Monastery Twitter Updates for 2010-03-18
March 18, 2010Almost midnight in Delhi. Bodhinatha and travelling monks will go to Rishikesh about 12 hours from now. # http://yfrog.com/iy2gvsj Bodhinatha is on the holy Ganges today. This sadhu, with rudraksha cap and begging bowl was there. # Powered by Twitter Tools

Mauritius Seminar on Saivism- Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
March 18, 2010Bodhinatha's visit in Mauritius was uplifting at many levels. On Sunday 14th, a seminar was organized at the Swami Vivekananda Convention Centre at Pailles, a state of the arts Conference Centre for international events. The main topic of the seminar was Saivism, precisely on Saiva Siddhanta philosophy. Here we see...

Bodhinatha's First Day in Mauritius - Swami Pranavananda
March 18, 2010Sadhaka Nandinatha will be sending photo documentaries of the trip at later times as he is able. Today he brings us his view of the first day in Mauritius. Our arrival in Mauritius was filled with ebullient singing and lots of smiles from our beautiful devotees there. Here we see...

Bodhinatha Visits Singapore
March 17, 2010Bodhinatha, Arumugaswami and Sadhaka Nandinatha are on their way to Rishikesh. meanwhile we have more coverage of their transit through Singapore and also more news from Mauritius. Our stay at the Changi INternational Airport's Crowne Plaza Hotel was enjoyable, partly so because of their state of the art kitchen and...

Bodhinatha's Mauritius Visit 2010
March 16, 2010Bodhinatha is now on his way to Delhi having completed the mission in Mauritius. Highlights of events in Mauritius will be coming through photos in the days ahead. This trip was a great step forward for many of the sishya received initiations taking them deeper on the path of Saiva...

Sun One Homa Begins New Phase
March 16, 2010Our phase began with homa today. Paramacharya Palaniswami continued on the theme of "inseparability" that scientists are coming to accept through their experiments, the results of which show that that what we think of as "space between" objects is not what we think it is.

Jonathan Makes Progress on Our Walks
March 16, 2010After a few days training and apprenticeship under Kulapati Satya Palani, Jonathan is now flying solo on the tile installation. Never having done this work before, he is taking his time, to make sure he does a top notch job, and his work looks beautiful!

Rocket Science Consulting Helps with Computer Upgrades
March 16, 2010Every three years we upgrade our aging computer hardware, selling off old computers and moving up to the current technology. Normally this places a huge burden on the monks and can take several weeks of our time. This year we have hired a team of pros, Rocket Science Consulting from...