Journey Haidakhan

IMPORTANT DATES OF 2011



JANUARY

1st Jan New Year
4th Amavasya (New Moon)
13th Lohri
14th Makar Sankranti
19th Purnima (Full Moon)
26th Republic Day (India)



3rd Feb Amavasya (New Moon)
8th Basant Panchami
16th Shri Babaji's Mahasamadhi Divas
18th Purnima (Full Moon)


MARCH

2nd Mar Mahashivaratri (Smarat)
4th Amavasya (New Moon)
9th Shri Babaji's Prakatya Divas
19th Holika Dahan & Purnima (Full Moon)
20th Dhulandi Holi


APRIL

3rd Apr Amavasya (New Moon)
4th Chaitra (Spring) Navaratri & 2068 starts
12th Shri Ram Navmi (Navaratri ends)
14th Baisakhi
16th Mahavir Jayanti (Birth Anniversary)
18th Purnima (Full Moon) & Hanuman Jayanti (Birth Anniversary)
MAY

3rd May Amavasya (New Moon)
6th Akshay Tritiya & Parashuram Jayanti
17th Budha Purnima (Full Moon)


JUNE

1st Jun Amavasya (New Moon)
11th Ganga Dushera
15th Purnima (Full Moon) & Kabir Jayanti (Birth Anniversary)


JULY

1st Jul Amavasya (New Moon)
3rd Rath Yatra
11th Dev Shayan
15th Vyas Pooja & Gurupurnima (Full Moon)
16th Kark Sankranti
30th Amavasya (New Moon)


AUGUST

4th Aug Naag Panchami
13th Purnima (Full Moon) & Raksha Bandhan
15th Independence Day (India)
21st Janamashtami (Samrat)
22th Janamashtami (Vaishnav)
29th Amavasya (New Moon)


SEPTEMBER

1st Sep Ganesh Chaturthi
5th Radha Astami
11th Anat Chaudas
12th Purnima (Full Moon)
13th Ekam Shradha
27th Pittar Amavasya (New Moon)
28th Ashvin (Autumn) Navaratri Starts


OCTOBER

2nd Oct Gandhi Jayanti
6th Durga Navmi (Navaratri ends)
7th Vijay Dashmi
12th Sharad Purnima (Full Moon)
15th Karva Chauth
20th Ahai Astami
24th Dhanteras
25th Choti Diwali
26th Diwali, Amavasya (New Moon), Laxmi Puja
27th Annakoot, Govardhan Puja
28th Bhai Dooj


NOVEMBER

10th Nov Purnima (Full Moon) & Gurunanak Jayanti
18th Mahakal Bhairav Jayanti
25th Amavasya (New Moon)


DECEMBER

10th Dec Purnima (Full Moon) & Dattatreya Jayanti
24th Amavasya (New Moon)
25th Christmas Day

Happy New Year 2010
Message from Babaji's teachings 16 January 1983

All of you who are here from all countries must vow to spread the message of Babaji. Help those who are deceived and show them the path of righteousness. Societies
today have degenerated greatly. You must help elevate them. Inspire them that work
is the highest thing.

Walk on with courage and bravery. Go on working to improve human kind and
establish the path of truth. I want a creation full of brave and courageous people
and you should make the next generation brave and courageous too. I am against
non-violence that makes a human being coward. Fight for truth! To face life, you
must have great courage everyday.

Many times I have told you that by “Karma yoga” alone will I give you liberation. A change in the world is coming soon. Change is nothing new; it is the law of
Nature. The rhythm is that those who are born must die and those who die must be
born. We must face the coming destruction in the world with courage. I want you to
be very alert and careful. Be ready to face the world.

Think good- be good- do good.

BABAJI
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Happy New Year 2010

You are all aware that the world is passing through a difficult time period-a
period of physical violence, economic recession, religious intolerance and
complete lack of concern for simple, basic humanity. Man is fast losing touch with his true nature and forgetting that he is born on earth to do good not only to himself but to the entire manifest creation.

This is the hour for all of humanity, particularly for you as devotees of Baba Ji,
to soberly reassess yourselves in the light of His message of Truth, Simplicity
and Love. We must all remember that the only true religion is humanity, and that
the need of the hour is tolerance and forgiveness. Remove all differences between yourselves and get together always in love and compassion.

Babaji had stressed time and again that the quickest path to God is through Karma Yoga (dutiful action) and Japa yoga (repetion of the divine name).

My best wishes and love to you

“Be happy!”

Bhole Baba Ki Jai

Muniraj

JAI MAHA MAYA KI JAI



IMPORTANT DATES OF 2010



JANUARY

1st Jan New Year
13th Lohri
14th Makar Sankranti
15th Mauni Amavash (New moon & solar Eclipse)
20th Basant Panchmi
26th Republic Day (India)
28th Shri Babaji’s Mahasamadhi Diwas
30th Purnima (Full moon)


FEBRUARY

12th Feb Maha Shiva Ratri
13th Amavash (New Moon)
18th Shri Babaji’s Prakatya Diwas
28h Holika Dahan & Purnima (Full moon)


MARCH

1st Mar Dhulandi Holi
15th Amavash (New Moon)
16th Chaitra( Spring) Navaratri Starts
24th Shri Ram Navmi (Navaratri ends )
28th Mahavir Jayanti( Birth Anniversary)
30th Purnima (Full Moon) & Hanuman Jayanti (Birth Anniversary)


APRIL

14th Baisakhi, Amavash (New Moon)
28th Purnima (Full Moon)

MAY

16th Akshay Tritiya & Parashuram Jayanthi (Birth Anniversary).
27th Budh Purnima (Full Moon)


JUNE

· 12th Jun Amavash (New Moon), Vat Pujan

21st Ganga Dushera
26th Purnima (Full Moon ) & Kabir Jayanthi (Birth Anniversary)


JULY

11th Jul Amavash (New Moon)
16th Kark Sankranti
21st Dev Shayan
25th Vyas Pooja & Guru Purnima (Full moon)


AUGUST

10th Aug Amavash (New moon)
14th Nag Panchmi
15th Independence Day (India)
24th Purnima (Full moon) & Raksha Bandhan


SEPTEMBER

1st Sep Janmashtmi (smarat)
2nd Janmashtmi (Vaishnav)
8th Amavash (New Moon)
11th Ganesh Chaturthi
15th Radha Ashtmi & Nandashtmi
22nd Anat Chaudas
23rd Purnima (Full Moon)
24th Ekam Shradha


OCTOBER

2nd Oct Gandhi Jayanti
7th Pittar Amavash (New Moon)
8th Ashvin (autumn) Navratri start.
16th Durga Navmi (Navratri ends).
17th Vijay Dashmi
22nd Sharad Purnima (Full moon)
26th Karva Choutha
30th Ahai Ashtmi


NOVEMBER

3rd Nov Dhanteras.
4th Choti Diwali
5th Diwali, Amavash (New moon) & Maha Lakshmi Poojan
6th Annakoot Govardhan Pooja
7th Bhai Dooj
21st Purnima (Full Moon), Guru Nanak Jayanthi
29th Mahakal Bhairav Jayanthi


DECEMBER

5th Dec Amavash (New Moon)
20th Shri Dattatreya Jayanti
21st Purnima (Full Moon)
25th Christmas


SPECIAL BATHING DAYS IN HARIDWAR KUMBHA MELA -2010

1. 15th March 2010

2. 30th March 2010

3. 14th April

Namaste

I have been uploading videos on Youtube from my adventures in Haidakhan Vishwamahadam & In Mother India.

Click in at: BABAjiCallingTV


http://www.youtube.com/user/BABAjiCallingTV

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA


BHOLE BABA KI JAI

JAI MAHA MAYA KI JAI
HaPPy 2009
January
14 Makar Sankranti

February
07 Shri BABAji's MAHAsamadhi Diwas
23 MAHA Shivratri
28 Shri BABAji's Prakatya Diwas

March
10 Purnima & Holika Dahan
11 Dhulandi HOLI
27 Chaitra [Spring] Navaratri Starts

April
07 Mahavir Jayanti
09 Hanuman Jayanti & Purnima

May
09 Buddha Purnima

June
02 Ganesh Dushera

July
07 Vyas Puja & Guru Purnima
16 Kark Sankranti

August
05 Purnima & Raksha Bandhan
13 Janmashtmi [Smart]
14 Janmashtmi [Vaishnav]
23 Ganesh Chaturthi

September
05 Ekam Shradha
19 Ashwin [Autumn] Navaratri Starts

October
02 Gandhi Jayanti
04 Sharad Purnima
16 Choti Diwali
17 Amavash & Diwali
18 Annakoot Govardhan Puja

November
02 Purnima & Guru Nanak Jayanti
09 Mahakal Bhairav Ashtami

December
01 Purnima Shri Dattatreya Jayanti
25 Christmas
31 Purnima

Please note that as of 01 July 2008 the rates at Haidakhan Vishwamahadham and Chilianolya Ashrams are as follows:

Western Devotees Who are Indian Samaj Members:
First Night Free.
First Month R.300 Per Person Per Night
Second Month and there after R. 250 Per Person Per Night

Non Indian Samaj Members
First Month R. 300 Per Person Per Night
Second Month and there after R. 250 Per Person Per Night


~OM NAMAHA SHIVAYA~

Anyone trying to find some of the older blog posts click on the archives button listed under Navigation to the right the page. From there you can click on a particular Month. Or you can type a key word in the search box and look for an item that way like, Vapi or Christmas ETC.

BHOLE BABA KI JAI

I caught up with Somnath from Bulgaria over the Spring Navaratri 2008 in Haidakhan after seeing his Inspiring Documentry that was done for Bulgarian Televison. The film shows his uplifting story and the many changes he goes through as he over came a very difficult adversity in his early life and how through his faith & trust found his way to India, Muni Raji & Haidakhan BABAji! Very well done with excellent footage from all over India including Haldwani, Haidakhan and more. Insightful Interviews with Shri Muni Raji, Prem Baba, Gor Hari, Har Govinda & Swami Niranjan. I asked Somnath if he would allow me to transcribe parts of the documentary for BABAJiCALLING.COM to which he graciously said YES! You can find Somnath's Film for sale in DVD format in Haidakhan VishwaMAHAdham or contact Somnath directly. I hope you enJOY this first Interview with Shri Muni Raji and I hope to put up more of the Interviews soon!

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA

SHRI MUNI RAJI

Discipline is the essential rule to follow in life. As the Sun and the moon constantly follow their rhythms, one has to find their constancy and discipline. It is essential that we always do our duties and precisely. We should find our discipline and follow it everyday. Discipline is the most important thing. Without discipline you cannot understand everything. We should make an effort for everything we want to achieve. If you want to win the lottery you at least have to buy a ticket. If you want to find God, you should make an effort. If you do it every morning with a good heart, you will find him within yourself. But if you don't make an effort, how will you find him? If you want to change your life, you have to make an effort. Do whatever you think is Good, have good thoughts, say good, do good. Everything belongs to God. Nothing belongs to me or to you. What you see now, will not be here one day. Everything is transient. I'm NOTHING. We have to think we are Nothing. Because one day we will be gone. We just have to play our role here and then one day we'll be gone. In the days we spend in this world we'd better have good thoughts, say good and do good. The Greatest thing is Humanity. All religions were created by people. When we are born, we have no religion. The True Religion is to be a good person.


And to quote another Ocean Of LOVE, An apostle Of Peace who summed up his 6 decades of study, practice and our Universal responsibility in these Simple words. "Our common Human Religion is Kindness."

~ His Holiness The Dalai Lama


THINK GOOD***BE GOOD***DO GOOD

~Bhole Baba


BHOLE BABA KI JAI

Shub Navaratri! JAI MATA DI! Paramanhansa Yoganandaji once said "We can worship God as The Divine Mother, for Mother is closer than the father and if we pray to the Mother Divine, she will answer through her lighting voice!" and so it was that we Once again celebrated the Spring Navaratri in Haidakhan VishwaMAHAdham from 06-14 April 2008.

Navaratri is one of the greatest & longest Hindu festivals, lasting 9 nights, It symbolises the triumph of good over evil and is divided into sets of three days to adore different aspects of Ma Durga. On the first three days, the Mother is invoked as the powerful Kali in order to destroy all our impurities, vices and defects. The next three days, the Mother is adored as a giver of spiritual wealth, Lakshmi. The final set of three days is spent in worshipping the mother as the goddess of wisdom, Saraswati. It is said that the entire Creation has emanated from The Divine Mother Herself, and She is constantly protecting Her creation with the utmost motherly care and affection. Her heart is overflowing with a cosmic flood of compassionate love for all beings, who are Her very own children. But it it is during Navaratri that Her love and blessings are uniquely available to the world. So Navaratri is the festival in which God is adored as Mother In fact, Hinduism is the only religion in the world, which gives so much importance to the mother aspect of God. The Divine Mother Festival is one of the most Powerful spiritual experiences we are blessed to be able to participate in, she is the creator & sustainer of the Universe and as Paramahansa Yogananda said prayers to The Mother bring immediate results!

As you can imagine preparations for such a large and Auspcious occasion start weeks in advance with karma yogis readying the ashram by cleaning, painting, decorating and room arranging for the many devotees that will arrive for the busiset festival in Haidakhan. Every year we recieve more and more guests and this year we had nearly 350 Western guests and about 250-300 Indian guests. Once again Shri BABAji has called our brothers & sisters from all over the Earth with the largest group of devotees now coming from Russia. Other countries included, Germany, Italy, USA, Australia, Canada, UK, New Zealand, Croatia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Lativa, Slovenia, Poland, Holland, Greece, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Argentia, Chile and MORE!!! Once again an International Community Celebration!!!

It was around 5:00 PM on 4 April that Shri Muni Raji arrived in Haidakhan. As always adding extra excitment to an already happy occasion. It is always Amazing to feel how the entire energy in the ashram changes when he is present. It was a stormy, rainy, cold night with howling winds that lasted into the next day when Shri Muni Raji gave the first Chandans one day before the start of Navaratri. We didn't know what kind of weather to expect for the next 9 days but the morning of the 6th brought Sunny, clear skies which stayed with us for the entire festival!

The Navaratri Programme is full on, For the next nine days, waking at 4:00 am and ending in the evening around 9:30-10:00 pm. It is said that any meritorious acts performed during Navaratri bring every kind of blessing, including true devotion, spiritual wisdom, divine protection, inner peace, and radiant energy. So it is very important that we do our sadhana at this auspicious time to receive the full blessings Of the Mother. The spiritual practices that we do during Navaratri give us the benefits of millions of such practices done at other times of the year! This time offers us the chance to purify the negative karma of millions of lifetimes, Such progress can be achieved in just a few short days. That is the precious boon from Divine Mother!

After morning bath people were sitting, and meditating in the main temple waitng for Shri Muni Raji to arrive to give Chandan starting around 5:00 am. With so many people Muni Raji gave chandan for around 45 minutes and then Pujari from Holland took over giving Chandan just up until morning aarti at 7:00 am. But the time passed quickly as devotees gathered around to sing OM NAMAH SHIVAY and other bhajans to The Mother like "Jaya Jagamabe, Jai Ma Durga" as we queued up the line of devotees streching from BABAji's asan around the murti of Old Herakhan BABA, all the way to the far reaches of the back of the temple where ladies were stringing the flower malas for the day.

Following the morning Aarti Shri Muni Raji led the Paduka Puja in the main mandir with his usual exemplary dedication & devotion. The Guru Pada puja is an offering to the sandals of Shri BABAJI- symbolically an offering to the feet of the Master.
It is a rare opportunity to have the direct Energy of Shri MAHA Prabuji. It is For the sake of His disciples, the formless Guru takes the form in Padukas, so it was no surprise that the temple was quite full of devotees as bells sounded as we each waited to offer light to Shri BABAJI'S Padukas which fulfils the aspirations of everyone's heart without fail.

Next as Shri Muni Raji moved to the back of the temple and the Murti of Haidakhan BABA to lead the Divine Mother puja where the many Pandits were already seated and chanting , more bhajans and chanting were flowing from the front of the temple by devotees. A very eleborate Puja with many offerings and mantras, I am not the proper one to try to explain it but one of the aims of this puja is to propitiate Shakti, the Goddess in Her aspect as Power, to bestow upon man all wealth, auspiciousness, prosperity, knowledge and all other potent powers. Whatever be the particular or special request that everyone may put before the Goddess, whatever boon may be asked of Her, the one thing behind all these is propitiation, worship and linking oneself with Her and by this Everyone is blessed with Her loving mercy and is protected by Her.

After the Devi Puja again in the main temple there was the reading of the Haidiyakhandi Sapta Sati 700 Glorious Praises to the Divine Mother written by our dearly departed Shastriji, SHRI VISNU DATTA MISRA who Shri BABAji referred to as the Purest man on Earth. Who himself admitted that he followed BABAJI like his shadow. When asked, Shastriji emphasized that whatever he has written was "By the grace of my master and by the direct inspiration of the Lord himself... I am merely a writing instrument." His Love & dedication to BABA and the Divine Mother was felt by all who knew him and continues to INSPIRE & Bless us through his beautiful poetry and writings.

As the reading of the Spata Shati finishes it is just around 10:30 am and the Padukas now make their was down to the Dhuni and cross over to the Gufa side. Shri Muni Raji now is transported over to the Gufa by car where we will all meet him by the Haven kund. As we followed the Padukas across the riverbed it is full of vendors selling all types of items for the festival everything from fruits, fresh juices, incense, devotional items, even one stand making jellibies and of course lots and lots of coconuts to be offered at the yagna. As people arrive on the Gufa it is a florish of activity, Music, and Pandits chanting, Pujas, people pranaming their way down the 9 temples. Muni Raji sits next to the haven Kund surounded by devotees and people come over to pay their respects as they prepare for the haven. Shri Babaji reinstituted the Havan as one of his most important spiritual practices that we can do during his most recent manifestation. The Yagna is the means of worshipping the Highest God or ones own inner self. The haven kund was beautifully decorated each day and filled to maxium capacity as Indians and Westerners gathered round as Raghuvir from Holland annouced who would be sitting to offer each day and then Inspire everyone with his opening words. With the new Shastriji receiting the mantras and Shri Muni Raji leading the haven with offerings of incense, fruits, flowers, , grains, milk, and honey, are offered into the fire along with the sounds of "Swaha" [I offer] after each mantra. Fire plays an important role in many religions and it is said that The smoke of the fire takes the prayers up into the ethers to where the Gods reside. As the fire ceremony comes to an end everyone recieves a bit of offering to put into the fire for the final Swaha. And the Haidakhan Mother Aarti is sung followed by OM Haidakhani as people pranam around the fire. The Gufa side is still florishing with activity as people go up to see Muni Raji for personal interviews, Muni Raji goes over to bless the Prasad where Devotees are working on preparing the food for the thousands of people that will come each day for the daily bhandara. Each day a different country sponsers a bhandara and on that day the people of that country help the Indian staff prepare and serve the food and add their own uniqe touch from their own country. The bhandaras were expectional & sumptuous. While everyone waits to eat there is much singing and dancing along the main temples and bhajans flowing through the air, Love & JOY radiating from everyone's faces as we prepare to take prasad!

After Prasad it's time for a bit of rest it's nearly 2:00 pm now and the reading of the Shrimad Devi Bhagvatam starts at 4:00 pm each day in the main temple by Our new Shastriji. This Highly Auspicious Book describes the Splendour of the Divine Mother/Devi. It streches over 12 books and 18,000 verses. Filled with philosophical reflections, and tales extoling the virtues of the goddess Durga as the supreme being. It has become a Supreme text for Devi worshipers as evidenced by the constant flow of devotees who come up just to pranam to this Holy text. As Shri Shastriji reads the Sanskrit verses they are translated into English for our benefit with brief interludes of chanting and singing of verses with dholak and other instuments. Shastriji ends each afternoon with a small puja and the Mother Aarti a truly Inspiring Afternoon!

Evening Aarti started at 7:00 PM and were some of the most glorious Aartis we have in Haidakhan with the temple to full capacity, the sound of so many devotees and wonderful musicians coming together and singing in unison, Moti Ma, Mukandi Lal, Pujari and others leading the Aarti and bhajans. Shree BABAji instucted us to do this powerful practice morning & evening time, the prayers appealing to His grace for fulfillment of all desires and to dispel the darkness of ignorance of the Self. Shree Muni Raji entered into the temple right about the time we started singing the Hanuman Chalisa each evening and the queue formed instantly so people could go up and pranam and recieve their Wonderful Navaratri Prasad again the queue streaching all the way around to the back of the temple! It's no surprise that with so Much Shakti and Blessings of the Mother that the Bhajans went on until nearly 10:00 pm some evenings.

For Nine days we were very Blessed to come together as one Universal family from all over the world and attend Navaratri In Haidakhan VishwaMAHAdham it is a most POWERFUL & Unique experience to be able to celebrate here where the Lord lived and resided in Physical form. The popularity & Blessings Of Navaratri is unmatched as evidenced by the number of pilgrims who came to celebrate here in the foothills of the Himalayas. It brings a gust of fresh air into our lives providing a break from everyday routine life. It is said that the Divine Mother in the form of Durga fought the formidable demons of ignorance and egoism for nine days, and triumphed over them on the tenth day. Navaratri is a celebration of the victory of enlightenment over ignorance. For nine days besides celebrating, worshipping and working together we too also faced formidable challenges both inwardly & outwardly with such an intensely strong programme, but as many of us can attest the presence of the Divine and the MANY Blessings of Goddess Durga were strongly felt by all!

Once Again 1008 Pranams & Thank You's to Shri Shri 1008 Wale Baba Herakhan BABAji for his INSPIRATION & BLESSINGS and to Shri Muni Raji MAHAraj for his endless Love & Guidance. Thank you to everyone who came participated and worked so hard to make this Navaratri such a Blessed event!
BHOLE BABA KI JAI
JAI MATA DI
OM NAMAHA SHIVAYA

Glory to the Divine Mother! May she take us step by step to the top of the spiritual ladder and unite us with the Lord!



PS...Congratulations to my dear friends our Haidakhandi Brother & Sister Anita & lambodhar who took the walk around the HOLY fire in Haidakhan VishwaMAHAdham on the "10th Day" Of Navaratri "Wedding Day" Where two hearts became ONE. May LOVE, HaPPiness, JOY, Prosperity & Harmony surround you both forever! BHOLE BABA KI JAIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!

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If you need to make Taxi arrangements to get to Haidakhan you can call either Gopal or Arjun directly. Both are very experienced drivers who have made the journey to Haidakhan a countless number of times. Arjun & Gopal have graciously allowed me to post their Mobile Telephone Numbers to help devotees get to Haidakhan and help organize your taxi needs. The current rates from Haldwani to Haidakhan are:
Rupees 700.

Contact:

Arjun Tel 9412133895 Or Tel 9756216746
OR

Gopal Tel 9411611818

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