In
1983, an individual patron offered the island of Naitauba,
Fiji, to Avatar Adi Da. Because of this magnificent gift,
the entire Life and Work of Adi Da Samraj began to evolve in
ways that were not possible before. Naitauba offered Avatar
Adi Da a pristine, protected place to do His Spiritual Work
and an opportunity to establish a unique Seat of His Divine
Presence for all generations to come. (The book, The
Eternal Stand, tells the extraordinary story of how,
over the course of three decades, Adi Da transformed this two-by-three-mile
island in the middle of the Fijian Koro Sea into the most Empowered
Sacred Space and Hermitage Ashram on the planet.)
Gestures such as this from individuals of wealth
and influence have been made to Spiritual Realizers throughout
history. For example, Gautama Buddha had a major patron, a merchant
called Sudatta, who was passionately moved to provide for Gautama
and His monks and who called on others to respect and celebrate
and accommodate the life and work of the great Spiritual Realizer
living in their midst. Gautama greatly blessed Sudatta and the
story of Sudatta's exemplary generosity is preserved to this day
in the earliest annals of Buddhist history.
It is also traditional for those who are attracted to the Spiritual
Master — His or Her Presence, Teaching, and Works —
but are not currently moved to become devotees to express their
appreciation of the Spiritual Master through supporting the Spiritual
Master's Work. This often is the basis of a natural progression,
from the "first discipline" of "patron", "friend", or "supporter",
to the greater discipline of "devotee" — in this lifetime,
or over several lifetimes.[1] So for
someone who has a heart-response to the Spiritual Master but is
not ready or able to become His devotee, becoming a patron of
His Work is a traditional and honorable choice, and a way to deepen
one's relationship to the Spiritual Master.
Even a little of the Teaching and an honorable relationship
to the Teacher cast out much fear and guide the individual
in a more balanced course. The Way of Adidam Ruchiradam
is a Great Process, an ordeal Of self-Sacrifice to the Divine
Person. Many may Respond to My Offering, but some may need
time to ponder and to prepare themselves for the greater
discipline of Ultimate Devotion.
Those who find themselves in the “pondering and preparing”
stage of Response to Me should not feel that they must remain
apart from Me and outside Adidam.
Let everyone who Responds to Me begin to honor that Response
by accepting the obligation to be an active patron, friend,
student, and beginning devotee. Let them do the sadhana
of pondering and preparing in My Company, Served by the
Agency of this fellowship. However many years may pass in
the First Discipline, let it be lived in an honorable and
serious manner.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
The Divine Work of Adi Da is so vast that the opportunities
for specific forms of patronage are endless. This generation has
the unique responsibility of ensuring
the survival in perpetuity of Adi Da's Gift of Adidam, and
for the preservation of His Work, in all its many dimensions,
for all time.
To serve Avatar Adi Da's Divine Work in these ways
through patronage, or through one's position of influence in the
world, is to transform one's own life and destiny, and, potentially,
the life and destiny of countless others, in a most auspicious
and enduring way.
Growth
as a Patron — A story by Dennis Duff about commiting
to being a patron and learning how to do that. Dennis was the patron who provided the funds that enabled Adidam to acquire The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary.
We invite you to become a patron of Adi Da's Work
— on whatever scale you are moved to do so. You don't have
to be able to buy an island to help!
2. Planned Gifts
By including Adidam as beneficiary in your will, trust, or other
planned-giving instrument, you help to ensure that the Agency
and Instrumentality established by Adi Da Samraj exist in perpetuity.
This
page helps you make such a planned gift in support of the
Eternal Work of Avatar Adi Da Samraj.
3. Immediate Gifts
Your immediate gift of any amount (as a one-time gift or an ongoing,
monthly gift) helps to ensure the perpetuation of Avatar Adi Da's
Work of Revelation and Blessing. Below are several immediate gifting
opportunities to support the Eternal Work of Avatar Adi Da Samraj.
If you would like to designate your gift to support a purpose
that is not listed on this page, please contact
the Samrajya Patronage Office.
Gifts to the Adidam Ruchiradam Fund are especially appreciated.
The Adidam Ruchiradam Fund is a single "umbrella" fund for receiving
donations to support all core aspects of Avatar Adi Da's Work.
Gifts made to the Adidam Ruchiradam Fund are allocated wherever
the need is greatest. Read more about this Fund here.
A gift to the Adidam Ruchiradam Endowment helps to ensure
the support of all core aspects of Avatar Adi Da's Work over a
long period of time. The endowment assets are kept invested, while
the investment income is available for use. This allows for the
donation to have an impact over a longer period than if it were
used all at once. Read more about the Endowment here.
You can also express your support for any of the
following Adidam (and Adidam-related) projects that are currently
in need of financial support, by going to the appropriate page
(links provided below) and reading about how you can help.
Listed below are just some of the many ways you can help:
Adi Da's Work with devotees formally began in 1972, over
40 years ago. From then until His Divine
Mahasamadhi in 2008, thousands of hours of His talks
and notes to the community of devotees were recorded, thousands
of hours of video footage were shot, and hundreds of thousands
of photographs were taken. The Adidam
Archives is responsible for the preservation of the
audio, video, photographic, and handwritten artifacts of
the life and work of Adi Da, and their digital preservation.
The audio tapes, photographs, etc. have a limited lifespan
and will soon deteriorate to the point of unusability. The
window of opportunity is closing — any delay could result
in loss. Please join us in preserving and protecting the
sacred legacy of Avatar Adi Da's Life and Work, so that
His Gifts may continue to be available for humankind forever
into the future.
Some
of the Current Projects
The
Digital Preservation Project — This site
describes the preservation tasks the Archives are engaged
in. This includes: 4,000 hours for converting analog
video tape (some close to 40 years old) to digital media;
the scanning of 250,000 photographic negatives; 18,000
hours for digitizing audio tape; a custom database system
for searching everything in the Archives; and much more.
Naitauba
Island, Fiji is the Hermitage Sanctuary of Avatar Adi
Da Samraj, Spiritually Empowered by Him as the primary place
from which His Divine Blessing flows perpetually to the
world.
You can help! We welcome your support in the form
of financial contributions and professional expertise for
our current projects (below). Your generosity helps to develop
and maintain Nautauba's facilities and durable sustainability.
Some
of the Current Projects
Naitauba
Development Fund — Gifts to the Naitauba
Development Fund are especially appreciated and allow
us to channel resources where the needs are the greatest.
For more information contact island manager Chris Merz
via this contact
form.
Naitauba
Reef Preservation — The Naitauba reef
is of extraordinary beauty. Last year, a research team
from the Univerity of the South Pacific studied the
reef to assess and monitor the status of the reef. For
ongoing monitoring there is the need to install research-quality
data loggers to record ocean temperatures in and around
Naitauba's reef. For more information, visit www.naitaubareef.org
or contact David Forsythe via this contact
form.
Naitauba
on Solar Power — Solar energy development
is an important project on Naitauba. Our goal is to
minimize dependency on fossil fuels and increase Island
self-sufficiency. A pilot project was launched in
2009 and the first large project is scheduled for
the later part of 2013. If you are moved to support
solar power on Naitauba, please contact Cornel Naumann
via this contact
form for more information.
Adi
Da Samrajashram Temples — Like everything
else in the tropics, the Temples on Naitauba require
dedicated care to protect these sacred places from
deterioration, mold, corrosion, infestation. If you
are moved to provide funds for the upkeep of the Temples
on Naitauba, please contact Gilbert Evans or Bradley
Crawford via this contact
form.
Current project: four large carpets for Temple Adi
Da.
Community
Facilities in Ciqomi Village — Since
1983 the Fijian residents of the village of Ciqomi
have used a large bure in the middle of the village
square for gatherings. However the existing bure has
been deteriorating to the point that it is not longer
usable nor safe. Therefore a new bure is needed to
provide a place for village meetings, celebrations,
weddings, graduations, community meals, meke practice
sessions, and much more. It is the heart of the village
and very important for the cooperative life on Naitauba.
For more information, contact island manager Chris
Merz via this contact
form.
Equipment
for the Naitauba Farm — The big tractor
and the rototiller used on the farm need replacement.
The big tractor is a primary piece of equipment on
the farm. It not only pulls the trailer, rototiller
and plow but also operates a bulldozer blade and backhoe.
If you are interested in supporting farm equipment,
contact island manager Chris Merz via this contact
form.
The
Naitauba Farm — Learn more about the Naitauba
Farm through this video series.
Equipment
for the Naitauba Clinic — The clinic
provides essential services for all Naitauba residents,
staff and their families and even in occasional emergencies
for people from nearby islands. Some of its equipment
is old and in need of replacement. For example the
defibrillator is an essential piece of equipment that
can save a person's life in the event of a heart attack,
and a more up to date and reliable model is urgently
needed. For more information, contact island manager
Chris Merz or doctor Charles Seage via this contact
form.
Support
Naitauba's Scholarship Program —Since
2005 devotees of Adi Da Samraj have sponsored a scholarship
program which enables ten children from Ciqomi and
a neighboring island to attend secondary school for
up to 5 years. This program is known and admired throughout
Fiji, and in addition to enhancing the lives and opportunities
of the children involved and their families, very
positively serves Naitauba's reputation and standing
in the local area and nationally. If you would like
to contribute to this program, contact Hanneke Vlaar
via this contact
form.
Specialized
Skills and Expertise — If you have special
skills in areas such as self-sufficiency, island and
reef ecology, organic gardening or environmental protection,
we invite you to contact island manager Chris Merz
via this contact
form about how you may be of service to Naitauba
Island.
6. Support The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary
The
Mountain Of Attention is the primary Ruchira
Sannyasin Sanctuary in the United States. Located in Northern
California, it was the first Sanctuary Empowered by Adi
Da (in 1974), and the principal site of His Teaching Work
from 1974 to the early 1980's.
You can help! We welcome your support in the form
of financial contributions and professional expertise for
our current projects (below). Your generosity helps to restore,
develop, and maintain this extraordinarily Holy Place.
Some of the Current Projects
The
Valley Fire at The Mountain Of Attention — In
September, 2015, a devastating fire (called the "Valley
Fire") swept through a large area of Lake County, California,
with extraordinary speed, burning virtually everything
in its path, before 4,000+ firefighters finally succeeded
in containing it. Miraculously, the core temples, archives,
and residences of The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary
were untouched. However, several outlying buildings
and holy sites were destroyed; and the homes of many
devotees living near the Sanctuary were also lost. Links
where you can find further information and can actively
assist are provided in this presentation.
7. Support the Dawn Horse Press
From 1970 to 2008, Adi Da produced a vast body of Wisdom-Literature
that addresses literally every aspect of human, Spiritual,
and Divine life. Since 1072, The
Dawn Horse Press has been dedicated to making this Teaching
available to all, in a variety of formats: books, eBooks,
DVD's, CD's, and more. The DVD's and CD's provide a means
for making Adi Da's thousands of talks available to the
public.
Some of the Current Projects
You can help! Here are a couple of ways you can
help support the work of The Dawn Horse Press.
The
Dawn Horse Express — Perhaps the greatest
ongoing need of any publishing house is to always have
the funds available to print new books and keep existing
books in print. (The same is true for DVD's and CD's.)
A primary way The Dawn Horse Press manages this cashflow
issue is through its Dawn Horse Express monthly subscription
program. As a member of this program, you help patronize
the Press's ongoing publication efforts; and at the
same time, you receive the latest books and other products
from the Dawn Horse Press. Help the Dawn Horse Press
keep offering new forms of Adi Da's Wisdom by becoming
a member of the Dawn Horse Express.
Dawn
Horse Press Friends and Benefactors —
Avatar Adi Da's Wisdom has the potential to profoundly
change this world. The Dawn Horse Press has been publishing
Avatar Adi Da’s Reality-Teaching since 1972, and we
know that His Work is deeply valued by many. Yet there
is much, much more to do — many critical Works
by Adi Da Samraj still need to be published, both
audio-visual and written, in both printed and digital
forms. We also need funding to reach out to those
who have never been given the opportunity to be touched
by His Divine Word.
You can help us support these very important aspects
of Avatar Adi Da's Work by becoming a Benefactor of
the Dawn Horse Press. Your financial contribution
will not only support the publication of Adi Da Samraj’s
unparalleled and vast Reality-Teaching, but also help
to bring Avatar Adi Da's Liberating Wisdom to a world
desperately in need.
8. Support the Da Love-Ananda Mahal Sanctuary
Situated in the heart of Kauai Island, underneath the sacred
mountain of Waialeale (pronounced “wy-ah-lay-AH-lay”), Da
Love-Ananda Mahal is a pristine, sacred sanctuary Spiritually
Empowered by Adi Da. Adi Da first moved to Da Love-Ananda
Mahal in 1979, using it as a set-apart place to do His unique
Work. From 1979-2003, Adi Da spent frequent, extended time
at Da Love-Ananda Mahal, engaging in periods of consideration,
writing, discoursing, and sitting with those who came to
Him. These periods were documented in such books as The
Dreaded Gom-Boo, Hridaya
Rosary: The Four Thorns of Heart-Instruction, and
the forthcoming publication of The Overnight Revelation
of Conscious Light. Da Love-Ananda Mahal is imbued with
the Divine Presence of Adi Da, from the many years that
He spent here. Because of this, Da Love-Ananda Mahal will
be served in perpetuity, maintained as a place of sacred
invocation, and spiritual retreat for present and future
generations of devotees of Adi Da.
Some
of the Current Projects
You can help! For more information,
contact us using this
form.
9. Support Fear-No-More Zoo
In response to the increasingly challenging effects of
humanity upon the natural world, on November 4, 1974, Adi
Da initiated a new, fresh, and sacred approach to the non-human
world. “Fear-No-More Zoo” is the name He gave to this process.
Fear-No-More
Zoo is an enjoyable and unique environment where
all can learn about our sacred connection to the natural
world.
There are Fear-No-More Zoos worldwide in California, Europe,
and Fiji. Non-human residents at these sanctuaries include
a herd of Bactrian camels, horses, llamas, and more. These
non-humans live in a conscious, sacred circumstance where
they are free to live their lives in safety and love.. The
animals living here provide a circumstance where people
can come and reconnect with the non-human world in a sacred
manner. This is not a conventional animal park for tourists,
or a regular zoo where people go to simply look at animals
in cages. Fear-No-More Zoo is a place where non-humans are
understood and respected for who and what they are. Visiting
here, in the fullest sense, requires something of each human.
By lending your support to the Sacred Herd you will be helping
others to experience and benefit from this essential learning.
We are grateful for your support. We are a nonprofit 501c(3)
organization funded entirely through individual donations.
Your support will help to cover the costs of food for our
animals, veterinary care, and maintenance of their environments
as beautiful and healthy spaces in which they may live peacefully
and happily, and receive their human visitors appropriately
and safely. Please consider becoming a member by donating
monthly. We are also grateful for one-time donations of
any amount!
The Adidam Library is located at The
Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary in northern California.
Adi Da created the Adidam Library "to provide a basic,
inclusive, and comprehensive (but not overlong) representation
(and Revelation) of the entire Great Tradition (or common
Wisdom-Inheritance) of mankind." The core collection
of the Adidam Library is Adi Da's The Basket of Tolerance:
17,000 books, videos, and audio recordings. It is organized
uniquely by Adi Da to communicate the major points of view
of human culture in terms of Adi Da's "Seven
Stages of Life" framework, which reflect the inherent
(esoteric) structure of the human body-mind. Altogether,
the Adidam Library now houses the world’s foremost collection
of esoteric Spiritual literature from the Great Tradition
of humankind's spiritual, religious, philosophical, and
cultural history.
You can get a feeling for the incredible and comprehensive
nature of The Basket Of Tolerance by visiting this
page on the Adidam Library website, which includes some
representative items from The Basket Of Tolerance.
Support of the Adidam Library helps to complete, maintain,
and expand the Library's collection, and also helps the
Library's longterm goal of releasing The Basket Of Tolerance
to the world in a variety of forms (website, book, digital
download, etc.)
You can help! If you shop on Amazon.com, using any
of the links on the
Adidam Library home page to get to the Amazon site will
enable the Adidam Library to receive a 7% to 15% referral
fee from Amazon.com, at no cost to you. All you need to
do to help support the Adidam Library is click one of these
links before shopping at Amazon.com. (You can also save
this link, so you don't need to keep returning to the
Adidam Library website to click it.)
11. Support the Vision of Mulund Institute
Established by devotees of Adi Da, the Vision
of Mulund Institute (VMI) is a non-profit organization
that provides education and other resources to support the
human and Spiritual growth of children and young adults.
VMI publishes Adi Da’s
extensive Wisdom-Teaching on “conscious childrearing”, conception,
and birth, and creates practical and inspiring courses
and manuals for children, young adults, and their adult
caregivers. We also support the Adidam Youth Fellowship
by running meditation and study retreats and serving a developing
youth culture in response to Avatar Adi Da worldwide.
Some
of the Current Projects
In the past, donations have helped us to publish books
and courses on conscious childrearing and to run retreats
for children and young adults. Current projects include
the development of study courses for children, the establishment
and running of the VMI
website, and retreats for young people and their
caregivers.
VMI also coordinates donations to Adidam projects benefiting
children and young people in general, like the sponsorship
of non-sectarian educational materials for indigenous
children at Adidam’s principal retreat sanctuary in
Fiji.
You can help! Contact us (via email at info@visionofmulund.org
or by phone at 707-928-6932) to learn more about becoming
a patron of VMI or to find out about additional Adidam projects
that benefit children and young people.
Adi Da's view of Reality includes reincarnation, which
he instructs His devotees to seriously consider as part
of their studies in support of their practice of the Way
of Adidam. (More from Adi Da on reincarnation can be found
in His book, Easy
Death.) There is a growing body of evidence in support
of reincarnation, most notably, the extensive work done
by Dr. Ian Stevenson, which involved his travelling around
the world and documenting 3,000 cases of children having
"past life" memories that he personally confirmed
(by finding and correlating the places and people in their
"past life" memories). For more, read Dr. Stevenson's
books, which include Twenty
Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation, Children
Who Remember Previous Lives, and Where
Reincarnation and Biology Intersect (1997).
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