Namaste,
Celebrate diversity! How amazing to have so many different religions, nationalities, races, and sexual orientations in our world. It enriches us and makes for a far more colorful planet. This month's theme, diversity, is what Kashi embraces fully. Ma would often say that coming to Kashi was a vacation from hate. She taught us that like the sun, love does not discriminate but gives to all.
"There is great beauty in diversity."
Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
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Guru Purnima
2015
As the moon becomes full and the rains fall, we are immersed in this season of Guru Purnima.
It is the time of the year we honor the Guru. This link of love becomes available as we touch her feet, which symbolize the direct connection to divinity.
Please join us this July 18th to honor our Guru, Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, and during this celebration, feel the beauty of knowing she is with us always.
"When all of a sudden you feel such gratitude your heart opens, it is there that grace becomes available."
Ma Jaya
May we receive fulfillment from the dust of her lotus feet as it enters into our hearts and we become a reflection of her light and love.
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Diversity
The concept of
diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means
understanding that each individual is unique. Diversity recognizes
our individual differences. Ma has showed us acceptance of all and encouraged us to serve and give of ourselves. Ma embraced
everyone. She would say, "feed everyone, there are no throwaway people." Her ashrams are a haven for all and our home a place to share with everyone. How blessed we were to share and meet with beautiful people in county homes, city streets, Under the Bridges, hospice homes and Buyer's Club in San Francisco. Ma's love of people who are gay, lesbian and transsexuals and anyone in between was truly profound.
She is the mother to all; we walk in her footsteps to do the same.
Namaste,
Love,
Bina
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| Some Thoughts From Shiva Devi |
Look around you...We are
awash in an immense diversity! A diversity of space, geology, of life forms, of ideas and spiritual beliefs. Is there a grand meaning here, a planetary or celestial plan at work?
There is a principle in the physical sciences called entropy. It is the tendency for organized systems to lose energy and run down.
I believe God loves wondrous variety because it is through this diversity that she ensures that entropy is thwarted. It is the engine that fuels change and guarantees that the beautiful tapestry of being will continue.
Of course it is through the lens' of our hearts that we decide how to embrace this gift.
I was born into diversity by virtue of my Transgender soul. It has been a long and often difficult road. But now this road has led us to Blessed Kashi Ashram, where celebrating diversity is the norm, and love, kindness and service are the rule! I have come to believe what my beautiful sister Sunanda has often told me - Ma has brought us here!
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Ma's India's New Website!!!!!!
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Namaste All,
Ma's India is happy to share our new, updated, super cool and fun website! www.mas-india.com. Come check it out and please share with friends!
Love Swami Dhumavati and Nirmal
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| It is with deepest sadness that we share the news of Kabir's (Dr. Jeremy Geffen's) passing. His wonderful and kind spirit will be remembered always. He met Ma in the early 70's at Mount Manressa in Staten Island, NY. He and Ma had a very deep and profound relationship. His years living at Kashi have left a very memorable place in our hearts. We still love to hear him singing his songs to the Ganga and Hanuman. Kabir went to school to become an oncologist and set up a practice in Vero Beach. His dedication and care have helped many people. His book, A Journey Through Cancer, was very well received and has become a guide for people battling this illness. He will be greatly missed.
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Jaya Priya Receives 3 Awards
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Jaya Priya has been awarded the 2015 award for "Best Graduate Paper" from the Center for Communal Studies for her paper "Intentional Communities: Place-Based Articulations of Social Critique". Her paper is currently on display at the University of Southern Indiana.
Jaya Priya was also announced as the winner of the 2015 Research Travel Grant from the Center for Communal Studies. This grant will fund Jaya Priya to conduct research on intentional communities at the Communal Studies Library in Indiana throughout the following year.
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Jaya Priya was selected as the winner for the 2015 Communal Studies Association Research Fellowship. This fellowship offers a small stipend for her to continue her research of intentional communities, and involves a special presentation at the next Communal Studies Association Conference. Congratulations Jaya Priya, we are so proud of you!
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"Every human being lives with the undiscovered space of the heart waiting to be discovered. Through compassion and loving service, the soul is reflected in the eyes of all whom you come across. We all have magic within us, and the magic of the Mother is the giving nature which we all possess. Diversity brings forth beauty, love and equality."
Love, MA
Check out Ma's book, Bones and Ash. This book contains enlightening wisdom on many diverse subjects.
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| Join one of our satsang gatherings via phone. The evening includes a recording of Ma Jaya teaching. Global Live is held on the second Saturday of each month. For more information, click here. |
Namaste, This month we have two recipes: Kim-Chi and Asian Kale & Brussels Sprouts Salad. I first learned about Kim-Chi because of Tae Kwon Do, A Korean Martial Art. Ma started Tae Kwon Do in the end of 1979, and soon after asked me if I wanted to try it...
Click Here for continuation of story and recipes
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Sponsorship for this most auspicious day of Guru Purnima is still available. You may make a donation in someone's name or add your prayers to the continuing lineage of our Kashi. All offerings are applied to this beautiful puja. An expression of our gratitude will be added to the prayer of the puja this day or for any other puja that is meaningful to you. Also,on this Guru Purnima, we will be using live banana trees as part of the decoration for the puja. These trees will then be planted on the ashram grounds. If you are interested in sponsoring a puja or donating a tree please send your donation with any specifics that you request to:
Kashi Ashram
11155 Roseland Road
Sebastian, Florida 32958
or call
772.589.1403. ext 100
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Ma's Birthday Fire Puja was graciously and generously sponsored by members of Kashi Next Generation and members of Kashi Ashram.
Thank you so much!
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| Upcoming Event at Kashi Atlanta |
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The Golden Thread of Satsang: A Kashi Community Fundraising Celebration
Join us in a joyful celebration of the bhakti essence of our lineage and ashrams. The Kashi Ashrams are coming together to host a heart-filled community gathering. Honoring the lineage of Ma Jaya, please join the swamis, monks and long-time residents of the Kashi Florida Ashram who will be coming to celebrate Ma's Kashi Atlanta and raise money for our ashrams.
Friday night we will host a Fire Puja, led by Swami Bhagavati Das, the Head Pujari of Kashi Ashram. A Fire Puja is an ancient Vedic ritual done to burn away that which we do not need and to ignite the fire of truth within us. The fire ceremony will be followed by an informal community gathering, where Yashoda will open a Silent Auction. Then we will hang out, have chai and enjoy an array of dessert prasad, which is food that has been specially blessed.
Saturday we will do yoga, Yashoda and others will address the community and we will hear Ma speak. We will provide a luscious Middle Eastern lunch. Then, we reconvene for a Swami Panel Discussion and Q&A on the sacred essence of satsang. We will close the day with an informal hang-out at Atlanta's Ashram houses with, of course, more prasad and entertainment. Please join us in this Kashi community celebration of our lineage and our hearts.
Friday, June 26 begins at 6:30 pm
Saturday, June 27 all day
Sunday, June 28 ends at 2:00 pm
$108 recommended donation
Please call 404.687.3353 for more information
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Guru Purnima 2015
The Guru - meaning dispeller of darkness - is traditionally celebrated at the full moon in June or July. At this time, the feet of the Guru are celebrated as they represent where Guru took human form to bring blessings to the earth. This day is particularly joyful and full of gratitude and bhakti (devotion).
Everyone is invited to help with the extensive preparation and decoration that it takes to transform the Dattatreya Temple into a jungle during the day on Saturday. Although Ma Jaya is not present in her body, we will continue the ritual of honoring the Guru's feet with an ancient ceremony performed with a stone representation of her feet.
Friday July 17 5:00 pm EDT to Sunday July 19th 10:00 am EDT
Register Here
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| June's Joke A man who was just married was flying to the Florida Keys for a business trip. His new bride was to accompany him the next day. When he got there he emailed his wife to let her know he made it there safely. When he sent the email he mistakenly typed the wrong address. A grieving widow in Boston,, whose husband had recently passed away, receives the email. She reads it, screams, and faints. Hearing her grandmother's cry, the widow's 18 year old granddaughter runs into the living room to see the computer on with a message. It reads: Dear Love, Just got here. Preparing for your arrival tomorrow. Can't wait to see you. Love, Your Husband PS. Sure is hot down here!
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