The Ashram has a space for everyone – solitude seekers and conversation enthusiasts, bookworms, contemplative hearts and questioning minds. The volunteers led by Divya Manoharan and staff, have been hard at work the past few months, bringing to life these aesthetic and communal spaces. The Slope One of the first features visible as one enters… Continue reading Come, Find Your Space!
Guru Purnima is the day, when the world over, devotees and disciples celebrate the presence of their gurus in their lives. This year, Guru Purnima was celebrated on the 5th of July as a virtual event. Since the lockdown had made it impossible for devotees to make their way to the Ashram, the excitement around… Continue reading From Darkness to Light: Guru Purnima 2020
In continuing our efforts to make triple-layer masks available in hospitals, seamstresses from the Silai Kendra centres at Kotla Barog and Dudham came forward once again, and contributed their time and expertise. Within a short span of 10 days, they made 1250 masks that were then distributed to needy patients and their families at the Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh.
The Self-Purification Virtual Event was an elegant combination of discourses, chanting, meditations, visualizations, and beautiful music created specially to help us progress on our spiritual journey during the pandemic. Conducted by Swamiji and Sadhvi Vrinda Om, the event focused on the ten emotions that plague us from the moment we start to make sense of… Continue reading Self-Purification Virtual Event: From Trishna to Krishna
Led by Om Swamiji, this Chaitra Navratri (also known as Vasanta Navaratri), many devotees embarked on a special Sadhana dedicated to Ma Durga. With the sole aim of harnessing divine power towards the manifestation of one single intent, the nine auspicious days from March 25 to April 2, 2020, saw devotees from all over the world come… Continue reading Nav Durga Sadhana: The Goddess and The Guru
“The only way to expand your existence is by giving”. ~ Om Swami In early May, the Sri Badrika Ashram administration reached out to the government-run, Rajendra Hospital, at Patiala, with an offer to help meet the shortage of masks in the face of Covid-19. Seamstresses from Dudham and Kotla Barog villages stitched 450 triple-layer… Continue reading MAKING A DIFFERENCE – A SMALL GESTURE