Thursday, January 31, 2008

Brahma Vidya Mandir Ashram

What can I say about these wonderful women! The ashram is so peaceful, the buildings and accommodation are so nice and the sadhakas are delightful.

We get up at 4.30 for 30 minutes of Sanskrit chants. At 6am we spend 30 minutes in the kitchen cutting vegetables and the like. After breakfast at 7am it's 30 mins sweeping (we weed) and then another 30mins or so working in the garden. !0.30am chanting again and then lunch at 11. After then we have free time until 4pm when Kasey, the other visitor and myself spend time with one of the sisters until dinner at 5pm.

The sisters have a wealth of spiritual knowledge. All knew Vinoba, and as most are elderly, they spent time working in Gandhian ashrams and projects. I will stay a little while in this wonderful place.

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