Indiana, July 13; A special two day Guru Purnima weekend retreat organised by the Divine Shakti Foundation and Parmarth Niketan took place in Henryville, Indiana, USA. Devotees from many states in America joined with their friends and family to take part in this divine opportunity to be in the presence of HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji – Muniji, President of Parmarth Niketan, and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, President of the Divine Shakti Foundation. The location was a beautiful picturesque countryside setting with greenery, woods and a beautiful lake surrounding the retreat site. It was specially selected to meet Pujya Swamiji’s inspired theme for the retreat, “Celebrating a Green Guru Purnima: Come to Nature, Be with Nature and Change Your Nature.”
The retreat included divine satsang on a range of topics including: practicing no reaction, silence, inner peace, dealing with emotions as well as answered a range of questions on how to live in the Western culture but staying true to Indian roots and traditions, as a number of participants were overseas Indians or first generation Indian Americans.
They also participated in vedic mantra chanting, trekking, walking meditation, yoga, meditation, kirtan and Naad Yoga as well as other activities. There was also a very special Ganga Aarti that was organised by the lakeside.
The General Manager of the retreat centre, better known as Wooded Glen, Mr Shawn Garmon, was gifted by Pujya Swamiji and Sadhvi Bhagawatiji and a few of the youngest participants of the retreat a beautiful green tree sapling as a symbol of their green Guru Purnima celebration.
At the conclusion of the retreat a special thank you was given to the dedicated seva team for their efforts to put together an incredibly successful retreat, led by Rekha Mataji the team included but was not limited to Seemaji, Madhuji, Naval Bhai, Atul Bhai, Anar, Pushpaben, Sujal Bhai, Shyam and many others.
The retreat was followed by a major Guru Purnima celebration at the Hindu Temple of Kentucky 9 July, from 5-7pm EDT (2:30am-4:30am IST, 10 July) on the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima.
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