Retreat 2011: Yantra, Mantra, & Tantra

Susan’s Reflection

Susan“The Seattle retreat was wonderful in every way!  Mantra, Tantra and Yantra were explained in wonderful detail with Babaji’s inimitable style accompanied by his usual array of AMAZING charts to facilitate deeper understanding.  

The location was charming and everything was well organized, comfortable, and divine, along with wonderful, erudite and sweet spiritual companions/seekers, good food and lots of cozy places to relax and further study and ponder all the deep, thought provoking teaching and transmissions given by Babaji on this most lovely of retreats.  Many thanks!”

Get With The Plan

SRV’s First Annual PlanDuring the first three months of 2011, a few intrepid sangha members came together to devise SRV’s first-ever Strategic Plan.  A major priority in this plan is to bring SRV and our website into the digital download era in order that Babaji’s books, discourses, our Nectar of Nondual Truth journal, and SRV’s founder Lex Hixon’s works, can …

Spiritual Director’s Message

Ramakrishna and Siva PujaOm Namo Narayanaya!

As a few of us know, and appreciate, the superlative message to give in Vedanta, and the main one worth contemplating, is the declaration of the inherent divinity in mankind.  Better than this, however, would be the outright declaration that mankind Is God in form, on earth.  But how is such a revelation possible to give out and share, given the benighted state of man’s mind in present times?  

And so, the seers take a few steps back and default to the method of acting as exemplars for this higher ideal, while authentic teachers strive to help qualify the rare few who have perceived the possibility of such a truth.  Thus, a slow version of enlightenment — a principle which should never have been reduced to a process — moves forward gradually.

Reclaiming Kundalini Yoga

by Babaji Bob KindlerISBN 978-1-891893-11-7124 pages / $12 USD / click to pre-order (Available soon!) From the Introduction Once held as a deep secret among the spiritually elite and quietly practiced among those willing to undergo specific training with adept preceptors to achieve qualification for spiritual life, this interior Yoga, much like the Eight-limbed Yoga of Patanjali, has suffered greatly …

Weekend Seminar in Portland, OR

with Babaji Bob Kindler The Upanisads are Vedanta!When:  May 20th – 22nd, 2011Where: Portland, OR AshramRegister Now! Go to Details What we will study:  This year’s seminar, held at the SRV ashrama in Portland, will take up the Upanisadic atmosphere in order to enhance knowledge of the Vedanta in all students.  The Kenopanisad will be one facet of this mini-retreat, …

Upcoming Retreats

Annual American River Retreat: Dharma, Svadharma, & Beyond DharmaWhen: July 15 – 21, 2011Where: Near Auburn, CaliforniaDetails and registration form Our annual summer retreat, attended by adults, youth, and children, allows for a blend of teaching transmission that is both transforming and rare in this day and age.  New facets are planned for this year which will help engage and …

Sangha News

Hawaii Sangha Kokua
Members of the Hawaii Sangha met on April 12th to generate ideas to help fill in SRV’s budget shortfall and discuss other sangha-related issues of interest.  This was the first-ever Hawaii Sangha meeting and it was a great success.  “Kokua” is the Hawaiian word for offering help.

Hawaii Sangha Kokua

Members of the Hawaii Sangha met on April 12th to generate ideas to help fill in SRV’s budget shortfall and discuss other sangha-related issues of interest.  This was the first-ever Hawaii Sangha meeting and it was a great success.  “Kokua” is the Hawaiian word for offering help. Pledges, Benefit Concert, & OutreachThe sangha accepted responsibility for $2000 and raised half …