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BE Kirtan & Satsang Winter Update

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BE Kirtan & Satsang

Join us in welcoming the new year as we commune with call and response, chanting, community, world music and sacred sounds. This winter, we are happy to have an offering for you very Sunday, as well as some Saturdays.Learn more at our newly updated BE Kirtan & Satsang program page.

 

NAAD: Tonight the Sound is Love

Date: Sunday, January 31st

Time: Doors at 6:00pm, Sounds at 7:00pm (More information here)

NAAD returns to Bridge & Enrich to bring you a night of auditory magic, transformative vibration and healing sound. Come immerse yourself!

NAAD plays music that calls to all the beating hearts, a sonic invitation into fully embodied prayer. Always fresh, nearly always improvised, their spontaneous explorations tickle the full spectrum of sound – from sweet whisper to soulful shout.

And Introducing Raga Mantra & Swahansa – Creative Consciousness

The evening will open with chanting and call & response by Nadaka, Gopika and Keshava.

More information on Raga Mantra and Swahansa here.

 

This Winter’s BE Kirtan & Satsang Special Events

Give Peace a Chant with Sandra Leigh & Friends

Date:
Sunday, February 21st (information here)

Time: 7:00pm

Call & Response ~ Mantra Meditations for Peace w/ Sandra Leigh (Vox, Harmonium), Stefan Cihelka (Tabla), Valéry Bruneau (Response Vocals), Rob Scharein (Slide Projections) and many friendly voices!

 

Sivananda Satsang Kirtan with Meditation, Chanting & Arati

Dates:
Sunday, February 7th (information here)
Sunday, February 28th (information here)
Sunday, March 13th (information here)
Sunday, March 27th (information here)
 
Time: 6:30pm

Yoga Meditation is followed by beautiful call and response chants (Bhajans) for an uplifting Kirtan experience! Traditional Arati (Light Celebration) crowns the experience followed by the sharing of Prasad (Fruit & Sweets).

Krishna Balaram Mandir

Date: Saturday, February 14th (information here)

Time: 6:30–8:30pm

Come enjoy an evening with other positive people as the Krishna Balaram Mandir offers their program to celebrate Love and Devotion to Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Vedic tradition.

Universal Kirtan Sema

Dates: 
Saturday, February 20th (information here)
Saturday, March 12th (information here)

Time: 7:30pm

“Universal Kirtan” is what the Sufis call Sema, a journey to Divine Presence through sound. As in traditional Kirtan, the medium we use includes chants and songs, as well as sacred poetry, and to make it “Universal” we draw from the many spiritual and faith traditions of the world to honour the One expressed by the Many.

OSHO Sangha

Date: Sunday, March 6th (information here)

Time: 7:00pm

Osho Vancouver is a group of individuals who enjoy gathering together as friends to share meditation. This group explores active and passive meditations devised or recommended by the enlightened mystic Osho.

 

 

 

Krishna Lounge with Bhakti Yoga Sangha

Date: Sunday, March 20th (information here)
Time: 6:30pm

Bhakti refers to devotion that is held in the heart of a person of any spiritual faith. The Bhakti Yoga Movement is a trend within Indian Spirituality.

 

Our Weekly Kirtan & Satsang Offerings: We Invite You to Check Them Out!

Holy Cow Kirtan Introductory Classes with Bhakti Yoga

 

Satsang via Live 2-Way Video Streaming from India with Paramahamsa Nithyananda

 

Coming Soon! With Raga Mantra

3 New Events for BE Kids & Youth

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This January we will be offering three Special Events for BE Kids & Youth.

Check them out below!

BE KIDS Fusion Monthly Program

Date: Saturday, January 23rd
Time: 10:30am–1:00pm
To Attend: RSVP to [email protected] with the subject line “YES to BE Kids Fusion”

BE Kids Monthly is a two and a half hour program for kids and parents incorporating yoga, dance, meditation, creative arts including story telling as well as nutrition. The inspiration is to create a platform for kids to express their true potential, that they gain tools to move through life fearlessly, with joy and innate intelligence that establishes them in the expansive, space of possibility, freedom, creativity, responsibility, wonder, brilliance, and most of all connecting with life as it happens.

–More information here–

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Nithyananda Gurukul Kids Monthly Program

Date: Sunday, January 31st
Time: 10:00am–12:30pm
To Attend: RSVP to [email protected] with the subject line “YES to BE Kids Gurukul”

A traditional program that will stay true to the Vedic Tradition and the particular lineage and teachings of Nithyananda. Kids will be asked to wear white clothing, and there will be a large component of Vedic Sacred Arts including Puja chanting, caring for a deity, understanding the role of a Guru, introduction to Sanskrit, Kirtan, Quantum learning tools, Bharat Natyam, Brain Yoga and the Four Principles of Integrity, Authenticity, Responsibility and Enriching.

–More information here–

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BE Youth Monthly Program

Date: Sunday, January 31st
Time: 3:00pm–5:00pm
To Attend: RSVP to [email protected] with the subject line “YES to BE Youth”

Inspired by enlightened Master Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s New Gen Program for Youth the BE YOUTH program is here to enrich with tools that point the way to BEing and BEcoming BOLD ENLIGHTENED COURAGEOUS YOUTH. There will be music, breathwork, storytelling, a “share-circle,” nourishing snacks and more, facilitated by Zamir, Robin Clements, Ma Sindoori and Raga Mantra. You only have to participate as much as you feel like doing so.

–More information here–

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Events

Silent Meditation DAY RETREAT

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Silent Meditation DAY RETREAT

Inviting you to our IN-PERSON Silent Meditation Retreat 

Most of us experience the need to attend periodic extended meditation retreats to deepen our practice, provide periods of sustained stillness of the body…just sitting…

Here is an offer to do so, for a few hours: To give ourselves permission to put aside media and “to-lists” just for a part of Sunday,

 Schedule

  •  Sitting Meditation
    We will have several Sitting Meditation periods during the day
  • Walking Meditation
     4 minutes Walking Meditation follows every sitting of 25 minutes
  • Gentle Traditional Hatha Yoga or Movement Practice
    Half an hour of gentle guided movement and/or hatha yoga will be offered
  • Recorded Dharma Talks
    We will play recorded Dharma Talk/s (Non-Duality Traditions) before and after lunch
  • Silent Lunch Together
    12-12:30pm: BYOL: Please bring a bagged lunch for convenience that does not require heating: Sandwich, Salad, Fruit etc. along with a napkin
  • Break: Silent Walk/Rest
    12:30-1:30pm We may schedule a half hour Silent Walk together if the sun and fresh air beckon
  • Sharing Circle
    3:30pm: Welcoming comments on Dharma Talks
  • Silent Cleanup and Farewell
    4pm, 

Contribution

$20-$50 would be most appreciated to support the monthly operational costs of the BE Space

Pencil it in! Future Day Retreats

  • June 26th

Contact

Please email or call with any questions and suggestions.
[email protected]

(604) 563-1561

In deep gratitude and love,
Supriti

Triratna Vancouver DAY RETREAT

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The Journey of Practice from Fixed Self to Personal Freedom

You are invited to attend a day retreat exploring issues around personal transformation through loosening our ideas of personality and softening our ego, with its fixed views and attachments. This opens a wider, freer reality that evolves parallel to our evolution from practicing the Dharma life.

Following periods of sitting practice and talks from those among us training for ordination, there will be opportunities to discuss challenges and achievements we’ve seen come and go, beginning with our ego defences in our earlier years to a more open awareness of how it’s possible to be in the world, now that we’ve engaged the Dharma.

The retreat will start at 9:00 and finish by 4:30.

BYO Lunch: Lunch will be from Noon to 1:00.

We will meet at Bridge and Enrich, 718  E. 20th, the corner of Fraser and 20th. 

The suggested fee for the day is $25.00 paid on the day in person. Virtual participation is an option with a Pay Pal contribution on the Triratna Vancouver website.

There is ample street parking on street in the neighbourhood. A Zoom link will be provided to registrants. You can bring your own, but mats and cushions will be provided.

 

Please register by emailing Larry at [email protected].

If you are attending a Day Retreat or Meditation with us for the first time, we will be glad to provide you with an orientation.

Knowing in advance that you are coming helps us plan the day. Thank you.

Silent Meditation DAY RETREAT

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Inviting you to our first IN-PERSON Silent Meditation Retreat of 2022!  

Most of us experience the need to attend periodic extended meditation/retreats to deepen our practice, provide periods of sustained stillness of the body…just sitting…allowing… …glimpsing faces of awareness, our true nature: Truth, Love, Beauty

Here is an offer to do so, for a few hours: Give ourselves permission to put aside media and “to-lists” for just a part of Sunday, April 17th.

☀ Schedule

  • Sitting Meditation
    We will have several Sitting Meditation periods during the day
  • Walking Meditation
     4 minutes Walking Meditation follows every sitting of 25 minutes
  • Gentle Traditional Hatha Yoga
    Half an hour of gentle guided movement and hatha yoga will be offered
  • Recorded Dharma Talks
    We will play recorded Dharma Talk/s (Non-Duality Traditions) before and after lunch
  • Silent Lunch Together
    12-12:30pm: Please bring a bagged lunch for convenience that does not require heating: Sandwich, Salad, Fruit etc. 
  • Break: Silent Walk
    12:30-1:30pm We may schedule a half hour Silent Walk together if the sun and fresh air beckon
  • Sharing Circle
    3:30pm: Welcoming comments on Dharma Talks
  • Silent Cleanup and Farewell
    4pm

☀ Contribution

  • $20-$50
    This suggested contribution would be most appreciated to support the monthly operational costs of the BE Space.

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☀ Pencil it in! Future Day Retreats

  • May 29th
  • June 26th

 

☀ Contact

Please email or call with any questions and suggestions.

Looking forward to this Sunday together.

In deep gratitude and love,
Supriti