Lawai International Center Visit
July 20, 2009Six of the monks enjoyed a time in the mountains of Kauai, above 4,000 feet, and on the way stopped to visit the Lawai International Center. There were hosted by Lynn Miramoto who has been the visionary caretaker. Today's slide show of photos taken by Theresa Vitorelo tells the story....
Amma Paulette Share Her Teaching Experience
July 20, 2009Rajanatha's mother Amma Paulette continued her round of meeting all the monks. She was a elementary school teacher before retiring and has a lot to share with Arumugaswami who handles our children's course material development. She had some excellent insights on the kinds of materials that teachers actually need and...
Peace Pole Goes to Hanapepe Garden of Peace
July 20, 2009After completing work on this Peace Pole, Sivakatirswami turned over it to the current chairperson of the Interfaith Roundtable of Kauai, Anneleah Atkinson, and her husband who is behind the camera. Annaleah then delivered it to Mark Jaffers, Director of the famed Story Book Theater (http://www.storybook.org) in Hanapepe on the...
Sun Four - Another Talk Linked Today
July 19, 2009Today is Sun Four. The Siddhidata Kulam recounted the tale of their work this phase. A lot of effort has been put into trenching underground electrical conduit. The team is one man short as Sadhaka Rajanatha is spending time with his mother and sister who are visiting for a week....
Our Mother and Sister Are Visiting
July 19, 2009Sadhaka Rajanatha her with his mother Paulette on the right and older sister Roze on the left. Amma Paulette is a Wiccan Priestess and her children reflect the free spirit of their mother's faith which is very much akin to Hinduism. Paulette runs several web sites. Among them: http://wiccaninterfaithcouncil.org http://www.templeamazoniaawakening.com...
Children Learn Natchintanai Songs
July 19, 2009On July 3rd at East York, Ontario (a suburb of Toronto) a summer camp was held. 26 children of all ages attended the camp which was conducted by Rishi Thondunathan. Along with Saivite teachings, this year Natchintanai songs by Sage Yogaswami were a focus during the camp. Each participant received...
Cat Story
July 19, 2009Our youngest cat, Pandian, loves to jump up on top of cars, and vehicles. Here he is on the tractor. All these brand names make perfect sense to him. He says, "I'm done with this Deer. Can I use that Cat when you are done, Yoginathaswami? "
Sun Three and Another Talk Posted
July 18, 2009Another new upadesha by Bodhinatha is linked to TAKA today.