Recently our traveling monks, Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami and Sannyasin Tillainathaswami, enjoyed a visit to the Bay Area for several days. The two are making their way across the globe to Mauritius. On their first day in the Bay Area they traveled to see the Concord Shiva-Murugan Temple which was recently completed. They were warmly welcomed and went around to visit each shrine, with a short worship at Muruga’s central shrine. They also took a brief tour of the still-under-construction community center nearby. One thousand copies of the October issue of Hinduism Today (which features the temple and Murugan on the cover) had been sponsored for the Temple to have and distribute. After some unexpected delays, the magazine copies finally arrived on the same day our monks did. Several were placed in the Muruga shrine for the blessing.
After the puja, our monks, members and students sat down in the temple for a simple satsang. Paramacharya gave some insightful information about Tayumanivar and played some of the recently recorded Oduvar work we’ve had done. He also covered some useful advice for our members there. Tillainathaswami gave a short presentation on self-discipline…