Twin Teak Elephants from Thailand
Back in 1972 Gurudeva was leading an Innersearch to India that stopped over in Thailand. While walking through Bangkok, he and a few of us were exploring a shop specializing in carved wood items. There, near the entry, stood two marvelous teak elephants, about 40" tall. They were carved from a single tree. If you know teak, you know it is slow growing and seldom reaches such a size, since it is so valuable they are harvested early in their life. Gurudeva loved this pair. One of the Innersearchers heard him admiring it, and offered to get them as a gift for the new aadheenam on Kauai. They arrived a year later and for many years have stood as sentinels in the brick-floored courtyard where the monks have lunch each day. The years passed along with their pristine look. Recently our young Taskforcer Arunesh was inspired to clean and refurbish them with a concoction of bees wax and orange oil. Like magic, the wood turned radiant, like the day Gurudeva first saw them. Thank you, Arunesh...
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August 10th, 2022 at 5:53 pm
Amazing work, great seva Arunesh! Aum
August 10th, 2022 at 6:17 pm
“AUM”!.
August 11th, 2022 at 1:06 am
Wonderful !
August 11th, 2022 at 10:03 am
Great service 🙏
August 12th, 2022 at 9:54 am
Excellent work Arunesh! Thanks for giving life to those cute elephants 💐
Jai Gurudeva! Jai Bodhinatha.
August 12th, 2022 at 12:41 pm
Thank you. I feel blessed by Bodhinatha in the center radiating Siva’s peace to us with the two inspiring elephants standing as witnesses and guardians.
August 17th, 2022 at 7:11 am
Thank you Arunesh for bringing back to life the two elephants, with natural resources and care. Looks great.
August 21st, 2022 at 12:47 pm
Nice.