Bodhinatha at Ilankai Nallur & Kathirkamam Kanthan Festival in Maryland
August 8, 2009Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami are in Greenbelt, Maryland attending the pujas and festival activities of the annual Ilankai Nallur & Kathirkamam Kanthan Festival at the Murugan Temple of North America. This temple has three endowments with Hindu Heritage Endowment, and this connection with HHE is inspiring Bodhinatha and Shanmuganathaswami to spend...
Golden Gate Mission Ladies Uplift Each Other
August 8, 2009A birthday party was held for Gayatri Rajan on the 5th of August at Satya and Savitri Palani's residence. Here the feast is spread out for lunch and it looks yummy. Our guest of honor, Gayatri Rajan the birthday girl. We all sang 'Happy Birthday'. Thank you Chamundi Sabanathan for...
Gurudeva's Message of Joy and Living in the Now
August 8, 2009Jai Ganesha, adored by all. You may remember these charming digital dolls, the masterful creation of Henrique Pereira who lives near Sao Paulo in Brasil. Inspired by Gurudeva's teachings, Henrique surprised us by sending a digital doll of Gurudeva. How does he capture Gurudeva in such simple strokes? We bring...
Dealing with the Past
August 8, 2009Four keys from Gurudeva's teachings on how to cope with the past, so we can live in the eternal now and work singlemindedly on our spiritual progress.
A Rainbow of Beauty
August 8, 2009Early one morning (before the first visitor had arrived) Paramacharya Palaniswami rose early and manifested this exquisite rainbow of color outside the Kadavul Temple. Palaniswami is the knowing expert, mastermind and creator behind the vast planning of the beautiful fifty-one acre Aadheenam botanical gardens. Kauai is officially known as...
Bodhinatha in Maryland
August 7, 2009Bodhinatha attended Satsang with devotees of the Murugan Temple in Maryland this evening. Padapuja He gave a talk on the importance of clarity in the way temples present the philosophy to those who come. From Maryland he travels to German, then London.
Sri Venkateswara Temple Summer Camp
August 7, 2009Kulapati Easan Katir joined the annual summer camp help at the Sri Venkateshwara temple. The Sri Venkateshwara Temple has conducted a youth camp each summer for more than twenty years. and this is Easan's 7th year teaching there, along with other teachers. This year 90 plus campers attended. The photo...
Outing to the Alakai Swamp
August 7, 2009On the retreat, Senthilnathaswami, Sadhakas Tejadeva and Satyanatha and Brahmachari Vel Mahalingum went to the Alakai Swamp for a hike. The swamp lies near the top of Mount Waialeale, on the Waimea Canyon side. At an altitude of about 4,000 feet, the flora there is unique on the island, and...