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What do we mean when we say there is no good and no bad, only experience? We mean that in the highest sense, there is no good and bad karma; there is self-created experience that presents opportunities for spiritual advancement.
Bodhinatha at the first event of his trip to San Francisco which was a
satsang at Vijay Sankara’s home.
TRAVEL NEWS!
Date: Monday, 11th October 2004 (Columbus Day public holiday)
Time: 4 – 6pm
Venue: The Spinnaker Banquet Room
The Spinnaker Restaurant
100 Spinnaker Dr
Sausalito, CA 94965
Tel: (415)-332-1500
For directions visit www.thespinnaker.com
Bodhinatha will present the fascinating progress that has been taking place on the hand-carved granite San Marga Iraivan Temple, the latest issues addressed by Hinduism Today and the many other activities that have been taking place at Kauai’s Hindu Monastery. At the end of the afternoon, there will be an opportunity for you to personally meet with Bodhinatha and share your questions, thoughts and inspirations with him. Your presence is indispensable, and we look forward to seeing you there. Please RSVP to Sadhaka Dandapani (808-822-3012, Ext 239; danda@hindu.org)
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Devotees from as far south as San Diego drove up to see him….
….and some even
flew in from Chicago and Colorado.
The morning’s padapuja was conducted by Vijay Sankara with Kartikeya Katir assisting him. A special thank you to Kartikeya who took most of these TAKA photos you are viewing
About 40 devotees were present to share in this wonderful and sacred ceremony.
Vijay performs the final arathi to Bodhinatha.
Bhavani Param, Venita Katir and Yatrika Ajaya sing an english version of one of the Natchintanai songs to Bodhinatha.
Bodhinatha gives a wonderful talk on the steps needed to be taken to become a sishya. These steps were outlined by Gurudeva many years ago. Bodhinatha also answered many questions that devotees had pre-written down and brought with them
Easan Katir holds a birthday cake for Bodhinatha as everybody sings for
him.
Nathan Sendan and Rajkumar Manickam with their children.
Bodhinatha leaving the satsang after a most uplifting morning.
Back Home at the Aadheenam Today
The Lewis family (find out more about them on the October 8th TAKA) returned this morning to perform their own simple abhishekam and puja to our Narmada Sivalingam on the path of the Saivite Saints near Iraivan Temple. The photos tell the story…
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Other TAKA pages with recent Iraivan images.
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The two bhadra pillar center sections are now in place…
The top most sections of the pillars are yet to come.
They lend an awesome presence to the temple…
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MORE UPLIFTING THINGS |
Color Trilogy Complete! We are happy to announce that the new edition of the enormously popular Dancing with Siva is now available in hard back with all new color artwork. It’s truly an amazing and beautiful work, with more art than any of the collection. This completes the fulfillment of the vision that Gurudeva had of his Master Course Trilogy being produced in full color. In addition, Bodhinatha is taking pro-active steps to bring Gurudeva’s teachings out in a new forms that can be broadly disseminated in the mass mind. With this in mind we, are also pleased to announce that the Dancing with Siva pocketbook is also available. Keep the three-pound book in your shrine room, and take the little one with you on the airplane or subway! How little? It’s just 3″ by 4.5″ — truly pocket-sized, and just over half an inch thick. Yet it is a full 375 pages, containing ALL of the 155 sutras. Available now at our online store. The complete Trilogy is being offered at a discount. |
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