Gurudeva Mahasamadhi Events Begin
November 11, 2009After the 9 AM Siva worship, from 10:30 to noon, Bodhinatha gave his presentation to the group. While everyone was inside a morning shower came and went, leaving a magnificent rainbow to bless the beginning of our program. It is a time for us all to express our deep love...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2009-11-09
November 9, 2009Frank Van Waardenburg arrives for Gurudeva Mahasamadhi week. http://twitpic.com/ox5fz # Powered by Twitter Tools
End of Phase
November 8, 2009We completed a dynamic 5-day phase and everyone is gearing up for Mahasamadhi memorial next week. ~~~~~~~~~~~ END OF PHASE Today is the last day of our phase. This edition of TAKA will remain posted over our coming two-day retreat, until Dasami Tithi, Sun One, Wednesday, November 11th.
Honoring Gurudeva's Legacy
November 8, 2009Nigel Siva of Maryland responded to a call for some black and white illustrations of Gurudeva's lineage and life, and selflessly took two days off from his work to draw the next few works. This is Lord Murugan thrusting His Vel three times forcefully on the steps in 1973...
Interactive Art Display
November 8, 2009In the monastery carpentry shop the Mahasamadhi interactive Art Display is being assembled today and tomorrow. these are some of the hand tools used for making it. A larger shot of the base.
President Obama's Diwali Message
November 8, 2009While this does not relate to events at Kauai Aadheenam it feels like a sort of fulfillment of our mission, because it marks such a huge recognition of Hinduism on the map of mainstream America and we wanted to share it with you. In an historic first, President Obama invited...
Monastery Twitter Updates for 2009-11-08
November 8, 2009Rishi Valley on a cloudy day. http://twitpic.com/ooy22 # More Rainbow Eucalyptus logs given to the monastery today, future lumber for construction. http://twitpic.com/op61m # Six second video of Rishi Valley today. http://tweetreel.com/?pz932 # Enjoy a larger version of Ravi Vinayak's video of our Donor Appreciation Reception in Palo Alto 10/31/09 http://bit.ly/2UuhX1...
Sun Four
November 7, 2009Today the Ganapati Kulam shared news on their activities. They have completed the final proofreading and corrections on the January/February/March issue of Hinduism Today, and the magazine PDF files have been sent to the printer in Kansas City, Missouri. It is another fabulous, beautiful, rich, unique issue of the world's...