Guru Purnima
July 27, 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
| $25.00Full Moon Fire Ceremony and Ragani Kirtan Concert
Celebrating the bountiful blessings of the Light of Guru
We cordially invite all seekers of the Truth on the path of fire and light to join us to celebrate and rejoice in the wisdom and blessings of the sages. Guru Purnima is the occasion when students revisit their teachers to rejuvenate their sadhana (spiritual practice) and to receive inspiration and further instruction on their spiritual journey. As part of this year’s celebration, world acclaimed kirtan singer Ragani will present a sacred and inspiring kirtan concert. Kirtan is a style of call-and-response devotional chanting, and is one of the world’s oldest forms of spiritual music. Ragani’s exquisitely mesmerizing voice will be accompanied by masterful guitarist, Ezra Landis, and accomplished percussionist, Owen Landis. Ragani is a direct disciple of Swami Rama of the Himalayas. She holds a doctorate in Psychology as well as a degree in acupuncture therapy, and integrates mind/body practices into all of her work.
The annual Guru Purnima celebration honors the concept of Guru, the universal force of light that is always available to help correct our ignorance and cure our dis-ease. True happiness, therefore, can be obtained by learning to reflect the light of guru already within us––through our mind, action and speech. Yoga Science teaches the earnest seeker to “include all and exclude none.” If the outer guru, in the form of a person or experience, reflects the truth and light of the inner guru, the advice is to be heeded and served in thought, word and deed. If a suggestion from the outer guru is not in harmony with the inner guru as reflected by the purified discrimination of buddhi, the advice is to be honored and lovingly rejected, with gratitude — for your teacher has just taught you what not to do.
In service, with love — Leonard and Jenness
$25 per person. All reservations must be received no later than the Wednesday, July 25th.