone with the...
Gurudeva as Divine Dancer
November 5, 2010One of the DVDs offered in the Mahasamadhi souvenir contains clips of Gurudeva dancing in Kokee, Kauai's western mountain region. A rare and precious vision
Mahasamadhi Puja
November 5, 2010Today the puja was held in the afternoon and evening. We began at 3:30pm. Kumar Gurukkal begins the sankalpa as devotees arrive. This is the third year that he has done the puja, and each time it gets more and more magical. Gurukkal's sankalpa was truly an unusual invocation. He...
Bodhinatha Receives New Kartar Earrings
November 5, 2010During the mahasamadhi puja, while the curtain was closed for alankaram, Paramacharya Palaniswami shared with everyone that this auspicious moment had been chosen to present a special gift to our satguru. He mentioned that on the Iraivan pillars are four sacred symbols of the aadheenakartar of a traditional Saiva matha:...
Gurudeva Mahasamadhi- Mauritius 2010
November 5, 2010Our Church sishyas of the island of Mauritius met at the Spiritual Park on Sunday November 2, 2010 for the Gurudeva Mahasamadhi ceremony. Gurudeva founded the Spiritual Park in 1986 and since then it has grown into a mystically incredible pilgrimage site in this part of the Indian Ocean. The...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-11-04
November 4, 2010http://twitpic.com/33vww9 Kumar Gurukkal with our two paramacharyas after the inauguration of the Chola-style fire cauldron. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-11-03
November 3, 2010Our morning puja to Gurudeva is about to begin. # Sir Ken Robinson's 2010 TED talk, following up on his fabled 2006 talk. Bring on the learning revolution! (must see) http://bit.ly/awW6AW # More of our pilgrims and Kauai residents give testimony on our Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Observances. http://bit.ly/9AL6Zt # http://twitpic.com/33oy9d A...