Deepavali Tirukkutam in Malaysia
October 25, 2010Report from Malaysia from Deepavali day from Kulapati Dhasan Sivanananda. Our Saiva Siddhanta Church youths from Klang have been conducting Deepavali bhajans from house to house all week long. Headed by Thiru Kailasam to collect donations for Iraivan temple. They sing some bhajans followed by few deepavali songs. The youths...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-10-24
October 24, 2010Tejas Dave from the local Meenakshi temple gives a great summary of yesterday's HMEC youth session. http://twitpic.com/30go7n # Our new brahmachari, Riccardo, dressed in his first white outfit, stands with Palaniswami and Senthilnathaswami. http://yfrog.com/4xxv2j # See a short video of two @HinduismToday swamis speaking at HMEC in Houston yesterday. http://bit.ly/9DZNxl...
Happy Birthday Bodhinatha from Kazakhstan!
October 24, 2010A group of people are studying the teachings in Kazakhstan and sent this image and message on Bodhinatha's Jayanti. This is from Kulamata Bhavani Param who handles many interesting and sometimes challenging communications that come via our website before forwarding to the monks if needed. "Dear Bhavani Param Please forward...
Sun One Begins a New Phase
October 24, 2010Siddhanathaswami performs homa today. Bodhinatha gave a very interesting talk today about the difference between "jnana" as understood in general discussions pertaining to Vedanta and the it's meaning as a stage of Realization Saiva Siddhanta.
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-10-23
October 23, 2010Swami Nikhilananda of Barsana Dham gave the rousing, educational keynote "All Religions Are Not the Same" http://twitpic.com/304jnl # Palaniswami begins his presentation about Hindu festivals. http://twitpic.com/305rba # Senthilnathaswami gives a presentation on the latest Hindu history lessons at HMEC. http://twitpic.com/307otg # Our swamis had a fantastically successful day at HMEC...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-10-22
October 22, 2010Arriving at SFO for our flight to Houston this morning, we spotted Air Force One next to the central hangar. Our head or state is in town. # Arriving in Houston, first order of business: officially making Riccardo Morano our next premonastic aspirant. http://twitpic.com/2zw6st # Our swamis visiting Houston had...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-10-21
October 21, 2010Our swamis had a wonderful dinner out with our Golden Gate mission in Walnut Creek last night. (photos on TAKA soon) # Heading over the Golden Gate bridge this morning for a meeting in Marin. http://twitpic.com/2zj5kj # In Larkspur, our swamis met with John Loudon, a book consultant, to talk...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-10-20
October 20, 2010Driving. It's the mainland. http://twitpic.com/2zac1m # Our swamis are at the home of K Suriyakumar in Diablo. Palaniswami explains the temple builder memorial project. http://twitpic.com/2zacoj # Suriyakumar and wife Rushika have a beautiful Nandi they commissioned in Orissa from sandstone in their gardens. http://twitpic.com/2zbj2x # Our swamis are now visiting...