Bodhinatha met with this wonderful pilgrim from Sydney on the retreat. It was the last day of her pilgrimage. Her parents were devotees of Siva Yogaswami and she knew him when she was a teenager. She shared several stories of Yogaswami. One was how he refused treatment of his broken hip, telling his devotees to just “let it be.” When asked if he wanted to have his body interred in a Samadhi shrine he said no, they should cremate the body. She said: “He was like that you know… he didn’t want people to put the Guru too high up, he wanted them to look up to God.”

This Ganesha was a gift to Bodhinatha and we took his picture to include in the new CD of Ganesha images.

Our phase began with homa as usual.

Bodhinatha gave an inspired talk on the 6th and 7th dimensions of Shum, drawing on writings by Gurudeva.

We are getting a number of requests for these talks… stay tuned. They will be posted soon here on TAKA.