Today at Kauai Aadheenam

It is always a joyous moment when our Satguru arrives home. His trip was certainly a “Dig Vijaya” (Victory Tour) for spreading his marvelous and practical messages on how to follow Hindu dharma.

All the monks gather to greet their Satguru…

Sadhaka Satyanatha performs the padapuja for the arriving holy man.

Jai Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami-ki Jai!

And welcome home to Shanmuganathaswami who has been putting the trip to good use for all kinds of outreach for the mission.

Bodhinatha writes of his last few days:

Om Sivaya, everyone,

Jai Ganapati.

August 29th early afternoon flight Chicago to Nashville. Keynote at Nashville Ganesha Temple on “Some Practical Suggestions for Hindu Families and Temples.” Over 100 attended and interest was high in the topic.

August 30th morning a visit to Ingram Periodicals, the national distributor of Hinduism Today to all the newsstands in USA and Canada, to discuss how to improve our copy sales through them.

Om
Bodhinatha

Some of our local concrete worker friends came on August 1st to pour a concrete and rebar foundation for the new entrance archway. It’s just behind the Nepali Ganesha shrine.

On the last day of August the silpis began the process of placing the foundation stones for the new arch gateway at the monastery entrance.

Mixing mortar by hand and wiggling the stone into place with a bar. The placement and leveling of these foundation stones are mission critical for the arch. Stay tuned as the project progresses to a beautiful now entry to Kauai Aadheenam.

Bodhinatha is in Nashiville today and all finished with his activities. He and Shanmuganathswami will be flying home tomorrow.

First Hinduism Summit (Hindu Dharma Sabha) in California
receives overwhelmingly positive response !

Sunnyvale, California, USA. The first Hinduism Summit (Hindu Dharma Sabha) in California concluded successfully on 28 August 2010 (Shravan Krushna Chaturthi 5112 as per the Hindu calendar). The Dharma Sabha was held by the Forum for Hindu Awakening (FHA) and the Sunnyvale Hindu Temple, with the blessings of Hindu Saints worldwide

The Dharma Sabha in typical Hindu tradition welcomed the attendees by applying vermillion on the forehead and commenced with blowing of the conch shell by the compere, Mrs. Mrunal Nanivadekar, followed by recitation of Vedic mantras by the Temple priests and lighting of the auspicious oil lamp by the Dharma Sabha speakers. It received generous support from the Sunnyvale Hindu community, who contributed towards the refreshments, technical support, publicity and other aspects of the Dharma Sabha. These inspiring contributions were commemorated in a beautiful, visual souvenir that illustrated the unique science underlying Hindu practices and highlighted issues such as denigration and persecution of Hindus. The souvenir was published with the Hindu ritual of ‘prakaashan’ at the hands of the main speaker of the Dharma Sabha, Shri. Easan Katir, who is performing and promoting spiritual practice according to Hinduism for the last 30 years in California.

It was Gurudeva, once again, who led the way. The book that tells the compelling stories of his spiritual visions is the first one that Himalayan Academy officially launches in the epub format, ready for you to read in your iPhone or iPad.

To access it, you need the iBooks app. Just go to the App store on your iPhone or iPad, download the free app and you will be able to purchase the ebook.

This is how it looks on the iPad.

As technology progresses, it gets closer and closer to the spiritual realms. Imagine having hundreds of books in your hands, easily accessible. It’s not the Akasha, from which Gurudeva read many times, but we are getting there.

If you have not seen this book yet, you are missing a rich description of a mystic’s inner life. We have never seen any book like it.

It is illustrated with colorful pieces by the late S. Rajam of Chennai.

Gurudeva’s experiences began even before he learned to talk.

Vintage photos make the book even more appealing. This is Gurudeva’s passport when he went to Sri Lanka to meet his guru, Yogaswami.

Realizing the self in the Jailani caves.

Earlier today Bodhinatha appeared on TV in Trinidad at 5:30PM EST, about 4 hours ago.

The station was IETV. We don’t know yet what the estimated viewership was, but you can be certain it was an historically huge exposure for Bodhinatha.