Babaji's birthday celebration in 2008
Babaji informed VT Neelakantan and Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah that he was born during the ascendancy of the Rohini Nakshatra in the year 203 A.D. It is the same star under which Lord Krishna was born on July 20, 3228 B.C. This occurred in 203 A.D. during the celebration of Kartikai Deepam, the Festival of Lights. It occurs every year on the night before the new moon during the Tamil month of Kartikai. It celebrates the triumph of the forces of light, or consciousness over those of darkness, or ignorance. Vedic Astrologers have come to the conclusion that actually Babaji must have been born on December 4, in the year 203 AD.
In 2008 if you start Babaji's birthday celebration on the 26th of Nov. at 5PM you are hitting the Nakshastra of Rohini as well as the night before the new moon, which is actually on the 27th....from 5PM until 5:40 PM the rising is in Rohini and the sun has set....
Jai Babaji
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Satchidananda and Durga enjoying satsang at the ashram
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First European Gathering of initiates of Babaji's Kriya Yoga
On the weekend of May 16 to 18, 2008, 35 students from 8 countries came to a chateau in Dole, in France to participate in the first European Gathering of initiates of Babaji's Kriya. The activities included the practice of all of the Kriyas taught in the first and second initiations, inspirational talks by Acharya Satyananda, fellowship and chanting of Babaji's mantra around a sacred fire all night long! Everyone came away feeling highly blessed and rejuvenated.
 
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Two
new acharyas from Bilbao, Spain
On Sunday, May 4, 2008, in Gava, near Barcelona, Spain, two persons were inducted into Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas.
Premananda
Valmiki
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Construction of the Babaji's Kriya Yoga Ashram
in Badrinath, Himalayas began on May 15, 2008, with the leveling of
the plot of land. A formal ceremony and puja will be conducted on
the site on Sunday May 25, by a local pandit, followed by a mantra
yagna with 15 pilgrims from our Bangalore ashram, lead by Vinod Kumar,
its manager. The construction is being administered by Rohit Naithani.
As the weather permits construction only from mid May to early July,
and from early September to end of October, the construction is expected
to be completed only by the fall of 2009 or 2010. Volunteers who would
like to assist in the constuction during the above months, are invited
to contact M. G. Satchidananda for details. Over ninety percent of
the expected budget has already been donated, but more will be needed
to purchase additional land and furnishings. Anyone wishing to donate
for this project, see our website www.babajiskriyayoga.net. Your donation
is tax deductible if made in North America or India.
Read more about Badrinath Ashram
Make
your donation here...
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M. G. Satchidananda celebrated his
60th birthday on June 11, 2008, with a mantra yagna at the Quebec
ashram. Among the birthday greeting messages from around the world
was this photo from Ekaterinburg, Russia, where Kriya Yoga sadhaks
Uma and Yogeswar conduct Kriya Yoga classes for all age groups.
Acharya Nityananda gave initiation
to 30 new students in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18-20, 2008
New
acharyas from Colorado, USA
Skanda Vel
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Ground breaking ceremony of Babaji's
Kriya Yoga Ashram in Badrinath, May 22, 2008 by Kriya Yoga sadhaks
from South India and local priest.
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