DA JAYANTHI:
A Joyous Celebration Honoring
The 75th Anniversary of the Birth Of Adi Da Samraj
A LIFE-TRANSFORMING HAPPENING
Boundless, Radiant Love. Free Heart-Joy, without limit. This is our inherent Condition! Drop whatever youre doing! and refresh the heart in Truth. Come celebrate the Glorious Lifetime of the Most Beautiful and Perfect Person of Love. Hear and see and feel and breathe His Great-Lighted Gift of overwhelming Heart-Blessing. Come to know of His Living Presence and tangible Grace, that is your very heart, even now. This is the purpose of your life!
Tangibly feel and receive Adi Das Spiritual Presence and Blessing-Transmission as it is powerfully communicated in many ways:
Sacred Sightings of Adi Da — Rare
videos of Adi Da granting His Silent Spiritual Blessing
to all and speaking about the True Condition of all beings,
which is Prior Unity, Perfect Freedom, and Divine Happiness.
Avatar Adi Da's Liberating Teachings and Revelations
about the Ultimate Nature of Reality and Truth.
Intimate, inspirational stories about Adi
Da's Life, Work, and Blessing-Influence, told by His devotees.
Recitals offered by exceptionally gifted devotee musicians who
serve the retreat with keen sensitivity and feeling.
Time and space for rest, relaxation, refreshment, and sacred
contemplation.
Delicious vegetarian meals.
and much Good
Company.
NEW FORMAT: This retreat will offer more time and opportunities to enter into the depth of contemplation within the Ashram life of the European Danda. More focused time for 2C devotee retreatants, 3C devotee retreatants, and public will be offered.
The following video was created for our November, 2013 Retreat, with retreat host Anthony Costabile, who will also be hosting this retreat. It will give you a good feeling for our upcoming November retreat.
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As a very special treat, we have invited Neela Bhagwat, a familiar name for lovers of Hindustani music the world over. As a front-ranking exponent of the Gwalior style of singing, she has upheld the aesthetic principles of traditional music. As an innovative performer, she has combined the purity of raga with the folk idiom of medieval saint poets like Kabir, Shajo and Meera. These as well as her other innovations relating the traditional form to the contemporary concerns have brought her critical acclaim in India as well as Europe. The prized pupil of revered gurus like Pandit Sharaadchandra Arolkar and Pandit Jal Balaporia, she has performed on major concert platforms, cut CDs, released audio albums and performed over global television channels like Star Plus and Music Asia.
Her concert (in the "Bright" Room Gallery,
in front of Adi Da's Art), is included in the retreat. Neela performed
for Adi Da during His lifetime, and is here to present her musical
offering as a Birthday Gift to Him.
Retreat
Location: The European Danda
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The
retreat will be held at the European Danda, our Spiritually-Empowered
Center in the south of the Netherlands. The Danda is the Spiritually
Empowered Seat of Adi Da's Blessing in Europe. The Danda is a
former monastery — a quiet place, and a place where Adi
Da twice resided. It houses the largest
collection in the world of Adi Das Transcendental Realist Art,
and art tours and presentations will be offered during the retreat.
Filled with Adi Das Presence, it is a perfect location to retire
from worldly stress and distraction to sink into the deepest feeling
of Reality Itself.
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Your retreat will include 3 great vegetarian meals per day, contemplative
walks in our private forest and plenty of opportunity to ask devotees
any questions you may have.
the Da Peace site
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For a tour in pictures of the beautiful grounds of the European
Danda, click here.
This retreat will be hosted by longtime devotee Anthony Costabile.
Anthony
Costabile is a a certified Adidam speaker. He is the
Director of Adidam
Midwest. He has been a devotee of Adi Da Samraj since
1975. He l has resided in Adidam's Sanctuaries in California,
Hawaii, and Fiji, where he received direct guidance from
Adi Da, both in practical life-wisdom and esoteric Spiritual
practice. Anthony is a professional teacher and school
administrator. He is a writer and principal educator for
Adidam, traveling internationally to introduce audiences
around the world to Adi Da Samraj and The Reality-Way
of Adidam.
Testimonial from a participant in a recent retreat at the European
Danda:
Beloved Adi Da,
Im very thankful for the retreat in the Danda. It is
a very special place, has Big Energy and has touched my
heart deeply. I would like to say thank You for coming
and staying here, for allowing me to see and feel all
the devotees that You Love. I will go with strong energy
and love and I try ever and ever to give it back to You.
Love, Ilka
More
Information
Three-Day Retreat
RETREAT TIME: 9:30 am, Friday, November 6, 2015 - 4 pm,
Sunday, November 8, 2015.
RETREAT LANGUAGE: English, with support services in Dutch, German,
and Finnish.
RETREAT COST: €420. Includes lodgings and meals
for 3-day retreat. (And birthday cake!) Public friends: 380 (or 340 if you register by November 1). Devotees: 250 (or 225 if you register by November 1).
Standard accommodation is 2 per room. There are very few single rooms; single room supplement (if available) is 50.
"Danda support" subscribers receive credit for room charges. Local devotees (no room, no meals): 155 (or 140 if you register by November 1). Children: 20/day all-inclusive. Saturday Music/Art + Sunday Celebration: 65. Sunday Celebration (including meal): 60.
Service retreats are available before and after the main retreat for 25 per day.
Special rates for: unemployed, over-65's, or disabled.
Refunds. Cancellations before Wednesday, November 4, will be subject to a 25 administrative fee. For later cancellations, we will refund the full
cost of meals not eaten + 50% of the balance.
Come early, stay late. All retreat attendees are invited to spend extra retreat or service time at the Danda immediately before or after the scheduled event:
45/day for extra meditation days for devotees.
25/day for extra service days for all.
PLACE: European Danda
Annendaalderweg 10
NL-6105 AT Maria Hoop
the Netherlands
Railway stations Echt, Roermond, Geilenkirchen close-by. Airports
Eindhoven and Maastricht. Pick-up from railway stations possible.
You can also register or ask for more information via phone or
email:
United Kingdom: Tel. + 44 845 330 1008, or email:
Flights go with Ryan Air from Stanstead to Eindhoven. Alternatively,
some people drive and take the ferry. Concessionary rates may
be available upon request.