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Greetings from Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Today I visited the home of my teacher's teacher, Sage Yogaswami of Colombuthurai, Jaffna. Yogaswami is the guru of my guru, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. Here are two photos. One of me standing in front of Yogaswami's residence. It used to be a hut now reconstructed into a concrete structure. The photo below that shows the humble room of his disciple, Markanduswami. More on this when I get back but I was inspired to share these photos with you now.

Yogaswami residence in Colombothurai, Jaffna

The residence of Markanduswami, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Markanduswami Yogaswami

May 14, 2011 Photography & Travel

The Journey Home to Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Jaffna has played home to my ancestors for as long as my family can remember and it is also home to my family’s guru lineage. I have never had the privilege to visit this land. Sadly, it has been ravaged by 28 years of civil war and it was not until 2009 that this war ended allow
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May 9, 2011 Photography & Travel

Highlights of Sri Lanka

I've been enjoying my days here in Sri Lanka and here are few photos I've taken in the first four days.
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Apr 30, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

In the Backwaters of Kerala, South India

We checked into our beautiful resort. It's tucked away in a village, almost hidden away on the shores of India's longest lake. A lot of the hotel is built in the old Kerala style homes giving it an old world charm. Everyone loves it and are happy settle down here for th
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Apr 28, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

Understanding the Mind - a foundation for meditation

In today's class we explored the 3 phases of the mind - the instinctive, intellectual and intuitive. Our study each day has been taking us deeply in to the understanding of the mind and to give us the necessary framework to begin successful meditation practice. We looked closely
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Apr 27, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

Hiking the Jungles of Periyar

Our day started early and by 7am we were in Periyar National Park ready to begin our 3-hour hike through this jungle. We were all eager to see wild life. Our first encounters were the Nilgiri Langur monkeys. Then across the lake we spotted families of wild boar plus a
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Apr 26, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

Elephants! Elephants! Elephants!

83 year old Anne on an elephant. She has been an amazing spiritual adventurer on this trip and has kept up with the group in all the inner and outer adventures. Our team is ready to ride off into the forest on elephants. Katherine and Mandy. Anne
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