2020 Annual Report

2020 Annual Report

Divine grace palpably enveloped us throughout 2020 as we responded to unfolding challenges to making our esteemed institution sustainable and yet charitable. We cannot aggressively approach meditation; likewise, we cannot fearfully approach crisis. Both need calmness, which is bred through patience. As we learnt this past year, fortitude yields patience. When individuals like ourselves are being squeezed and challenged, we learn not to give...


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Stillness of Timelessness - MahāŚivarātri Message

Stillness of Timelessness – MahāŚivarātri Message

The annual great night of meditation is here upon us, hailed in the Sanskrit tradition as the MahāŚivarātri. Meditating on this special evening and through the night is a practice of alertness meant to supersede the daytime awake state as a memorable experience. In such a vigilant state there exists the possibility of understanding the play of time and timelessness.


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Save the Date! Upcoming Programs & Important Dates in 2021

Save the Date! Upcoming Programs & Important Dates in 2021

We heartily welcome your participation at our upcoming Fellowships and special events in 2021. Be sure to sign up for our mailing list to receive invitations and registration links directly to your inbox. For other events and livestreams, check our events calendar which is updated when additional events are added to the calendar. If you haven’t already done so, please follow us on Facebook...


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Healing Mother Earth with Four Navarātri Periods in 2021

Healing Mother Earth with Four Navarātri Periods in 2021

The Mahākāla Saṃhitā declares that four nine-night periods, based on the soli-lunar calendar, are deemed especially auspicious for the worship of the great śakti in veneration of the Divine Mother. Each of these four periods are popularly celebrated as navarātri, which is a literal translation of ‘nine-nights’. These nine-night periods, each starting the day after a New Moon, are celebrated in spiritual traditions by...


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Holiday Blessings 2020

Holiday Blessings 2020

Year-end is the time for reflection and rumination. How to make these holidays meaningful and uplifting is within the reach of your own affirmations. Change is the nature of the world and it is constantly slipping away from us. Often at the end of an era or a yuga like this, change is accelerated, bringing in a clash of ethos and bipolar ideologies. There...


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