Another reminder about Bodhinatha’s reception in California. Don’t miss it… you are invited:

Here are the details:

Date: Sunday, 16th October 2005
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

Please RSVP to Sadhaka Dandapani at danda@hindu.org or on 808-822-3012, Ext. 239.

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 Dvadasi Tithi, Sun One, Wednesday, October 12th.

Our weekly tour… it was bright and clear when everyone arrived and Kauai gave them a taste of its three-minute downpour… catching everyone by surprise with the blessings from above…followed by bright sun again… always great fun…

The team at work on a roof beam..

Great care must go into getting everything just right before the big lift… Once the giant stones are place aloft it is difficult to make adjustments.

The thick pranic field of tropical climates makes for easy living just about anywhere… a small fern spore blew into a crevice and happily started growing…

Yogaswami said:

“Greater than life itself is good conduct. Those who conduct themselves with rectitude possess everything that is worthwhile. Non-killing, non-stealing, non-vituperation, non-covetness, truthfulness and humility–these are useful assets for virtuous living.

“In whatever pursuits you are engaged, you should train yourself to work with zeal, keenness and delight. Such a discipline will lead you to acquire steadfastness of the mind. It is then that the mind develops the power of one pointedness, which in turn will lead you to enjoy an abundance of anma-sakti. Thenceforth everything will be bright, and you will not be disturbed by the agitations caused by seeing the difference in objects, as friends and foes, light and darkness.

“Everything originates in me; everything finds permanency in me; in me everything revolves in dissolution.”–So must we become suffused with such pure thoughts. Further, we must frequently meditate as follows: “Nothing do I lack; everyone loves me and I too love all.”–Meditating thus, one should endeavor to live up to this ideal. If one can practice spiritual sadhana in this way, the capacity to know everything and the power to do anything will develop spontaneously.

–Natchintanai. 369