March 2019 The subject of the Spring Hawai’i retreat was shravana, manana, & nididhyasana — hearing the Truth, contemplating the Truth, & realizing the Truth. In doing my own manana on manana, I’ve come to realize just how important it is. Not long into my contemplation process, I began to realize that there are many things that I’ve accepted as truth …
Reflection on Manasana Retreat
February 2019 Attending the second Manasana Retreat solidified the teachings and gleanings from the first gathering on this topic. My most important takeaway was the transmission and conviction regarding the Vedanta-Yoga axiom that everything in the world of manifestation is the mind. From causal to subtle to gross to the most immediate experience of our practical lives, it is all …
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Vedanta for the Neighborhood
Vedanta for the Neighborhood Portland sangha members have long considered placing something in front of the ashram to hold schedules and other literature. After moving to the Hawthorne district in 2012, we noticed that some houses in our neighborhood had craftsman style miniature houses on posts with books of various kinds in them. These seem to represent a low key …
From Empty Room to Sacred Space
From Empty Room to Sacred Space SRV Reopens Official Hawai’i Shrine For 10 years, the official Hawaii shrine has been lovingly cared for by Babaji and Loke Ma in their little house on the slopes of Mauna Kea. Last June, the large room across the hall in our Waimea center became available to us. History of the SRV Hawai’i …
At Play in the Fields of the Dharma
At Play in the fields of the Dharma December, 2017 Today is Holy Mother’s birthday, a fitting day to construct a message for Mundamala — Her necklace of human heads, like egos, of various races and colors. Living beings, in all realms, are all various types of necklaces around the Divine Mother’s lovely neck. Some beings form a cheap necklace …
Holy Mother’s Song of Wisdom
SRV’s First Audio BookHoly Mother’s Song of Wisdom The Sri Sarada Vijnanagita, Holy Mother’s Song of Wisdom, is poised for release as an audio book through Audible. Published recently as a beautiful hardback book, the Sri Sarada Vijnanagita has already become a source of inspiration for many. “I have found the Sri Sarada Vijnanagita to be an inexhaustible source of …
Mother Claps
Mother Claps – Niranjan’s initiation In an earlier introduction of a new SRV initiate for this newsletter, we noted how in chapter 6 of the Bhagavad-Gita Sri Krishna teaches that it is most difficult to obtain a birth in which one is born into a family of wise yogis. The boon in such a birth is that “he regains the …
Seattle Retreat Reflection
Seattle Retreat Reflection In this retreat we studied the second of the seven Goddess Upanishads, the Sita Upanishad, in which the Gods asked Prajapati (the teacher of the Gods), “Who is Divine Mother and What is Her Form?” His answer begins: “She is Sita…” Prajapati went on to describe Her in full, and with every class, as we followed the …
Guru Sishya Seminar Notes
Guru Sishya Seminar Notesfrom a student’s notebook The Supreme Pathway to Eternal Moksha (The chart by this name can be found in A Quintessential Yoga Vasishtha, by Babaji Bob Kindler, p.37) Moksha, liberation – realize that this is ever-present and thereby raise yourself to that perfect state. Whoever got inspired by thinking of oneself as a sinner? Ordinary scriptures should …