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“Though the branches of Hinduism are many and different, the roots are common to us all. We share so much, and we can never forget this. Sharing a common heritage, we can then, with confidence, follow our own path. If that path is liberal Hindu, fine. If that path is Saivite Hindu, Vaishnava Hindu or Shakta Hindu, fine. Let each follow his own path. Let each perfect himself and purify himself within the context of his individual way. We must know and get the strength from the heritage of our roots. That is a real strength; that is a genuine Hindu solidarity. It is not strength for us all to call out for others to be exactly as we are. A tree has one trunk, one root system, but for survival its branches must reach in many directions. The different directions are not a weakness in the tree. In fact, its very life depends on this diversity. The very life of Hinduism has always depended on a similar diversity. That is why I say it is not uniformity or sameness that we seek together. It is solidarity, the strength which comes from appreciating and cultivating our differences, not denying them or trying to restrain or even destroy them altogether.”
–Gurudeva
Today was a travel day for Bodhinatha. He and Shanmuganathaswami stopped over in San Francisco for a night and then took off for Atlanta this morning. As we type, they are both now resting peacefully in Georgia. The next two days consist of a lot of meetings with various people…
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Venkatraman and Prema Iyer’s final day of pilgrimage here at Kauai
Aadheenam. Today they attended the Siva puja this morning at 9 and then
toured the Hinduism Today office. Prema also enjoy talking with Paramacharya
Palaniswami about the sacred plants and trees on our grounds.
Sunil and Deepa from Birmingham, England, are here on Kauai for their 2nd wedding anniversary.
Ashok and Priya Srinivasan were among our guests today visiting from
Irvine, California. Ashok and Priya also enjoyed some quiet meditative time
in our Orchid Mandapam which over looks the Wailua River that runs past our
property.
Aside from our Hindu visitors we had a huge tour day crowd.
There was also a group of 30 spiritual seekers….
Another spiritual group of 20 Japanese who were also here a few days ago and were interested in the big Spadika Lingam…and came again today…
All together we probably had over 100 people come to visit us today!
Everyone is awestruck by the temple.
The main tour group.
Lord Siva in a colorful array of forms…
The Banyan Mandapam information area was really busy…and sales of books and items were brisk in the Mini-mela shop…
This is one of the spiritual groups, known as the Crimson Circle, from Colorado.
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Images from the Recent 2004 Indian OdysseyJanuary 19, 2004 – February 5, 2004 Bangalore, Madurai, Tanjavur, Chennai and |
On the way to Palani Hills.
Waiting for darshan at Palani.
Another bus ride… actually they were very comfortable.
After the puja a Palani Hills
A concert…
Street scenes… bicycles are serious business in India.
Sarasvati…
Arrival at the Iraivan Temple carving site in Bangalore…
Everything and anything you can imagine is sold right on the streets.
Happy Innersearchers..
Ladies fetching water…
Darshan at Meenakshi…oops… not supposed to take photos here 😉
Temple squeezed inside housing area…
Happy children…
Blissful moments after puja…
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