Sun Five – Chitra Puja
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Today was the monthly Chitra Puja for Gurudeva. Bodhinatha here chants Sri Rudram along with all the other monks.
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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 Dasami Tithi, Sun One, Thursday, July 30th.
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Sadhaka Nilakantha is one of the pujaris today.
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Along with Sadhaka Satyanatha
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The monks have made careful preparations the night before and early in the morning.
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Bodhinatha arrives and all the monks prostrate to him as we do every day.
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Then our devotees
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Chanting Sri Rudram
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Chitra Puja is always a mystical time full of the love of the Guru and a powerful renewal of Gurudeva’s presence in our lives. Gurudeva is with us all the time on the inside.
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