Preview of 2015 Nectar Issue

 Featured Articles in Our Coming Nectar Journal: Nectar of Nondual Truth #30 Make sure you order the upcoming issue of Nectar by February 20th!  Order this issue here                                    Regular Feature:Nectar of Advaitic Instruction Rabbi Rami Shapiro:Essentials of JudaismThe mainstays of a Jewish man and woman’s spiritual …

Nectar Issue 29

Nectar of Nondual Truth #29  Click here to read some excerpts from this great issue                                   Regular Feature:Nectar of Advaitic Instruction Swami Brahmeshananda:Two Key Aspects of JainismAusterity & Service in the World’s most Nonviolent Religion Annapurna Sarada:Truth & KarmaThe Effect of Pure Speech on the …

Preview of 2014 Nectar Issue

 Featured Articles in Our Coming Nectar Journal: Nectar of Nondual Truth #29  Click here to read some excerpts from this great issue                                     Regular Feature:Nectar of Advaitic Instruction Swami Brahmeshananda:Two Key Aspects of JainismAusterity & Service in the World’s most Nonviolent Religion Annapurna Sarada:Truth …

Inside Next Issue of Nectar

Exploring Gaudapada’s PhilosophyAlexander Hixon Blessed Are The PeacebuildersRev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs Noncompromise in VedantaShivakumar Viswanathan Vedanta and Today’s YouthBabaji Bob Kindler Nonviolence In Jainism Swami Brahmeshananda Sacred Sufi PoetryDoctor Nahid Angha Facing Our FearSwami Aseshananda Truth & KarmaAnnapurna Sarada

Inside Next Nectar

Exploring Gaudapada’s Philosophy 
Alexander Hixon 
Blessed Are The Peacebuilders
 Rev. Canon Charles P. Gibbs Noncompromise in Vedanta 
Shivakumar Viswanathan Vedanta and Today’s Youth
 Babaji Bob Kindler Nonviolence In Jainism 
 Swami Brahmeshananda  Sacred Sufi Poetry 
Doctor Nahid Angha Facing Our Fear 
Swami Aseshananda Truth & Karma 
Annapurna Sarada

Retreat Reflections 2013

White Crane, 
White Swan —
Zen Reflections I, Oregon Spring The beautiful forested homestead in the land of the Wind River (in the Columbia River Gorge) and the wonderful family that stewards this land, welcomed us into retreat last Spring; lovingly grounding us all in zen stillness. Babaji, dressed in black, led us deep into the teachings of Zen, 52 generations since Shakyamuni …

Antaranga: Swami Ramakrishnananda

In this presentation on the life of Swami Ramakrishnananda, two sources have been used extensively:   God Lived With Them,  by Swami ChetananandaSwami Ramakrishnananda: The Apostle of Sri Ramakrishna, by Swami Tapasyananda We encourage everyone to read these full accounts of this dedicated disciple of Sri Ramakrishna to whom we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude for undeviating service to …

Spring/Summer 2013

Babaji’s Classes from April to August, 2013 Dissolving the Mindstream Mindfulness is one thing, but what about taking up the mind and possessing it, mastering it? If one renounces Nature and that is as far as one goes, then one gets abhava, formlessness.  But man and Nature remain separate. What kind of oneness is that?  But if one renounces Nature …

Spiritual Director Message

Namaste to the SRV friends and devotees, and to all the smiling heads that encircle Mother Kali’s beautiful neck.  May Her Munda Mala always aid and inspire. As the unforgettable Summer of 2013 ends, leading into Autumn, we all are preparing for and looking forward to the October retreat at Windwood Waters and all that it has to offer us. …