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March 2021 Newsletter
Full Moon Meditation March 28th

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"The power of emotion arises from desires, and desires arise from the four primitive fountains, but there is another basic urge in human beings. This is the drive to know the Truth, the desire to love the Truth. This dormant inborn desire within does not arise from one of the four fountains. It is the source of positive emotions – joy, forgiveness, peace. It is not possible for a human being to be free from desire, because it is the nature of the mind and the senses to be attracted to objects and ideas. This is not bad; it is a fact that can be used. Even that desire which is one´s greatest burden can be a means for his liberation if he learns to direct it properly. When that force is directed toward the divine instead of toward the external charms and temptations of the world, then one’s journey is propelled by the power of love, for love is the strongest force. One can use that natural tendency to desire something as a means for attaining the highest goal in life. When one does not allow his mind to be dissipated and agitated by the senses and the ego, then he finds that centre of love within. When that spark is ignited, it becomes a burning desire to reside always in union with the Divinity. Then that great conflagration burns away all little desires, and there is only one perennial flame burning in the altar of the heart." - Swami Rama, Choosing a Path

 


Two Audio downloads: 1000 Names of Shiva - Swami Veda Bharati 12 February 2010 and Shivaratri Manasa Puja - Swami Veda Bharati, 2010 can be downloaded by clicking here.

The Virtual Workshop organized by the Himalayan Yoga Tradition – Teacher Training Program (HYT-TTP) for 20th March - 17th April 2021: Pandit Priyadarshan (Pierre Lefebvre) has written, “It is beyond all our expectations. It looks more like a virtual Himalayan congress or a virtual Sangha gathering, which brings a very beautiful atmosphere to the meetings. We are keeping registration open, as late registrants will have access to the previous sessions' recordings.” Please see www.himalayanyogatradition.com. Contact: info@hyt-ttp.com.

New Dates: The Bhagavad Gita online sessions with Rabindra Sahu have now been rescheduled to two weekends of 3-4 and 10-11 April 2021. Please visit Urdhva Yoga website with updated information; contact namita@urdhvayoga.com.

Reopening of Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) - “I am happy to share that we are now opening the ashram for visitors further. Now, all individuals carrying a valid negative Covid-19 RT-PCR test report will be able to come to the ashram, irrespective of the mode of their travel.” – Divya Gupta. Contact: sadhakagrama@gmail.com. (Photo by Michael Kissener.)

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Full Moon on Holi
Full Moon on Holi
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The next Full Moon Meditation will be 28 March 2021. You are invited to sit in meditation for an hour wherever you are. Total beginners and longtime practitioners, non-initiates and initiates are welcome. If you cannot sit for the entire hour, sit as long as you are able; as Swami Veda has said, "Let the quietness of the mind continue even after you rise...”

“The full moon meditations are an opportunity for us to come together in connecting with the universal mind-field bringing unity, harmony, peace and love. Go into your silence; exhale-release, inhale-accept, forgive & fulfil, with purified heart and mind receive the blessings of the Lineage.” – Swami Ritavan Bharati

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Full Moon Timings

  • 10 PM in New York. Surrounding countries and regions of South, Central and North America and the Caribbean to match their time to 10 PM New York time.
  • 8 PM in U.K. (London Time).Those in all European, and all African time zones, please adjust your sitting time to coincide with 8 PM United Kingdom.
  • 8 PM in East Asia, 8 PM Singapore time. Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand etc. adjust their times to coincide with Singapore time 8 PM.
  • 7 AM in India (IST), surrounding countries adjust the time accordingly, for example Iran is 5 AM.

Also, Toronto "Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Society of Ontario" members meet at 9:00 pm (local).


 

   
       

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