• TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • One Must Run One’s Life by a Spiritual Plan by Swami Veda Bharati
  • Swami Veda Visits Taiwan
  • TED^x-Taipei 2011 Transcript
  • Intimacy by Swami Nitya
  • A Sufi - Yogi Dialog by Swami Chetan Bharari
  • Joyful Living with Yoga in Tokyo
  • Peter Fabian Receives His E-RYT 500 By Maryon Maass
  • Children’s Yoga Camp 2010
  • The Human Being Is Born Out of Selfless Love
  • 5th Keningau Annual Retreat
  • Mind Your Mind by Mehrad Nazari, Ph.D.
  • Great Spiritual Inspiration
  • An Ode
  • Offerings
  • Yoga Congress 2011
  • Upcoming Worldwide Events in Asia, Europe and North America
  • Full Moon Meditation Dates
  • Location of SRSG on the Globe
• AHYMSIN NEWSLETTERS ARCHIVE

One Must Run One’s Life by a Spiritual Plan

by Swami Veda Bharati

Silence Announcement

Dear Initiates in Gurudeva,

May the Guru Lineage continue to bless you.

One must run one’s life by a spiritual plan. I have attempted to do so, with some failures, throughout this life. Now, after 63 years (at age 78) of continuous traveling and teaching (which will be 65 years in 2013), it is time to move on to the next rung. I need to

• Complete the sadhana of my meditation in its next level
• Heal my currently ailing body so it may continue to serve, and
• To bring the teaching to a higher level.

For these purposes I need to go into a prolonged period of silence. From March 10th 2013 I will undertake a five year period of silence (may be ten!).

The teaching will continue

• Through other highly qualified teachers both at Sadhaka Grama in Rishikesh, and in all parts of the world,
• Through many writings and recordings of Gurudeva and of this self, and
• Through yourself coming and sitting in the experience of silence with this disciple of the Guru.

An aspiring yogi’s true teaching begins when s/he takes to silence.

Just before starting the five-year silence, there will be few weeks of intensive teaching at the Ashram. It will be followed by 9 days of silence for all, who will be at the Ashram, from March 10th to 19th.

Please make your plans from now and do confirm your participation.

These kinds of decisions are not made in a vacuum. These are parts of the traditions of the yogi Lineages.

Also, please see a little, for the first time, about my own physical family’s inheritance. It will explain many things to you about the steps I am taking.

Yours in service of Gurudeva

Ed. note: You can download a copy of Swami Veda's invitation to the “2013 All Teachers and Sangha Gathering” at http://www.ahymsin.org/docs2/News/11Jan/2013AllTeachersandSanghaGatheringInvitation.pdf