Today was Sun Five and the Ganapati Kulam gave their report. The team is 100% focused on finishing the July issue of Hinduism Today.

Meanwhile Paramacharya Palaniswami and Yogi Jivanandanatha are in regular communication via Skype, including movies by e-mail.

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END OF PHASE
Today is the last day of our phase.
This edition of TAKA will remain posted
over our coming two-day retreat,
until Navami Tithi, Sun One, Wednesday, April 25th.

Another beautiful day!

Here is a large perfectly exquisite pure white anthurium nestled on the hillside near the lotus ponds.

Many of the rare plants at Kauai Aadheenam are from Sri Dhar’s collection (see the slide show for information)

Palaniswami writes: “In 1995 Gurudeva and Palaniswami visited the home of one of India’s leading industrialists, Shri Dhar. In the following years, Shri Dhar began to trade plants with the monastery. This was the first time Palaniswami visited one of Shri Dhar’s several private gardens, guided personally by him and his wife, Pathma. Yogi Jivanandanatha took this brief video as we began the tour in the devastating summer heat.”

Dr. Cristina Plettner is here enjoying the peacefulness and tranquility of the Temple and Aadheenam gardens before returning to her work at IBM. Cristina is a nuclear physicist and is originally from Romania. “I have never experienced such a heavenly place. Its beautiful beyond words” Cristina said as she reluctantly departed.

On the right are six shrines honoring six of the great satgurus of our 163-guru lineage all the way back to Maharishi Nandinatha from the Himalayas and beyond.

The peace and beauty of Rishi Valley Lake.

Left: the shrine honoring Siva Yogaswami (1872-1964), great rishi of Jaffna, Northern Sri Lanka. Right: the shrine honoring our own beloved satguru, great world teacher and shining light to the world, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Gurudeva (1927-2001).

And through the trees at the top of the hill one can see the golden capstone of Iraivan Temple–Gurudeva’s vision manifesting in all its glory.

Sheltered by Australian ferns and encircled by Hawaiian cactus is a beautiful grove of white anthuriums.

With the beautiful Iraivan Temple in the background here are Sadhaka Satyanatha, Becky Jessee and Yogi Japendranatha.

Becky and her son, Brahmachari Chandran, pose for one last photo before her departure back to her home in Reno, Nevada, tomorrow. She has enjoyed a week here visiting Chandran who is performing a six-month Task Force volunteer service at the Aadheenam. Chandran is very interested in monastic life.

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