Navaratri Retreat on Lakshmi Puja Prana and the Illusion of DeathOctober 9-13th, Stevenson, Washington The 2014 Fall retreat offered by SRV Associations occurs over the auspicious Navaratri period and its worship of the Divine Mother of the Universe, with one of its days falling on Lakshmi Puja. Select teachings from the Chandhi and the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam will highlight the …
Summer Retreat 2014
SRV American River Retreat over Independence Day The Life and Teachings of Swami VivekanandaJuly 3 – 9, Forest Hill, California For the forthcoming 2014 summer retreat, with its profound subject of The Life and Teachings of Swami Vivekananda, the accent will be placed upon the great swami’s relationship and observances of the Western culture and its people after he arrived …
Kindle Books
We offer the following titles as Kindle Books: (Click on the book’s Cover or Title to purchase the Kindle Edition.) Twenty-Four Aspects of Mother Kali Who could forget their own mother, what to speak of the Mother of all souls? Kali, the Divine Mother of the Universe, emerges from these pages to engulf one with infinite love in this extraordinary …
A Look Ahead in 2014
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Spiritual Director’s Message
Transmuting Poison to Nectar Aloha to all friends, members, students, initiates, and devotees of SRV: As we settle into the bardo called 2014, our first opportunity to congregate this year as a truth-seeking sangha is also upon us. I will attend on the West Coast ashrams from mid-February to mid-March, and I come bearing gifts. We have three new ripe …
Autumn/Winter 2013
Transmission of True Knowledge Many of us have the opportunity to sit in classes with Babaji at the SRV Ashrams. We are grateful for access to his classes online via Livestream technology when he is at the other centers, but it is not a replacement for receiving the undiluted transmission in his presence and cultivating that special bonding between student …
In Memoriam: John Dobson
The world of Vedanta and cosmology lost a good friend in January. John Dobson was a devoted student and proponent of Advaita Vedanta. John spent twenty three years living in the Hollywood Vedanta Center as a monk in the Ramakrishna Order. He left the order in 1967 but remained closely aligned, returning for frequent lectures. He spent the last several …
Wisdom in Practice
Developing Witness Consciousness through Karma Yogaby Joshua Sri Ramakrishna has stated that karma yoga is a very difficult path toward God realization. This is because desire for the fruit can easily and stealthily creep into the mind, often without the aspirant’s knowledge. Those living in the world might ask, “Of what spiritual benefit is the performance of action? Of …
Retreat 2013: Goddess / Retreat 2014: Mantra Tapas
2014 SRV Retreats Hand in Hand to the Goal… Retreats are an essential practice for people living and working in the world. Sri Ramakrishna clearly and frequently advised his householder disciples to retreat from the world periodically for spiritual reorientation. Today, we can imagine him telling us to leave our computers, cell phones, and internet capabilities home, enter retreat in …
Growing in SRV
A Child’s first SRV Class & Meditation
This is the account of a four and a half year old’s first SRV Kid’s class written to his parents afterwards by Annapurna who teaches the children. Little M is special in his own right, but also unique because he is the sangha’s first child born to sangha parents. From the beginning he has made visits to the shrine, been rocked in loving arms during pujas, and attended satsangs with growing attention span over the years. He will reach the magic age for attending the summer retreat just in time for this summer.