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 …
2018 Winter Retreat in Seattle
Sri Ramakrishna & Universality February 15th – 19th, Seattle, Washington The advent of Sri Ramakrishna in 1836 in India has ushered in an age that some have called “….the return of the Satya Yuga,” or Age of Truth. Whatever the case historically or cosmically, what is certain is that an age where that long, awaited principle of Universality has made …
Summer Seminar
Meditation: Its Purpose & Practice July 21-23, 2017SRV Oregon Ashram in Portland “As the timepiece on the wall goes on ticking, so too must you continue to meditate. Practice japa and meditate at regular times giving up idleness. And don’t just seek God; see God. You can see Him if you strive to attain a pure mind.” – Sri Sarada …
American River Retreat
Sri Ramakrishna’s Radiant Road to Reality July 6th – 12th, 2017 Forest Hill, California SRV’s Annual Summer Retreat continues a decade’s long tradition of uniting two kinds of darshan: Purusha and Prakriti – transmission of Dharma in holy company with the Guru, and the benign and healing presence of nature enjoyed at the pristine American River. Live in holy …
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 …