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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Happy Yugādi – Message on 2nd Navāratri of 2021
Many blessings and much love on this Yugadi – today marks the beginning of a yuga in the cycle of four yuga periods as per the soli-lunar calendar of the ancient Sanskrit tradition. May you all utilize this auspicious time juncture to renew and refresh your spiritual affirmations for the coming times.
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Stillness of Timelessness – MahāŚivarātri Message 2021
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
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
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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Full Moon Message to Families with Children – January 2021
A message of blessings from His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda for families raising children during their most formative years and rapidly growing into their youthful state.
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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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Thanksgiving Message 2020
These difficult times provide an opportunity to express our gratitude and harness our humane qualities. Choking with fear and splitting with worries can be overcome by converting our humane qualities to a divine experience of grace, lest we are brave to transform our fear of God into a love of God.
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Dipāvali Blessings and Message 2020
Let this New Moon evening of Dipāvalī be celebrated as a Peacemakers' Illumination honouring the lamp within. May the Dipāvalī inspire you to save and protect the lighted paths attained by truthful deeds.
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Trinity of Summer Eclipses in 2020
The upcoming lunar eclipses on the 5th/6th June and 4th/5th July are penumbral and hence deemed minor. However, they sandwich an annular solar eclipse on 20th/21st June on the summer solstice. Whereas eclipses and their effects have been either closely followed or studied by many traditions and cultures, meditators patiently wait for such moments to come forth. This is because the depth and power...
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