The Raipur Diaries – part 3     From the 16 to 18 January, there was a three-day public event held in the Balbir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium in Raipur. All were encouraged to come from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for the masterclasses. Each day provided a focus on a specific element of the practice: meditation, cleaning, and prayer. Such large public gatherings will now be circulated in general as Dhyanotsavs.16 January 2019After breakfast, Daaji was soon joined by a number of...

The Raipur Diaries – part 2  15 January evening, the Babylon HotelIn the evening at 7 p.m. Daaji went to a gathering of the EO – Entrepreneurs’ Organisation, a group of young entrepreneurs of Raipur who have created large and successful business houses. It started with a beautiful five-minute video, which can be seen on YouTube, introducing Kanha Shanti Vanam Ashram. How wonderfully it illustrates the ‘symbiotic relationship between nature and spirituality’ and how uniquely that would speak to the entrepreneurial...

The Raipur Diaries – part 1   Daaji travelled to Raipur from Kanha Shanti Vanam on the evening of the 14 January 2019 for a long awaited trip to the state of Chhattisgarh. He last visited Raipur in 2011. He landed at the airport around 8:30 p.m. where he was received by a small group of delighted abhyasis. On his way to the ashram he commented that there had a been a lot of development in the city since he last visited. A...

Kanha Shanti Vanam30 November to 4 December 2018Namaste MENA – transformation and change We started trickling in to beautiful Kanha early before the start of the seminar, some with expectations, others embarking on their first journey of spiritual discovery. Many said they felt the preparations for the seminar weeks before. The weather in Kanha at this time of the year is quite pleasant. For many of us it is the coldest weather we know. We brought shawls and pullovers to wrap us in...