Kali Durga Navaratri Retreat October 10 – 14th, 2013 <> Windwood, near Stevenson, WAIn celebration of SRV’s 20th Anniversary  Closing my eyes, I perceive the Wisdom Mother dancing in the lotus of my heart.  She wears a garland of skulls, emblem of Her Freedom from Birth and death.  Gazing upon Her radiant Nakedness, Mundane concepts and conventions vanish For Babaji’s …

2-Day Weekend Retreat Mantra Tapas Teachings on Mantra with Group Japa Practice January 3 – 5, 2014 <> SRV Hawaii Ashram  “The mantra is of key importance.  When karma comes, when trouble comes, it isn’t “I am Brahman” that helps us as much as the mantra.  Knowledge of Brahman is going to help you only if you can transport yourself …

3-Day Weekend Seminar Mantra Tapas Teachings on Mantra with Group Japa Practice August 2 – 4, 2013 <> SRV Oregon Ashram  “The mantra is of key importance.  When karma comes, when trouble comes, it isn’t “I am Brahman” that helps us as much as the mantra.  Knowledge of Brahman is going to help you only if you can transport yourself …

SRV American River Retreat over Gurupurnima July 17 – 23, 2013 <> Foresthill, CA   SRV’s annual summer retreat near the pristine American River is joyfully anticipated each year by all ages of our sangha.  This is the perfect retreat to get one’s spiritual feet wet for newcomers, and a profound opportunity for all members to live in holy company …

White Crane, White Swan —  Zen Buddhism & Advaita Vedanta A Weekend Retreat with Babaji Bob Kindler, SRV Spiritual DirectorJune 27 – 30th <> Honokaa, Hawaii In SRV Associations, Babaji presents Lord Buddha’s teachings as part of a comprehensive understanding of the Advaitic, non-dual Wisdom and Yogic pathways to Freedom that Mother India supplies in abundance.  Buddhist philosophy is known to …

White Crane, White Swan —  Zen Buddhism & Advaita Vedanta A Memorial Day Weekend Retreat with Babaji Bob Kindler, SRV Spiritual DirectorMay 23 – 27th <> Wind River region, WA In SRV Associations, Babaji presents Lord Buddha’s teachings as part of a comprehensive understanding of the Advaitic, non-dual Wisdom and Yogic pathways to Freedom that Mother India supplies in abundance.  Buddhist …

Transmuting Poison into Nectar Shivaratri Retreat with Babaji February 27 – March 2nd, 2014 <> Seattle, Washington Gathering in February over the auspicious time of Sivaratri, the SRV Associations and its members, students, and initiates will meet to worship the Lord of Wisdom, and to sing and study the “Sivanam Sankirtanam” together. Through recitation, chanting, study, and memorization — i.e., …

Swami Vivekananda’s 150th Birth Anniversary RetreatFebruary 14 – 18, 2013 <> Seattle, Washington “My ideal can be put into a few words and that is to show mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life.”  – Swami Vivekananda “Swami Vivekananda, the epitome of spiritual authenticity, was the incarnation of Lord Shiva in this age …

Divine Mother Wisdom October 4 – 7, 2012 Babaji’s personal motto,”None else but Self; None other than Mother” expresses the path of Shakta-Advaita-vada, the nondual path of Divine Mother Wisdom epitomized in the lives of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, and Swami Vivekananda.  Divine Mother Wisdom encompasses the ignorance-destroying teachings of both Vedanta and Tantra, while cultivating self-surrender and supreme …

Vivekananda & True Freedom July 3 – July 10, 2012 Swami Vivekananda received the boon of choosing the day of his mahasamadhi and departed his body on July 4th, 1902, giving new meaning to our “day of liberation.” True Freedom (moksha) is the ever-present nature of the Soul – beyond bodies, states, and conditions of any kind.  How do the …