Aruna’s light of dawn Namaste, and Aloha to all those interested in Divine Mother Reality and the Wisdom Teachings of The Dharma. At the first appearance of Aruna’s light of dawn, and to the accompaniment of distant thunder and the resultant oncoming early morning rain, I sit to write this little message to all the faithful after reading through what …

India Festival in Portland, Oregon Sunday, August 14 from 11am – 9pm An enthusiastic group of volunteers representing most of the Portland sangha have been planning for this over several months.  We held a first “dress rehearsal” recently, and captured a few photos of our design team working on the layout.   Please come to our booth and bring your friends!  …

Prana – A Missing Link for Inner Life Notes from Babaji’s classes We have all heard of pranayam, breathing exercises used in Yoga, whether in the popular hatha yoga or the complete and authentic Patanjala Yoga System. Breathing exercises calm the body, which calms the mind.  For ordinary practitioners, this is as far as it goes – a little stress …

Spring Retreat Notes & Reflection Introduction The subject of our last Spring Retreat, The Vedanta & Neo Vedanta of Shankara and Vivekananda, was effective in opening one’s mind to the correlations and contrasts between these two great souls – emanations of Siva – as well as to the ways in which they complement each other. Those of us actively engaged …

Five Concise Books on Essential Indian Philosophy Cosmic Quintuplications, the final book in Babaji’s series of five short but concentrated books on essential Indian Philosophy, has been released.  These books, listed below, present fundamental concepts and perspectives needed to understand and approach Vedanta’s Advaita, Tantra’s culmination in nonduality, Yoga’s lower and higher Samadhis, and Kundalini Yoga’s Shakti. As the West …

The Benefits of Extensive Time in Holy Company My trips coincided with the SRV dharma visits to the West Coast for retreats over Memorial Day and at the American River and also included attendance of regular classes and seminars.  The respective trips lasted 17 days and a full month of living in the teachings virtually 24 hours a day, seven …

The River of Mother’s Grace is always flowing Dear devotees, disciples, students, and friends of SRV Associations: As readers of SRV’s Mundamala newsletter, you have received many messages from me over the past twenty years.  These also come to you in Nectar of Nondual Truth, and orally at classes and retreats, and over Youtube as well.  Basically, my “message” has …

And Mother Claps Mundamala, the title of our newsletter, is named for the garland of heads the Divine Mother wears around Her august neck.  Far from a gruesome image, each face smiles with bliss having surrendered  heart, mind, and soul to the Mother of the Universe who removes their obstacles, doubts, and grants them spiritual emancipation.  Over the auspicious time …

Babaji at Eastern Wyoming College Last October Babaji was invited to speak at Eastern Wyoming College, a two year college in Torrington, WY, over a period of four days.  This unusual opportunity was made possible by the enthusiastic effort of our sangha brother Tadrupa, a mathematics professor there, and a grant from the local Humanities Council.  What made this an …

Navaratri Retreat in Seattle With 20 people in attendance, last October’s Navaratri Retreat was one of the largest we have ever had.  At the first class, Babaji looked out at the overflowing classroom, stating, “Vedanta is a great science, therefore it needs a great alliance!” This retreat marks the first of 7 retreats to be centered on the Goddess Upanisads. …