Inestimable Blessings of Advaita Puja October is the auspicious time of Divine Mother worship. It ensures that spiritual aspirants around the world can avail themselves of the privilege of adoring Her, and acquire the boon of blessings that proceed, abundantly, from such utter dedication. The ceremonies, over nine days (Navaratri), are not just rituals; they are expressions of God worshipping …
Durga Puja – Some Reminiscences
Durga Puja – Some Reminiscences by Annapurna Puja is slow, gradual beauty, distilled, God slowed down in vibration so that the senses can actually perceive Him. –Babaji Bob Kindler Durga Puja, the special autumn worship of the Divine Mother, is an important event for the SRV sangha in our annual cycle. It is a time when we “reset” our spiritual …
15th Anniversary Issue
15th Anniversary Issue of Nectar! “The proof of one religion depends on theproof of all the rest.” Swami Vivekananda❖“I have practiced and realized the goal of the different religious traditions of the world and, making a fragrant garland of them, have offered them reverently at the feet of the Divine Mother.” Sri Ramakrishna Issue #30 in 2015 represents fifteen years …
A Message from Swami Vivekananda
A Message from Swami Vivekananada Excerpts from “Freedom of the Soul” from Jnana Yoga A lecture from Swami Vivekananda in London on November 5, 1896 If you say that the soul was by its own nature pure and free, it naturally follows that there was nothing in this universe which could make it bound or limited. But if there was …
Spring & Summer Retreats, Reflection, Seminar
GAUDAPADA RETREATAt night, one shuts out the outer senses and takes on the inner senses. Therefore we have subtle elements and subtle senses too. Turn your senses off; then the objects will go away.Turn off your mind, and the senses and objects will both go away. Then search for origins. The soul creates the rays of the mind, which are …
Thank You – Almost There!
Many of you received our Fundraising Update and appeal on August 31. Immediately, we received over $1,000 in donations and end of year pledges! We still need $8,000 to finish our financial obligations for the year. [missed that email? click here.] Speaking plainly, we sent the appeal out to 250 people, but only 4 people have responded. We need everyone’s …
Spring / Summer 2014
Class notes from April 20 – July, 2014 Seeding Future LivesQ: Vedanta says that the waking state seeds the dream state. But we also hear that the realm of the waking state is projected by the mind as it moves from the deep sleep state to the dream state. This sounds like a chicken and egg situation. Can you explain …
Reflection: Seattle Sivaratri Retreat
March 2014 Babaji’s teachings at the Seattle retreat opened up my mind to the wisdom teachings of the ancient sages and seers. His book, “Reclaiming Kundailini Yoga.” helped me understand the chakras and their true purpose. I then read his new book, “Dissolving the Mindstream.” Babaji’s books are filled with visual charts that aid our minds in following the spiritual …
And Mother Claps Her Hands…
When the teachings of Vedanta are encountered by a soul that is ripe and ready to hear these Eternal Truths, an irresistible attraction ensues which draws the devotee ever deeper into this sublime philosophy. By way of illustration, Sri Ramakrishna once narrated an amusing and interesting story: “One day a farmer was working in his garden. When he stopped to …
A Radiant Regimen
Namaste SRV students, devotees, and blessed readers of Munda Mala: We find ourselves at the beginning of another Spring season, brooking an auspicious Gaudapada Karika Retreat on the Columbia River Gorge in late May. The transmigrating collective mind of humanity floats in such teachings of Nonduality, and in other precious ethers of dharmic consistency; it is all a matter of …