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Ananda India Pune Community Dedication

Swami Kriyananda Dedicates
Ananda's 1st Kriya Yoga Community in India
27 February–1 March, 2009

A special weekend retreat 27 February to 1 March 2009 in Pune, India, will bring together spiritual seekers and Ananda members from India, Europe, and America. The retreat, held in past years in the northern city of Gurgaon (the Kriya Yoga and Mahasamadhi Retreats) will be in Pune, near Mumbai, to dedicate Ananda's 1st Kriya Yoga community in India.

We'll celebrate through group meditations, presentations, and classes led by Ananda acharyas, focussing on the realisation of Paramhansa Yogananda's dream for the establishment of "world brotherhood colonies" in all lands.

Ananda's founder, Swami Kriyananda, is expected to speak and will lead the dedication ceremony on the site of our new community, located in the countryside outside the city.

You'll be able to visit our newly purchased land and to add your blessings to this historic occasion. Deep inspiration comes when we share, and tangibly express, our ideals with others of similar spiritual interests.

A tentative schedule is below. Classes, meditations and other programmes on Friday and Saturday will take place at the retreat venue in the city of Pune. The Sunday programme will be at the new Ananda India property about an hour's drive away.

For a list of hotels in Pune, and for further details, e-mail ananda@anandaindia.org .

Immediately following this retreat we plan a 4-day Ananda pilgrimage, "Spiritual Highlights of Maharashtra", 2-6 March. We'll visit and meditate in the Ajanta and Ellora caves, Shirdi Sai Baba Ashram, and the temples of Nasik, Trimbakeshwar, and Grishneshwar. Please inform us soon if you are interested in this pilgrimage. Visit: www.anandapilgrimages.org or e-mail us.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Friday, 27 February

3:00 pm	Registration and Greeting
4:00–6:00	Sadhana
6:00	Tea
6:30–7:30	Welcome Satsang
7:30	Dinner at retreat venue

Saturday, 28 February

6:30–8:30 am	Sadhana
	Breakfast at hotels
10:30	Chanting
11:00	Talk on Master's Mission and Communities (with Swami Kriyananda or Ananda acharyas)
12:30 pm	Lunch
2:00–3:30	Panel Discussion on World Brotherhood Communities
4:00–5:30	Sadhana
5:30	Tea and snacks
6:00–7:00	Evening Programme: Concert and Slide Show

Sunday, 1 March—Ananda India Community Dedication
with Swami Kriyananda on the Ananda India Community Property

11:00 am	Chanting
11:30	Talk on Communities (with Swami Kriyananda or Ananda acharyas)
12:45 pm	Community Dedication, Bhoomi Pujan/Fire Ceremony—Swami Kriyananda
1:15–2:00	Lunch
2:00–3:30	Walking tours of the property in small groups
	Goodbyes

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