ePub, the e-book format supported by Apple’s iBooks app for iPad and iPhone, as well as many other e-book readers, is our main new push.

Our Ganapati Kulam is having its quarterly planning meeting today. Discussions include upcoming publication, web and media projects.

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National Tropical Botanical Garden staff made a gift to the monastery today. A rare vine Entada phaseoloides

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It has the world’s largest seedpod. These are small ones! Thanks to NTBG, a great tropical resource.

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Its giant seeds are called Matchbox Seeds and are said to be medicinally important, especially for digestive ailments. It’s a rare vine, with some fragrance, one we have never been able to find even on the Web where you can find pretty much anything in the known universe.

http://twitpic.com/297po2 Shaila’s ear piecing ceremony this morning at homa. Dad holds her ear while swami readies the tool.

And why not add a waterfall and jungle pond? http://twitpic.com/28ynem

It’s a retreat day,so let’s build a new stream
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RT @HinduismToday: You can download each chapter of our book “What Is Hinduism” as a PDF for free on our website. http://bit.ly/aXqIR7

Group photo of all the sadhakas and yogi with Bodhinatha. http://twitpic.com/27znrd