PYS Igatpuri: "Sacrifice All In The Quest Of The Divine" Two Silent, Week-long retreats for Kriyabans, April & May 2024

Friday, March 8, 2024

"Penetrate your consciousness through the star into the kingdom of the Infinite." - Sri Sri Lahiri Mahasaya

We rejoice in the privilege of hosting two special, silent, week-long retreats for Yogoda Satsanga Kriyabans at Paramahansa Yogananda Sadhanalaya in Igatpuri in the months of April and May 2024: "Sacrifice All In The Quest Of The Divine".

In Gurudeva's "Autobiography of a Yogi", there is a passage where Mahavatar Babaji said to Sri Sri Lahiri Mahasaya, "He who vows to sacrifice all in the quest of the Divine is fit to unravel the final mysteries of life through the science of meditation." During these special retreats, let us devote time to "sacrifice all in the quest of the Divine", practicing Guru-given sadhana with love, devotion, intensity, sincerity, joy and enthusiasm.

Retreat details

1."Kriyaban Intensive" Retreat (I)

Dates: 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2024 to 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 20, 2024. 

Those desirous of departing earlier on April 19, may plan to leave after lunch. Others may attend the evening meditation on April 19 and plan to depart after the morning meditation and breakfast on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
One may plan to arrive a day earlier and depart a day later, if they so desire. 
However, full participation in this retreat is mandatory. 

2."Kriyaban Intensive" Retreat (II)

Dates: 11 a.m. on Friday, May 10, 2024 to 8 a.m. on Friday, May 17, 2024.

Those desirous of departing earlier on May 16, may plan to leave after lunch. Others may attend the evening meditation on May 16 and plan to depart after the morning meditation and breakfast on Friday, May 17, 2024.
One may plan to arrive a day earlier and depart a day later, if they so desire.
However, full participation in this retreat is mandatory. 

Eligibility

Yogoda Satsanga Kriyaban devotee-members

Accommodation Facility: Single Occupancy

We will be able to accept only 30 registrations(24 in the sadhak rooms and 6 in the dormitories). Hence, only one member from a family may apply for registration in these retreats. 

Although all Yogoda Satsanga Kriyaban members are welcome to apply, preference will be given to those who will be registering/participating for the first time.

All the classes, during this retreat, will be conducted in English.

Further details and preparatory guidelines will be shared with those who register for this retreat.

The retreat facility will be made available to participants on a donation basis.

Registration procedure

Please provide us with the following details if you wish to enroll for this retreat. Please fill in all fields:

  • Your Name:
  • Gender:
  • Yogoda Lesson Registration No.:
  • Kriya Yoga initiation date and place:
  • Initiation received from (Yogoda/SRF Sannyasi’s name):
  • Age:
  • Address:
  • Date and time of arrival:
  • Date and time of Departure:
  • Contact number:

We request devotees with fragile health, fever, cough or cold or those having diet restrictions/ follow special diets to kindly refrain from enrolling for this retreat.

This special retreat will include, besides daily group practice of Energization exercises and group meditations, every morning and evening, exploring and delving deeper into Gurudeva's priceless precepts as given in the new enhanced Yogoda Satsanga Lessons. 

You may expect to receive our confirmation for any one of these special retreats by February 15, 2024.

In the words of our former President and Sanghamata, Sri Sri Daya Mataji:

"Paramahansaji said: "I am not bound by this body. Someday, when my body will be no more, I shall be happy to watch you from Spirit. I shall see how you are growing spiritually, and how this work of the Gurus is unfolding. I am the ever-living Spirit, undying; and I shall be watching over you with a million eyes."

"Gurudeva used to say: "My interest is to strive to awaken in every soul who crosses my path the one desire to commune with God." This is the meaning of Self-realization: the ability to commune directly with God. It can be done, not by keeping our consciousness always involved in the five senses, in perceiving this external world, but by shutting off the sense telephones and learning to commune with God in the temple of silence within."

May we receive inner help, spiritual motivation and progress, gained through the practice of Guru-given meditation techniques, and may we yearn to deeply seek the Divine.

Divine love and best wishes.