Guru Purnima 2008 in Germany

Dear Haidakhandis,
We sincerely would like to invite you to our annual Gurupurnima celebrations to the
German Ashram in Rieferath which also celebrates its 30th year of existence. We are looking forward to singing and dancing, to holding Satsang and to lovingly meeting devotees from all over the world. The festivity will take place from 16 - 20 July with daily yagnas, pujas and kirtans. We are looking forward to a big festival in honor of Babaji! Come all in large numbers!

The chairman of the Indian Samaj, Alok Banerjee and his escort will be present from 16 - 18 July. To get attuned to the main event on 18 July we will be singing throughout the full moon night.

The group GOMA will give a wonderful concert on 19 July and on 20 July a closing yagna will take place. The afternoons will be filled with satsang, meditation, dance and a joint walking-tour throughout our idyllic  Rieferath countryside and our children will also receive many pleasant surprises. Throughout the entire celebration period we will be very well catered for by our Italian cooks!

You are also welcome to join in the preparations before the festival or stay on after
the celebrations. Please let us know as soon as possible if you intend to come. This will facilitate the planning procedures.
 

How to get there By Car Motorway A3 (from Cologne/ Köln) to intersection Sieburg. Towards “Hennef “on the A 565. Exit “Hennef Ost”. At the lights take the left lane towards “Waldbröl”. At the roundabout at Ruppichteroth turn to the right, towards „Herchen“ (not: „Windeck“!). Keep on this road for about 6 kilometres till you see the sign “Rieferath”. After this sign take the second road on the right, follow this road the hill down, turn right again and immediately left over the little bridge into the village. Important! Please observe the parking sign. By Motorway A3 (from Frankfurt) Exit “Bad Honnef/Linz”, towards “Eitorf”. In Eitorf: Go straight at the first and second lights, cross the railway. After the bridge turn right. At the end of this road (you will see a restaurant with a tree) turn left. Follow the road through some villages till “Niederottersbach”. Turn right in a left-hand bend towards “Rieferath”. At the (place name) sign “Rieferath” turn left, immediately left again over the little bridge into the village. Important! Please observe the parking sign. By train To “Eitorf/Sieg” station, we can pick you up there. Please let the ashram know before it you need to be picked up.

Hotels nearby the Ashram:
“Haus Steffens” tel.: 02243-91940
“Landhaus Höhe” tel.: 02295-5146
“Löwenburg Herchen” tel.: 02243-25 25
“Schützenhof Eitorf” tel.: 02243-887-0

Banking details:
Kreissparkasse Köln • Acc.Nr: 303 13 33
Bank identity number: 370 502 99
IBAN: DE83 3705 0299 0003 0313 33
BIC: COKSDE33XXX
In case of severe financial problems, please, contact us.
Nobody shall be excluded from this meeting for financial reasons.

Contact
Bhole Baba Ashram Rieferath
Kalkstück 11 • D-51570 Windeck-Rieferath
Tel: 0049-2243-6603 • Fax: 0049-2243-911623
e-mail: bholebaba.ashram@t-online.de
www.bhole-baba-ashram.de
If you have any further questions please contact the ashram.

Application Form
Please fill in the application form and send it to:
Bhole Baba Ashram • Kalkstück 11 • D-51570 Windeck-Rieferath • GERMANY
 

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Accommodation (please tick off) :                                                                               
In your own tent                                                                           
In large size communal tent                                                        
At the ashram                                                                                  
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Daily rates: € 25 per day for adults                                                                               
€ 40 per day for families with children                              

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Please transfer the money to our bank account by no later than 30th June 2008
 

GURUPURNIMA 2008 from 16 TO  20 JULY

BHOLE HOLE BABA ASHRAM  RIEFERATH

Brothers and Sisters,

What a great blessing to be able to celebrate the Divine Mother is such a wonderful way !!!
 

A few pictures of what happened in Herakhan :
 

Puja to the various forms of the Divine Mother and to Babaji
 

The 9 day Yagna was very powerful.
 

Also smokey and noisi this time	Around the new havankund with spacey covering

 

A heavenly expierence	Darshan from Maha Shakti Dhuni

         

The kirtanhall was packed with devotees singing and dancing.

On the 10th day Herakhan is a very auspicious place to be married.
 

 And with best wishes to the lucky couple and a great season leave you for this time .

*** Bhole Baba Ki Jai ***

And from the French perspective it was like this:

De retour de la Navaratri de Printemps qui a, bien entendu, été Divine, voici quelques photos
pour donner à ceux et celles qui auraient aimé venir, mais qui n’ont pas pu se joindre à nous
cette fois-ci, une (toute petite) idée de ces neuf jours de festivités en l’honneur de la Mère
Divine, hauts en couleurs et en énergie, célébrés à Hairakhan, lieu sacré par excellence et
véritable Paradis sur terre, tant par la beauté du site, que par sa vibration très particulière.
Difficile à décrire, mais à vivre absolument au moins une fois dans sa vie…
Au programme :

Même si Shri Babaji n’est pas dans un corps physique, Sa Présence est réellement tangible ici,

et la Mère Divine qui réside dans Son coeur fut célébrée sous de nombreuses formes différentes
pendant ces neuf jours lors de Pûjâs sous la conduite de Shrî Munirajjî
 

et du Shâstrîjî, en la présence des Pâdukâs,
 

traversant ici la Gautama Ganga,
 

accueillies au son des cloches avant la grande yagya où tous se pressaient,
 

offrant entre autres fruits et de noix de coco (ces dernières symbolisant l’ego)

Pour certains, ce fut (et c’est probablement encore) Hairakhan-plage et quelques tchaï-shops
accueillaient les dévots assoiffés entre deux cérémonies :

Les nombreux participants à ce grand rassemblement autour de Babaji venaient de tous horizons …

Nous étions quatre Français que Munirajji a (patiemment, car ce n’est pas nouveau) exhortés à
créer des centres et ashrams en France en nous conseillant de nous inspirer de l’Estonie.
Puissent Babaji et la Mère Divine nous guider et nous aider dans cette tâche !

De gauche à droite : Jaïka, Shanti, Mukandi & Purnananda

Jay Maha Shakti ki Jay ! Bhole Baba ki

 A Greek day at the Gufaside shows like this:

Gufaside in perspective

Bathing in the Gautami Gange

Aarti at the Gufaside

Havan with Shri Munirajji

Havan with Shri Munirajji

Sadhus recitating the Ramayana

East and West singing Bhajans

Expressing joy by singing Bhajans

Continuous puja's by Gaurari...

Singing and dancing at the Gufaside

Some time later: expressing devotion....

No comment...

Bhandara, making both Haidakhandi Samaj and local people happy,
to which  Shri Munirajji has appealed.

Bhole Baba ki Jai !!

APPEAL FROM SHRI MUNIRAJ

TO ALL DEVOTEES – FOREIGN AND INDIAN


It gives me great pleasure that devotees from far off lands have come to celebrate the festival of Navratras here at Chiliyanoula. We are aware that we are unable to offer you total comfort for your stay in the ashram, and many facilities are lacking, but even then we do try our best to make your stay as comfortable as possible. Added to this, we also experience the unpredictable weather conditions now being experienced all over the world. But as you are already aware, this is what ashram life is all about. It is a learning experience from every direction.

With everyone’s personal and general support, I am glad to inform you that both the Charitable Allopathic Hospital and the Ayurveda Hospital are doing well and are progressing positively. Of course, the overall Grace is that of Babaji who has made me and all of you the mediums to carry out His work. It was His great desire to not only make the charitable hospital which would serve the needy in this backward area, but also to establish a well run Ayurveda Hospital and Research Centre, which as the entire world is now accepting, is the need of the hour.

To further carry Babaji’s wishes in perfecting the Ayurveda Unit, we have now planned to expand the existing facilities and make this unit into a state of the art organization. For this, a new project has already been developed and which has been shared with several of you during Shri Alok Banerjee’s recent visit to Holland. Let me stress here that this project is for the public at large and the earnings from the project would be only for charity in different forms.

It is my earnest appeal to all of you that the way you all have supported the Haidakhan hospital establishments in the past, you should now again give your full and whole hearted support to the new project.

As you are all aware, I am now in the evening of my earthly existence, and time is certainly running out. I would therefore be genuinely happy to see this project completed during my lifetime.

Also, given Babaji’s strong wish, the completion of this project would go a long way in making both the Haidakhan Samaj and the local population happy.

Once again, I give my blessings and love to all of you present here and those who are not here for a happy, peaceful and contented life.

   BHOLE BABA KI JAI

  MUNIRAJ (TRILOK SINGH)

Hanuman in Chilianaula