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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 ...
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May 14, 2011 1 MINUTE READ
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 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 1 MINUTE READ
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 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 1 MINUTE READ
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 1 MINUTE READ
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
