Bodhinatha arrived safely in California. Here he is with Swami Shantanand of the Chinmaya Mission at a satsang gathering…

We have photos of his departure and events from the 13th and his short synopsis of events:

“Om Sivaya, everyone,

Our flights on the 12th went smoothly to San Diego on Hawaiian Airlines. Met at airport by a group of members and students and settled into the Humphreys Half Moon Inn and Suites in a suite near the bay.

The 13th was a morning satsanga with Chinmaya Mission members and Swami Shantanandaji from New Jersey in question and answer format.

Late afternoon early evening member/student/devotee satsang at the Mahadevan’s home with Dasan and Sadhunanthan performing the Guru Puja with about 30 in attendance.

The morning of the 4th began with an 8 AM birthday breakfast at the hotel with members and students and some darshan meetings.

At noon our donor reception began and lasted until four. Deva Rajan gave an interesting talk on how Gurudeva’s suggestion to look for another way to do the concrete has resulted in a major shift in the construction industry in the US in using fly ash in the mix which, besides lasting so much longer, has major ecological benefits as well. My keynote presentation was well received and the finale was the slide show of Aadheenam events which was a great hit. A few darshan sessions followed. About 100 attended the event. (picture coming later)

Then an evening flight to San Francisco and drive to Walnut Creek where we are at the Holiday Inn.

Om Namasivaya,
Bodhinatha”

Departure from the Aadheenam two three days ago.

Bodhinatha is off to San Diego for satsang with local devotees, meeting a Chinmaya Mission swami and conducting the “Thanks for Giving” reception on Oct. 14

Loading the luggage

Saravananathaswami is accompanying Bodhinatha on this trip

Sunset sky en route to San Diego

After settling into our hotel… a family of ducks appears outside our room

the view from our San Diego hotel room

Bodhinatha sits in Sadhunathan’s new car to give blessings

Saravananathaswami performs a short puja to help bless the car

sprinkling water

Bodhinatha blesses Sadhunathan’s office

Bodhinatha was invited to conduct a satsang at the home of a Chinmaya Mission family and to meet a visiting swami there from New Jersey, Swami Shantananda. In this photo, we are presenting Swamiji with a blow up of Swami Chinmayananda’s powerful first public talk on December 23, 1951.

Handing the poster to Swamiji

Bodhinatha gives good answers about Hindu solidarity in diversity.

Attentive audience

Answering more questions

This beautiful gold-plated bookmark was just made by San Diego devotees as a fundraising item. It actually clips over a page.

Now arriving at Dasan Mahadevan’s home for satsang with our local devotees and some well wishers

Short feet washing outside

The shakti of the home, Shakti Mahadevan and her daughter Chudika have labored to decorate the home so nicely

A beautiful Ganesha murti in their home

preparing for pada puja

all the items for puja

puja is performed

Arati

Attentive devotees…

Having some fun conversation with our Satguru during question and answer time…

Enjoying prasadam at the end

A new phase begins today. It’s very quiet here, some pilgrims have arrived for Maha Samadhi Observances. We had our Sun One Homa as usual.

Tiruvadi sit in Bodhinatha’s seat while he is traveling.

Paramacharya Palaniswami gave a short talk after the homa, reading out a chapter of a book, “Touched by Truth” entitled “The Gift of Giving” by Sivakumar Saravan. Sivakumar, a long-time devotee of Gurudeva, tells how he was encouraged by Gurudeva to be courageous in the face of adversity.