SRV Early Winter Retreat The Seven Goddess Upanisads Part 4 — Savitri & Yoga Kundalini Upanisads December 13th – 17thSeattle, Washington Divine Mother Upanisads remain overlooked and unnoticed among seekers of Truth. Two important scriptures will come to light on this retreat, revealing the Mother of the Universe as the infinite fount of all Wisdom. Meditate on Savitri, the Great …

Sri Krishna Janmashtami Retreat    • The Two Divine Songs (Gitas) of Sri Krishna plus: Chanting and Study of Select Stotrams • Live in holy company for a few sacred days – meditating, studying, serving, and growing together. • Each morning begins with chanting from the Bhagavad Gita prior to meditation.   • Daily classes include essential teachings of Yoga, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

    April 21st to 24th — Big Island of Hawaii The forthcoming Hawaii retreat at the beginning of the new year of 2017 will take up the superlative subject, “The Precipitous Ascent into Higher Awareness.”  Drawing from the standpoint of several Indian darshanas, Babaji’s teachings will be directed towards certain inwardly ascending stages that the sincere aspirant may encounter over the …

The Guru-Shishya Relationship According to Lord Vasishtha “They attain to the Supreme Self who study the atmajnan scriptures with an able preceptor from their early youth.” Location: SRV Oregon Ashram in Portland Friday, August 5: 7:00 PM – Satsang Saturday, August 6: 6:00am – 5:00pm (breakfast/dinner) Sunday, August 7: 6:00am – 5:00pm (breakfast only) Tuition: $220; student, $110 Accommodations: This …

Vedanta & Neo-Vedanta of Shankara and Vivekananda May 26 – 30th, 2016 Wind River region, Washington The face of Vedanta in 700 A.D. when Shankara resurrected and reestablished it in India after the decline of Buddhism has changed with the arrival of Swami Vivekananda on the contemporary scene. The great swami has now made its intrinsically universal message broadcast in …

Sri Ramakrishna & Kundalini Yoga March 17 to 21st Seattle, Washington One of India’s most popular and controversial of all yogic pathways, and probably its most mystical, Kundalini Yoga is both time-tested and verified by the luminaries as being a definitive method for the attainment of full Enlightenment.  When expertly guided and properly applied, the awakening of mankind’s innate spirituality …