Inauguration of Sriperumbudur Retreat, Near Chennai

We are happy to inform you that a new retreat facility, Sriperumbudur Retreat, has been established on a 17-acre land in Mannur Village, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Retreat has 5 rooms with attached bath, a dhyana mandir, a kitchen-cum-dining hall, a reception-cum-book room, and a dormitory. This retreat is open to all devotees who would like to do sadhana for a few days in silence and seclusion.

The retreat will be dedicated to God and Gurus on July 25, 2010 which happens to be the Guru Purnima and Mahavatar Babaji Smriti Divas. A two day function will be organized coinciding with the dedication. YSS sannyasis will be participating in the function, which will be held on July 25–26, 2010.

If you wish to participate in the programme, please contact Chennai Dhyana Kendra at the address given below for registration and further guidance.

Yogoda Satsanga Dhyana Kendra — Chennai
‘OMKAR’ No. 14, (Old No. 17)
Rajarathinam Street, Kilpauk
Chennai 600 010, Tamil Nadu
Tel: (044) 26431141

Contact persons : Sri Kalai Selvan: 09884450069; Ms. Nalini: 09940062551;
 Ms. Nagarathnammal: 09444488051; Sri Sethuraman: 09444918571;   Sri Shivaji Das: 09840405185.

All programmes will be held at the new Retreat:
Sriperumbudur Retreat, C/o Chennai Kendra
Mannur Village, Sriperumbudur Taluk
Kancheepuram District 602 105

For further information regarding accommodation for outstation devotees, exact timings of programmes, timings for registering for the diksha ceremonies, and requests for personal interviews with the sannyasis regarding sadhana, please contact the persons listed above.

Eligibility for receiving the Kriya Yoga diksha is dependent upon submission of satisfactory answers to the Reports at the end of Steps I and II of the Yogoda Satsanga Lessons (enclosed with Lessons 26 and 52), as well as signing the Kriya Yoga Pledge of devotion and loyalty to our line of Gurus and the Yogoda Satsanga path. If you wish to apply for Kriya Yoga and have not yet sent these two reports, they may be turned in at the Retreat, to be checked by the sannyasis upon their arrival. If you have already sent your reports to Ranchi and received approval for Kriya Yoga in writing, take that letter of approval with you for registering at the Kendra. As you will note in the two Report forms, to be eligible for Kriya Yoga, the devotee must have been regularly practising the first three basic Yogoda techniques for several months.

All who wish to receive Kriya Yoga diksha at the ceremony, including those who have received the Kriya Yoga Lessons but not participated in a ceremony; and also those Kriyabans who have received formal diksha but wish to attend the ceremony, will need to register at the Retreat at least a day in advance, and bring the required admittance card to the ceremony. Please show your Kriyaban Identification Card when registering yourself for Kriya Yoga diksha and when attending the review.

We encourage you to join the functions, for renewed inspiration for your sadhana, further clarification of our Gurudeva's teachings for daily living, and fellowship with other sadhaks of this path.
Gurudeva said: “God is using the power of love, the purity and sweetness of love, to draw you to Him. Every time your conscience speaks to you, every time you reason, every time you perform a good action — that is when God is working through you.”

May God and Gurudeva bless you with happiness and spiritual bounty.