Gifts from Michael Kramer of Gilders' Studio
December 19, 2009Michael Kramer, owner of Gilders' Studio whose team did the gold work on Iraivan earlier this year sent a gift of company T-shirts to our silpis
Yogaswami's Songs Thrive in Sri Lanka
December 19, 2009For our music fans, it was a delight to see this YouTube from Jaffna. Be patient, the introduction in Tamil is over in a minute and then you are in for a treat. Despite the tragedy of the war there and our Tamil brothers and sisters in such a sad...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2009-12-19
December 19, 2009The Siddhidatta Kulam is focusing on the kodimaram arrival and plans for our new entry gate, among other tasks. # Powered by Twitter Tools
Dinner at Shiva Ashram Melbourne Centre
December 19, 2009On the evening of the 7th of December in Melbourne, Swami Shankarananda (left) of Shiva Ashram threw a dinner part in Bodhinatha's honor at his center near Melbourne city. The center is actually the home of one of his devotee families. Our hosts were so delighted to have visiting swamis...
Swami Mayatitananda's Address to the Parliament
December 19, 2009Our swamis enjoyed many meetings with Swami Mayatitananda Saraswati, known as Mother Maya, spiritual head of Mother Om Mission and Wise Earth Monastery, at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia. A kindred spirit, Mother Maya has written many cogent, insightful editorials for Hinduism Today over the years....
Dada Vaswani's Speech at the Parliament
December 18, 2009We have always felt close to Dada J.P. Vaswani, the spiritual head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission in Pune, India. In the late 1990s he came to Kauai to see Gurudeva, whom he adored. Gurudeva had him address the monks in our guru temple--a very rare privilege. He was later chosen...
Delivery of the Kodimaram
December 18, 2009Stepping back to yesterday we watch the arrival of the Kodimaram on a 45-foot long trailer. The trailer was just barely able to negotiate the curves on our back entry road. Our Siddhidata team is on hand to guide and unload. A look inside the crate and we can see...
Oh How They Love Hinduism Today!
December 18, 2009A Story from Palaniswami: Hinduism Today, Gurudeva's brilliant creation, continues to amaze. Every single Hindu there knows it and reads it. In the halls and chambers of the Parliament I had a most revealing experience, about four times. It went something like this: Important swami approaches with impressive retinue, meets...