Aug 25, 2023

More than 50 young people came together for a retreat in India. 

At the end of the retreat, Jay whipped this informal 4-minute video. What a gathering. Meghna, who has put together well over a hundred such retreats, couldn't stop smiling.

Passing comment by one of the youth, from Sister Lucy's community -- "I was so happy that I got to experience a bed all by myself!"

Aug 24, 2023

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Aug 24, 2023

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Aug 23, 2023

After his Pod experience, a podmate shared his favourite quote in Quaker faith in his gratitude:

The humble, meek, merciful, just, pious, and devout souls are everywhere of one religion; and when death has taken off the mask they will know one another, though the diverse liveries they wear here makes them strangers. This world is a form; our bodies are forms; and no visible acts of devotion can be without forms. But yet the less form in religion the better, since God is a Spirit; for the more mental our worship, the more adequate to the nature of God; the more silent, the more suitable to the language of a Spirit. --William Penn, 1963 

Aug 23, 2023

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Aug 22, 2023

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Aug 21, 2023

Rev. Bonnie Rose interviews Nipun for Ventura TV.  Yes, that's right -- TV!

Aug 20, 2023

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Aug 19, 2023

As we were settling down on the couch with our morning tea, a beautiful conversation took place between Arundada and Audrey, in his 2019 visit to the US. Here are some glimpses of the conversation, as I tried hard to translate what was transpiring between the two :)

Audrey: How did Vinoba lead?

Arun dada: Vinoba did not lead, he did what organically appeared in front of him. He was anarambhi - someone who does his duty in the world with complete non-attachment. In Patanjali yogasutra it is the ‘cessation of fluctuation in consciousness’, a state of consciousness where nothing arises nor passes away – a state without a beginning.

[Read full post by Jignasha here]

Aug 18, 2023

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