The event took place for one week and attended more than 500 people from around the world. Community members, friends and special guests came to share with Guru Maharaj and the devotees.
Different leaders from the global Vrinda community arrived to Eco Truly Park, from United States, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Austria, Sweden, etc. Guru Maharajs hearth is always very happy to see the entusiasm of all those leaders, and to see how the projects are always taking form.
On Tuesday 22nd the program took place in Lima, with conferences at the new Colon street temple, with Srila Atulananda Acarya, meetings at Srila Guru Maharaj’s office, downtown harinam and closing the day with a conscious art festival at Parque de la Muralla in Lima’s city center.
The new home of the devotees is undergoing a major renovation. The two walls that were removed made space for a large hall, so we could have events there. Such a venue was greatly needed in this home. The devotees also complete major projects, like installing the plumbing and electricity. Everyone was very happy.
From day 23 to day 27, the program took place at Eco Truly Park, www.ecotrulypark.org, where different training seminars were given to the members of the community, under the title: “Lead to serve better.” Many news came out fron differents temples:
Big news: Prema Mandal was enlarged by the purchase of an additional property, which includes a lake with a little island, and a mountain where one day a cave may be made for monks and volunteers. The famous Kesava Maharaj was sent by Gurumaharaj to investigate if the land would be suitable for such uses. Already, a yoga studio is being built near the lake. This purchase puts Prema Mandal on the map for volunteers and nice inbound retreats like the Oida therapy retreats.
News from Bolivia: Santidevip received the green light to inaugurate its special retreats, which would consist of living in a straw cabin without artificial light. There were also some additional events and projects that were inaugurated, such as swims in Lake Titicaca, Yoga, Temascal Therapies, and Raw Food Diets.
Everything was for our health and to collect Laksmi for the ashram in the holy mountain of Uschu Machi. In this place, there is already house there established by Bhima Prabhu with construction experts from Ilimani helping out. Soon, with the help of Chaitya Guru, there will be an ecological spiritual retreat sanctuary in Coroico.
Goswami Maharaj reports that the Pamplonita farm is still in the works due to the delay in the arrival of the donation that was expected from the Mayor of Cucuta.
Dina Dayal, the spiritual advisor of the mayor of Bucaramanga, Fernando Vargas, has had much success in developing consciousness in the teachers of Santander. One school was especially dedicated for this cause. A high quality magazine was also published, amongst other events.
Congratulations!
Srila Guru Maharaj gave deep instructions about how to improve our spiritual practices, how to keep communities together, how to appreciate our brother’s work, how to organize our selves better and how to improve our communication with the rest of the community. He also underlined the important Vrinda Mission projects, as Ethics and Science and Okis and Omis distribution, www.valoresyciencia.net, the new Oidateraphy projects; as perennial joy, education development, Oidateraphy institute, etc.
Freddy Ehlers, Secretary of the Andean Community, visited the farm and invited us to the agency headquarters in Lima.
He himself has been a vegetarian for seven years, and he liked the spoon revolution and the reproduction of organic seeds.
He offered his cooperation and gave us some publication from the governmental agency that promotes environmental consciousness.
On Wednesday 23th , was celebrated the Vyasa Puya of our beloved Guru Maharaj, even if we all know that is Birth day in the Gregorian calendar is on the 12th of October, this year was celebrated this day according to the moon calendar, as the vedas used to calculate the time. ********
On Thursday 24th a great gathering and exhibition of the Original Kingdom and conscious activism was arranged at the Original Kingdom bazaar at Eco Truly Park. Many activism’s leaders showed their activities and new materials and Srila Guru Maharaj gave emphasis on the materials that we have to hand out; as okis and all the Spoon Revolution’s materials.
On Friday 25th Srila Guru Maharaj visited the religions union memorial, celebrating a nice ceremony of promises among the spiritual brothers known as bandha raksa. The leaders’ seminars continued on the afternoon.
On Saturday 26th work meetings took place since early in the morning, the first one included sannyasis and maharanis, to reinforce their service areas. Then a Oidateraphy exhibition took place where Oida leaders as Prabhupada dd and Atma Nivedana dd also participated. In the afternoon followed office meetings about the regional and the seva.
On Sunday 27th it took place the celebration’s festival of the 25th Vrinda Mission anniversary. Since the night before, a group of bhajans in charge of BV Bharati Swami and BV Narayan Swami did musical vigil waiting for the celebration.
On the next morning, Srila Atulananda Acarya gave a beautiful conference followed by one of Srila Guru Maharaj. Afterwards, the yantras were visited, made by different devotees from around the world as offerings for the 25 years. A parikram followed after this around the entire Planetary Yoga were Guru Maharaj made offerings to each Truly Deities. Then a beautiful Conscious Art festival followed and a big prasadam cake and conscious music from the Andes closed the day.
25 years of Vrinda Mission ki Jay !!!