Rudiren Carpanen Pillay Becomes Arul Sishya
July 14, 2010Rudiren Carpanen Pillay is on pilgrimage, all the way from South Africa. He originally met Gurudeva when he was six-years old in Mauritius and we put in his Arul Sishya booklet "Who introduced you to Gurudeva's teachings" we put "Gurudeva himself at age six." Rudiren grew up, studied hard and...
Sri Sivanantha Swami visits Sri Subramuniya Kottam
July 14, 2010From time to time, the Sri Subramuniya Kottam invites spiritual leaders and community elders to give talks to the Kottam children and elders. In March, Sri Sivanantha Swamigal of Sri Ragaventhira Mutt visited the Kottam. Swami received a warm welcome
A beautiful ginger flower spro...
July 14, 2010A beautiful ginger flower sprouting up amongst a pile of leaves. http://twitpic.com/25cuh0
Catholic Father from Brazil Meets Bodhinatha
July 13, 2010A long-time friend of the monastery, Deva Magdalena, today brought a Catholic Father to visit us. This is Padre Enedir Moreira, from Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was very, very happy to meet Bodhinatha. "I need the blessings of a Guru to properly meditate," he said. Bodhinatha put vibhuti on...
A Catholic priest from Brazil ...
July 13, 2010A Catholic priest from Brazil visited the monastery today. He speaks very little English, so our Portuguese-speaking monk spoke with him.
Rudiren Carpanen Pillay Meets Bodhinatha
July 12, 2010Rudiren, 31, originally from Mauritius, is now a young professor at the century-old famed University of Kwazulu-Natal in Durban South Africa, which bills itself as "the Premier University of African Scholarship." Rudiren met with Bodhinatha today. He met Gurudeva years ago in Mauritius as a young teenager and has been...
"The Egg" by Andy Weir poignan...
July 10, 2010"The Egg" by Andy Weir poignantly captures the Hindu view of death and the true nature of the soul. http://bit.ly/adeYKE
Pilgrims Meet With Bodhinatha
July 9, 2010Mr. and Mrs. Gidwani have come for a visit from Washington D.C. This is their 50th wedding anniversary. They met with Bodhinatha who blessed their anniversary with a shawl. Sgt. Maj. Chaturbhuj N. Gidwani, now 72, had a 25-year military career in the US Army Reserve. An avid supporter of...