• Brahmachari Girish Chaitanya from Chinmaya Mission Austin performs Gayatri havan. All the students participate. http://twitpic.com/3wrvq2 #
• Sonny Mehta and Sonal Dhawan give an intro to the @HinduStudents Association. http://twitpic.com/3wu7ty #
• Girishji speaks to the group, drawing from the Upanishads http://twitpic.com/3wu84z #
• Swaminathan Venkataraman from @HinduAmerican Foundation speaks to the group. http://twitpic.com/3wua07 #
• After lunch, a singing and dancing competition based on sitcom songs! http://twitpic.com/3wuav8 #
• Many great sessions, discussions today. Satguru started evening arati and all joined. http://twitpic.com/3wy5sd http://twitpic.com/3wy5ta #

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• Jiger and Swati Patel brought dinner to our hotel last night, staying for some great conversation. A home-cooked meal beats restaurant food! #
• It got up to 20°F in Dallas this morning. Time to go outside and play in the snow, I suppose. #
• http://twitpic.com/3w5j19
  Good morning on Kauai today. Remember, life gives us experiences, but we give those meaning. #
• On the way to lunch at the home of Sashi and Sangita Kejriwal, the family who donated their ranch for the HSA leaders' retreat last weekend #
• On the way, Sashi showed us his computer refurbishing/remarketing company. #
• Talking with Sashi Kejriwal and his sons after lunch http://twitpic.com/3w6kgp #

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• Neel Bhatt and Rohan Soni came to see Bodhinatha yesterday evening. #
• Braving the sub-freezing temperatures in Dallas, our travelers rented a car today. Roads here are icy but reasonable. #
• Out for a Mexican lunch at a restaurant with no English on the menu. Loco y bueno. http://twitpic.com/3vuz49 #
• A few more photos from our retreat with HSA leaders last weekend http://t.co/bSxCwkm http://t.co/BhmcCVR http://t.co/lpjChPV #
• Bodhinatha and Senthilnathaswami with Jiger and Swati Patel in Texas last weekend http://t.co/8MQaxR3 #
• Dr. Rama Rao visited Bodhinatha this evening, sharing his vision of a Dhanvantari and Vaidyanatha temple/healing center in Dallas #

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• Yesterday evening Gopal Ponangi of the Sanatana Dharma Foundation came to update Bodhinatha on their initiatives. http://twitpic.com/3vh5w8 #
• We were also joined by Arun Chandrakanthan and family. Arun became an avid reader of @HinduismToday as a boy. http://twitpic.com/3vh6jj #
• Snowing in Dallas http://twitpic.com/3vi235 #

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• Full report on Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's weekend retreat in TX with leaders of @HinduStudents Association. http://bit.ly/fXWWAl #
• Our traveling troupe is on the way back down to Dallas now for the week. Next weekend, HSA's big annual retreat with 150 students. #
• A sign at the Cosmic Cafe, a restaurant we went to for lunch in Dallas. Sounds like Yogaswami! http://twitpic.com/3v8idv #
• Lunch at the Cosmic Cafe in Dallas with the Patel family from Midland. http://twitpic.com/3v8xi5 #

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• Excellent second day of our retreat with @HinduStudents officers. Lunch together with some community elders. http://twitpic.com/3v01pr #
• Bodhinatha gave a copy of Dancing with Siva to each leader. Then a group photo. http://twitpic.com/3v02g8 http://twitpic.com/3v02fo #
• Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami is on his way to the Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple in Frisco, Texas, to give a lecture. #
• Time for questions and answers http://twitpic.com/3v2jk3 #
• Bodhinatha was interviewed by local channel 9 before the talk at the h
  Hanuman temple. http://twitpic.com/3v2jjz #
• 150 people were rapt by the Keynote presentation. http://twitpic.com/3v2jlq http://twitpic.com/3v2jk6 #

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• Bodhinatha's classes with HSA's leaders have begun. http://twitpic.com/3ujkga http://twitpic.com/3ujkfr http://twitpic.com/3ujcgg #
• Hindu events should include some fun activities, said Bodhinatha. OK! ATV anyone? http://twitpic.com/3uljn3 #
• Successful day of talks and discussions with the @HinduStudents Association national officers #

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• After an early morning walk along the bay in cold, foggy Burlingame, Bodhinatha is getting ready for his flight to Dallas. #
• Bodhinatha at work on his iPad in the SFO Red Carpet Club. http://twitpic.com/3u7zem #
• Arrived Dallas. This evening dinner at Jiger Patel's home then out to the ranch in Plano for our retreat with @HinduStudents Assoc. leaders #
• Off to the ranch. Yeeehaw! #
• At the ranch out in rural Lucas, Texas, everything is Texas sized. There are step ladders to get up to the beds. http://twitpic.com/3ud508 #

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• "Happiness is the result of being too busy to be unhappy." #
• Here is a fun take on East vs. West, "Indianness," by Devdutt Pattanaik (TED video) http://bit.ly/edbokf #

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