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BABAJI'S KRIYA YOGA ORDER
OF ACHARYAS
Babaji's Kriya Yoga
Order of Acharyas is now requesting donations from Kriya
Yoga initiates and other interested persons, for the purpose of
building an ashram in Badrinath, Himalayas. A 5 000 square foot
plot of land has been identified and a price of $10,000 has been
purchased there in a beautiful spot just below Mount Neelakantan,
a fifteen minute walk from the temple of Badrinarayan. Building
permits have been obtained, the land has been levelled, and part
of the foundation has been constructed. Construction will resume
after the snow melts, in May 2009. The purpose of the ashram will
be to provide accomodations to our Kriya Yoga initiates visiting
Badrinath, and an ideal environment where Kriya Yoga initiates can
practice Kriya Yoga. It will also be a place where the many pilgrims
visiting Badrinath will be able to obtain information and training
or intiation in the five fold path of Babaji's Kriya Yoga from resident
students and acharyas. One of our dedicated Kriya Yoga Indian initiates
lives in Badrinath full time and will act as its administrator.
Your donation is tax deductible if you are living in North America
or India. Please send it via our website www.babajiskriyayoga.net
on the Acharyas page, using a credit card, or send a US or Canadian
dollar bank draft or persona cheque payable to Babaji's Kriya Yoga
Order of Acharyas, 196 Mountain Road, P.O. Box 90, Eastman, Quebec,
Canada J0E 1P0 If you are in Europe you may find it more convenient
to send it by a bank transfer to: Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas,
account number 406726-0, bank: Caissse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec,
SWIFT code: CCDQCAMMXXX, branch: La Caisse populaire Desjardiins
du Lac Memphremagog, transit number 50066- 815.
Babaji's Kriya Yoga
Order of Acharyas, Inc. was established in the USA and
Quebec in 1997 and granted tax exempt status as a 501 (c) (3) educational
charity by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States as
well as by Revenue Canada. It is a network of "acharyas"
or expert teachers who, following a common set of guidelines, reporting
procedures, and personal practice and conduct, promote the dissemination
of Babaji's Kriya Yoga throughout the world via lectures, publications,
initiations and retreats. The founder-president of the Order Marshall
Govindan was asked by Babaji and Yogi Ramaiah to establish the Order
in 1986.
The Order maintains ashrams in
Quebec, Bangalore, 2 in Sri Lanka and is building one in Badrinath,
India. The ashram in Bangalore accomodates serious students of yoga
who seek an environment of yogic sadhana. Residents currently conduct
free yoga classes for students in universities in Chidambaram and
in Bangalore.
It publishes and distributes books
and tapes throughout India and also organizes pilgrimages to sacred
sites associated with the Tamil Siddha tradition. For more information
contact Vinod or by
mail to: Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas, Post Box 5608, Malleswaram
West, 560 055 Bangalore, India.
Through a network of nearly 15
000 initiated practioners in twenty countries, the Order also organizes
numerous trainings and initiations in Babaji's Kriya Yoga all over
the world.
The Order is affiliated with the
Yoga Research and Education Center, of Lower Lake, California, (founder
president: Dr. Georg Feuerstein Ph.D). They are collaborating on
research, translations, publications and the organization of conferences.
For more information on the YREC see www.yrec.info
In the past twelve months,
since September 2008 the Order of Acharyas did the following:
* Brought over 100 initiation
seminars in to persons living in Argentina, India, Estonia, the
Gulf states, Spain, Brazil, England, Ireland, Australia, Germany,
France, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Singapore, Malaysia,
USA and Canada.
* Sponsored and organized a Kriya
Hatha Yoga Teacher Training program, for 25 teacher trainees near
Frankfort Germany. Participants came from 9 countries.
* Maintained an ashram and publishing
office in Bangalore, India. Vinod Kumar, the ashram manager, conducted
free daily public asana and meditation classes there, with biweekly
free asana classes in local public schools. It published and distributed
most of our books and tapes throughout India. It published and distributed
many of our titles in new Indian language editions, in Hindi, Telegu,
and Tamil.
* Completed the training of two
new acharyas, Savitri (Maria Rosa Blasco) of Gerona, Spain and Mirabai
(Lourdes Planas Calvo) of Barcelona, Spain, now authorized to give
the 1st level initiation.
* Recently arranged for the purchased
another 4 000 square foot plot of land in Badrinath, for a total
of 9 000 square feet. The end of the one year ban on construction,
and this recent purchase now allows us to build an ashram according
to our original vastu plans. The construction of the foundation
is advancing well.
* Sponsored a European Gathering
of Initiates of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga in France, in the summer 2009.
* Completed the editing of the
10 volume, 4 000 page new English language edition of the Tirumandiram.
Obtained a donation from a philanthropist, Dr. N. Mahalingam, which
will permit 2,000 hard bound copies to be printed and sold for a
modest price.
* Published The Grace of Babaji’s
Kriya Yoga second year course in Japanese and Spanish.
In the year 2009 - 2010
the Order plans to do the following:
* Bring initiation seminars to
most of the above named countries.
* Move our ashram and publishing
office in Bangalore, India to a new permanent location. Conduct
free bi-weekly public asana and meditation classes there and locally.
* Publish and distribute the new
translation of Tirumandiram, with commentary, in 10 hardbound printed
volumes, including index, at a special release function on January
17, 2010 in Chennai.
* Complete the training of five
Acharyas by the late fall 2009. Support regional Gatherings of initiates.
* Continue the construction of
the Badrinath ashram, expected completion in 2011.
We need your support
to fulfull this program for the year 2009-2010. Your contribution
is tax deductible. Send yours by December 31, 2009, if possible,
and receive a receipt for your 2009 income tax return. Use your
Visa, Mastercard or American Express!!
Our work is financed
entirely by your contributions. There are many persons
all over the world waiting to receive initiation. We will send acharyas
as we receive the funds needed to pay for travel expenses.
For each donation of US$70/Cn$75
or more, receive a free copy of the new book, “Babaji’s
Kriya Yoga: Deepening Your Practice” in English or “Kailash:
Return to the Source and Back” in English (available before
Christmas) or “The Wisdom of Jesus and the Yoga Siddhas.”
in English, French, German or Spanish. See our bookstore
for a description of these. Please indicate the title of the book
to send in the Additional Information to the cart in Check Out Now.
Donations may be made
payable to "Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas", and
sent by check, draft or money order to 196 Mountain Road, P.O. Box
90, Eastman, Quebec, Canada J0E 1P0, or paid by a VISA, Mastercard
or American Express authorization by calling 1-888-252.9642 or outside
North America +1-450-297.0258 fax: +1-450-297.3957 or make your
contribution online here.
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