Reports
PLEASE READ...Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's March 2025 Report.
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People...Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters.
Namaste'. I bow to your Innermost Selves.
From my Heart to your Heart, I would like to offer the following gems that are as true now as when I first shared them some years ago. Our Shelter really is special...
Sometimes when animal lovers are visiting for the first time, I tell them to…
WE HAVE, AT LAST, UPLIFTED THE LIVES OF ALL THE PRECIOUS ONES!
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People...Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters...
Namaste'. I bow to your Innermost Selves.
From my Heart to your Heart.
While dark and light forces on our beloved planet clash, may we all say a prayer for Peace. It is so important...so powerful...to emit Light. Our Interconnectedness has great power...and puts out energy that can…
PLEASE READ......Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's March 2024 Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People...Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters...Namaste'.
I've always loved that greetiing. Classically, it's said with the hands clasped in front of the chest. Esoterically, it means,"I bow to your Innermost Self".
Such difficult times in our beloved World...A cosmic clash between the forces of darkness and light.
It's so, so…
PLEASE READ.......Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's November 2023 Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People...Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters...
Namaste'. I bow to your Innermost Selves.
From my Heart to your Heart.
When times are difficult for our beloved planet, it is so important that each of us connect with the Light within, and exude energy and actions that thru interconnectedness have enormous power. Keep…
PLEASE READ......Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's November 2024 Report.
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People... Dear Animal Lovers... Dear Supporters.
Namaste. I bow to your Innermost Selves.
In these most difficult of times the Shelter is simply going beautifully.
There are many good shelters in India, but ours is unique. The Grace of Arunachala, Ramana Maharshi, and the other exalted Beings of this holy town is palpable. Inside, the…
PLEASE READ.......Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's July 2023 Report. Our Beloved Shelter.
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People...Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters,
Namaste'. I bow to your Innermost Selves.
From my Heart to your Heart.
Still such difficult times. And it's so important to connect with the Light inside, and uplift our own Inner State. We may not be able to change the world directly, but by connecting with those Light-filled…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's April 2023 Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People...Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters, Namaste'. I bow to your Innermost Selves.
From my Heart to your Heart.
Difficult times continue for our beloved Planet. No matter what's being debated on the outside, even if it's unsettling, it's important to go inside and connect with Light. It's all there. In memories. In feelings. In…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's December 2022 Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People... Dear Animal Lovers... Dear Supporters...
From my Heart to your Heart.. Difficult, difficult times for our Beloved Planet No matter what's being debated on the outside, even if it is unsettling, it's important to go inside and connect with Light. It's all there. In memories. In feelings. In hopes. …
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's August Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People...Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters,
Namaste'. I bow to your Innermost Selves.
These are such difficult, difficult times. It is a time when it's important to look for the light within you---memories, thoughts, aspirations---and to uplift your own Inner-state. And by putting that higher state into your outside actions, you…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's April 2022 Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People....Dear Animal Lovers... Dear Supporters...
From my Heart to your…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's October 2021 Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters...Dear People.
These are such difficult times for our beloved Planet. We are being so critical of each other and the issues are many. Yet no matter what's being debated on the outside, we must uplift our Inner State. It is a time for healing. For lightening.
We must reach inside ourselves. The Light,…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's March Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People...Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters...
Namaste'. I bow to your Innermost Selves.
My Guru...my teacher...many, many years ago during his lifetime, would give a short teaching each night. Many people would come. And he'd always begin with, "I welcome you All with all my Heart. This is my most important…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's October Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People... Dear Animal Lovers... Dear Supporters...
Namaste'. I bow to your Inner-most Selves.
Such incredibly intense times...May All of Us, no exceptions, be blessed with more compassionate understanding. May we, and all our Dear Ones, be Guided and Protected.
This is a Report about lifting suffering...about infusing Light, Joy, and a…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's June Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People... Dear Animal Lovers... Dear Supporters...
From my Heart to your Heart... Difficult, difficult times for our beloved Planet. We are being critical of each other. The issues are many...This is such an important time. No matter what's being debated. Having nothing to do with what's happening on the outside. We must uplift our…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's January Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear Animal Lovers... Dear Supporters... Dear People,
My Guru...my teacher...many, many years ago would always begin his evening talks with, "I welcome you all with all my Heart. This is my most important Practice, welcoming another Being with love."
So many things I learned from him. One of the central things was that it isn't how many…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's October Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear Animal Lovers...Dear Supporters...Dear People,
I welcome you all with love.
My Guru...my Teacher...many, many years ago, during his lifetime, would give a short teaching each night. Many people would come. And he'd always begin with, "I welcome you all with all my Heart. This is my most important Practice. Welcoming another Being with…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's July Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People. Dear Animal Lovers. Dear Supporters...Namaste'.
I've always loved that greeting. Classically, it's said with the hands clasped in front of the chest. Esoterically, it means, "I bow to your Innermost Self".
And now Dear Ones...Announcing a "biggie", and I do mean biggie. It just happened. (Many of you are very familiar with the…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's April Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People. Dear Animal Lovers. Dear Supporters.
Namaste'. I bow to your Inner-most Selves.
This is a Special Report. It is deep. Moving. Not processed.
It's the beginning of the Hot Season here in Southern India. It's difficult for the animals. Hoping it rains some...or the water holds out.
These are my closing years of…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's December Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear, dear People,
I'm at the Dreaming Tree, a wonderful rooftop restaurant in Tiru that has become my favorite place to work. So I'm overindulging, gaining weight, loving it, as I write this Report.
Blessings to All of You this Holiday Season. May each of us pass thru it in warmth, bathed in love-filled energy. May we all, All of Us,…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's September Report
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People. Dear Animal Lovers. Dear Supporters.
Namaskaram. I bow to your Inner-most Selves.
This is a Special Report. It is deep. It is moving. It is not processed. Plastic. Or edited in a way to zip right along. I’ve never written anything publicly like this.
Our beloved Shelter is going beautifully. To visit it is…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's July Report
| Leslie Robinson
Namaste' dear People. Good morning!
It's morning here and the hot season is winding down. Nights and early mornings are comfortable, tho' it does get close to 100 degrees midafternoon.
Our Precious Ones still cluster around the eight air coolers in the Shelter. Mornings, they're starting to get pretty…
Arunachala Animal Sanctuary's April Report
| Leslie Robinson
Good Morning Dear People,
Yes, it’s morning as I start. Actually, I’m fond of the beautiful Indian greeting, ”Namaste’”—"I bow to your Innermost Self"...So..."Namaste".
In the West we don’t have stray dogs. In India, it is an enormous problem, and they can suffer, deeply.
Early 2006, after forty years of Municipal…
New Year's Blessings and Greetings from India.
| Leslie Robinson
Blessings and Greetings from India, dear People.
Another New Year. Another opportunity. May all of Us, without exception-- known, unknown, rich, poor, young, old, virtuous, unvirtuous… truly without exception--may All of Us be blessed in this coming Year…With more compassionate understanding…With guidance…With protection.
This…
A Difficult Month...But an Excellent One.
| Leslie Robinson
Namaste' dear People,
This is the beautiful Indian greeting esoterically meaning, “I bow to your Innermost Self.”
It has been a good time-a time of effort and struggle. The Precious Ones, the animals, deal with such difficult karma…Indifference. Disregard for the sanctity of their lives. Outright malevolence. The absence of…
Extraordinary Rescue of entire Village of abandoned, starving animals-Goats. Cows. Bullocks. Others.
| Leslie Robinson
Yes! Dear People,
It was a long, long day. Got up at 4am. Got home at 8:30pm. But it was a sensational day, a deeply moving day, a humbling day. I took a little nap at 10:30pm, got up intending to shortly go back to bed...But then I saw it, "a gentle reminder" email from GlobalGiving that our next Report was due on the 19th...In seven…
Beautiful April...Unadorned pulses from the Heart.
| Leslie Robinson
Dear, dear People,
Before beginning…Thank you for the caring. Thank you for the support. Thank you for giving ;us the energy to go on.
A lot of our Work has to do with lifting the karma of the animals. They are faced with such a heavy load. Indifference—Political. Bureaucratic. General…Outright cruelty...And on and on. A lot of…
Memories and Love.
| Leslie Robinson
Namaste' dear People,
I wasn't going to write a report for several weeks, but came across a beautiful story from a number of years ago and wanted to share it with you. If there's any one word that describes our Work, it's HEART. And in this report I want to give you a sense of it. Om Namah Shivaya.
The story is about a gentle, gentle cow…
The Incredible month of October
| Leslie Robinson
Hello Dear People,
It's mid-morning. Tiruvannamalai. I'm sitting in the Geman Bakery. Healthy food. "Killer" baked goods.
Got to sleep late last night. Just as I was starting on my "night feeding run"(I feed 20 to 30 dogs--Pedigree/hard baked biscuits,specially made--anywhere from a snack to a light meal, depending) on my Honda Activa, my…
Om Namah Shivaya, dear People
| Leslie Robinson
Om Namah Shivaya, dear People,
The esoteric meaning is I bow to my Innermost Self. I learned that from my Guru.
He used to come out each evening (Remember…I’m an “old guy”…So that was a l-o-o-n-g time ago) and say, “I welcome you all with all my Heart…That is my most important worship…To welcome another human being with love”. It felt…
We welcome you all with all our Hearts.
| Leslie Robinson
Jun 26, 2016
We welcome you all with all our Hearts.
By Leslie Robinson | Founder
Dr.Raja,Leslie, & Vishwa...Warriors of the Heart.
Namaste’ Everyone,
Hoping this finds each of you in excellent circumstances…May we all, all of us, without exception be blessed with insights that deepen compassionate understanding. May we, too, be…
Namaste' Everyone.
| Leslie Robinson
Namaste’ Everyone,
Namaste’ is an Indian way of greeting. It is delivered with hands clasped in front of you. And it’s esoteric meaning is “I bow to your Innermost Self”.
Hoping that each of you are doing beautifully…May we all, all of us without exception, be blessed with insights that deepen compassionate understanding. May we, too, be…
Our first Report...Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
| Leslie Robinson
Dear People,
We did beautifully in the December Global Challenge...Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. For the caring. For the support...It is so, so important to us.
This is our first progress report. I think most of you know that our core practice is demonstrative love. Hugging. Touching. Stroking. Kissing. Reassuring...
Had a very sweet…
