Vedic Community Forum

Jai Maa,

Acharya Shunya's wisdom community has space for everyone at any stage of their journey.

Some will come to be uplifted by a few words to take them onward on their path. Others will stay, create a spiritual home for themselves, and establish roots.

That is the freedom and flexibility offered by an open-air, free-will community learning model. You can choose how you engage.

For those of you who are curious about going deeper into your personal journey, Acharya Shunya has added a new section to the Member Portal. In the Path of Discipleship area, she gives explanations and contemplations that are relevant to certain students who feel inspired. You may wish to explore these pages in an unhurried way.

In Service with Gratitude,

Jai Maa Sadasyas,

This Saturday, January 25th is the next Kula Meet where we have the opportunity to spend community time with Acharya Shunya and each other.

The timing is 8am PT. You can check your local time zone here.

For the Zoom link and session details, here is the event page.

Looking forward to this special time to be in the presence of the community and our teacher.

I was just reading Shweta's blog post on some key ideas from Bhagavad Gita. It is full of beautiful reminders. I especially liked the part on seva. Shweta says; "We are not here to live our selfish purpose as much as we think we are. We are here to live God’s

purpose through our instrument. Imagine a car that thinks its purpose is to drive to the nearest parking lot. But the driver intends for the car to drive it all the way to Italy or even make it fly to the moon. We are very much stuck in the role of the car."

I think this car analogy is quite insightful and this reminded me of a lecture I listened to some time ago from a Buddhist monk. He said, imagine yourself being in the backseat of a car trying to go to the airport. If you do not…

“Let my teachings assure you, there is nothing but love”

This is my favorite quote by our dear Acharya that I use every single day, in the early stages of my meditation.  This morning I thought it might be such a beautiful offering, to each other and to our beloved teacher, if we are comfortable, to share our favorite quotes of our teacher that we hold with us and draw on to bring us back or to bring us closer to Self.  It would be so heartwarming to hear everyone’s gems, especially today because it’s bitterly cold here in Toronto (I’m sure my neighbour Suchira would agree!).

May these bring light and warmth to whoever needs it today!

Jai Maa