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December 2022

November 2022

  • 25 November 2022

    AMURTEL supported the NOWKOLO children’s camps

    AMURTEL Romania provided mentorship and a small grant to a newly formed NGO in Chernivsti Ukraine to empower them to set up programs for internally displaced children.

  • 24 November 2022

    Food Sharing Stories: Althea Black

    Over 45 years ago, in a high school in northeast DC, Ms. Black met a friend for life. They were opposites. Ms. Black was reserved, Di was outgoing. But it was in their differences that they found compatibility. As they grew in life experience they always supported each other…

  • 22 November 2022

    THANKSGIVING REFLECTIONS

    Through a diverse collaboration of stakeholders, FFA DC has become a beacon of hope for many of the District’s food insecure residents. Such cooperative action strengthens civil society and helps guarantee the fundamental human right of food security.

  • 21 November 2022

    Autumn Festival with Ukrainian and Romanian Parents Sharing Traditions

    Amazing weather for November Autumn Festival!

  • 20 November 2022

    Planting action carried out with the support of AUCHAN

    On Friday, November 18, we made a small planting action of cherry trees and fruit bushes in the orchard behind the “Tudor Arghezi – Mărțișor” Memorial House museum managed by the National Museum of Romanian Literature.

  • 16 November 2022

    Zhazira: The Kazakh way of sharing food

    Zhazira is a research scholar on assignment at George Washington University. The monthly stipend she receives is not enough to meet her family’s expenses in the costly environment of Washington, so she has reached out to Food For All DC for support.

  • 14 November 2022

    Ananda Nagar News for October 2022

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  • 12 November 2022

    Meet Ms. Ike!

    Doris Ike grew up in rural Virginia, and spent a lot of her childhood on her uncle’s farm. In addition to tending to the land and the cows, her uncle was a part-time hairdresser. People loved to sit in his chair not only for the haircut, but also for his common-sense wisdom.…

  • 12 November 2022

    Ukrainian Women Self-Organize a Fair to Share Traditions and Joy with Romanians

    Sunday, November 13, a Ukrainian fair of traditional food and handicrafts will be held from 12:00 to 17:00 at Manasia Hub – 13 Stelea Spatarul Street, Bucharest.

  • 8 November 2022

    Rectory at Ananda Girisuta

    The Rectory at Ananda Girisuta is now coming near completion. Recently, we completed the outside of the Rectory by painting the siding and the deck. The first floor is completed, and brother Dharmapala has moved in. The upper floor still needs most of the finishing work. The…

  • 7 November 2022

    Good news from Guatemala

    Acarya Satyamitrananda Avadhuta conducted seminars in Guatemala and El Salvador in August and September 2022. Dada was also renovating Guatemala Jagrti and organized a retreat in June in Guatemala.

  • 7 November 2022

    AMURTEL Response in Ukraine

    It has been an incredibly exciting and busy year, with so many projects underway for supporting the Ukrainian refugees in Romania, thanks to the rapid and generous support that many of our donors like you gave right at the beginning of the war.

  • 7 November 2022

    Los Angeles Regional Retreat at Ananda Dhiira, October 6 to 9, 2022

    Avadhutika Ananda Acira Acarya, Avtk. Ananda Hitaprabha Ac. and Ac. Diiptimanananda Avt. and Margiis in the San Fransisco Bay Area organized Los Angeles Regional Retreat. The retreat took place at Ananda Dhiira Master Unit in Grass Valley, CA, from October 6 – 9, 2022, and was…

  • 7 November 2022

    Prabhata Samgiita Celebration and Service in Toronto, Canada

    Ananda Marga Canada has regular food distribution to homeless people in downtown Toronto. On September 17, the Margiis and Ac. Parinirvanananda Avt. and Ac. Dayashiilananda Avt. organized a Prabhata Samgiita Celebration in Waterloo, Canada. Seventy people attended this event,…

  • 7 November 2022

    Summer Camp and After-school at New York Sectorial Office

    The Ananda Marga after-school program at New York Sectorial Office is going well under the guidance of Acarya Kovid Brc. and Ac. Abhiramananda Avt. This summer, 2022, Dada Kovid, LFT brother Madhuvrat, and Margii brothers and sisters, organized a Summer Camp for children…

  • 7 November 2022

    Good news from Ananda Dhiira Master Unit, California

    Avtk. Ananda Acira Ac. is taking care of Ananda Dhiira Master Unit in Penn Valley, Northern California. The Master Unit is thriving in all respects. Didi has a beautiful kitchen garden with herbs, spices, vegetables, and flowers. She makes eco-enzymes out of fermented…

  • 7 November 2022

    Dada Iishvarakrsnananda and Dada Anudhyanananda Pracar in Mexico

    We had a meeting in Garcia, about two hours away from Monterrey, Mexico. Twenty-five people came to attend our program. Twelve people got initiated after the talk. Some sisters are waiting for initiation. There was no female Acarya available at that time.

  • 7 November 2022

    Monterrey Retreat, September 16 to 18, 2022

    By His grace, we could conduct our retreat in Monterrey from 16 to 18 September 2022. Every year, we do the retreat in September during the week of the Mexican Independence celebration. But unfortunately last two years (2020 & 2021), due to the Pandemic, we couldn’t do it. It…

  • 7 November 2022

    The Northern Lights Bless Ananda Marga’s Future in Alaska

    The Aurora Borealis has been blessing the northernmost Master Unit in the New York Sector in recent weeks. Ananda Marga has a beautiful 66-acre rural property on the fringes of Fairbanks, ALASKA, a ten-minute drive from the University of Alaska. Our dear late brother Govinda…

  • 6 November 2022

    Say hi to Su!

    Su moved to DC a year ago from her native Costa Rica.

  • 6 November 2022

    Meditation Retreats in Canada Summer 2022

    In Canada, Acarya Dayashiilananda Avt., Ac. Parinirvanananda Avt. and LPT brother Nirmal organized three beginner meditation retreats in the greater Toronto area and the Ananda Kanak Master Unit. Their retreats were a successful and important step in the pracar in Canada. Most…

  • 6 November 2022

    Beginner Meditation Retreats Summer 2022

    This summer, 2022, New York Sector organized three new people retreats in the USA, with an attendance of over thirty people, and three retreats in Canada. The first program in the US was at Ananda Dhiira Master Unit in Grass Valley, California, led by Avtk. Ananda Acira Acarya…

  • 5 November 2022

    International Yoga Day, June 2022

    The International Day of Yoga was given by the United Nations in 2015 and is held every year on June 21. Various programs related to the International Day of Yoga are organized in New York, Long Island, New Jersey, and other locations, and Ananda Marga Acaryas are invited to…

  • 5 November 2022

    Summer Conference 2022

    Ananda Marga New York Sector organized the Summer Conference at Ananda Kanan, Minneapolis Region, from July 1 – 6, 2022.

October 2022

September 2022

August 2022

July 2022

  • 26 July 2022

    Supporting the Resilience of Front Line Mental Health Workers in Ukraine

    In this brief video, you can glimpse the healing moments your support has generated in the art-therapy sessions that AMURTEL’s Emergency Psychologist, Melinda Endrefy, is leading in psychiatric hospitals in Ukraine and other institutions. The frontline mental health workers in…

  • 18 July 2022

    Intensive yoga and meditation retreat 2022

    The intensive retreat “Live and spread joy” has just concluded, held from July 2 to 10 at the Ananda Vipasa center, in Valpolicella.

  • 6 July 2022

    Ukrainian Refugee Response

    AMURT and AMURTEL have responded to the Ukrainian refugee crisis with humanitarian aid in the form of basic necessities and psycho-social support.

June 2022

  • 28 June 2022

    Renaissance Universal Talk – Concentrated Thinking

    It was memorable for RU Club Bangalore Chapter day for getting an opportunity to present a topic of Renaissance universal about “Introduction to Concentrated thinking” at St. Aloysius Degree College, Cox Town, Bangalore. Undergraduates, students of Arts, Commerce, and social…

  • 22 June 2022

    Meditation Steps Romania

    I am really honored and delighted to be part of the Meditation Steps project that Dada Sadananda initiated, with his very popular Russian YouTube channel, that now has versions in English and many other languages.

  • 22 June 2022

    Visiting Dallas and Mexico

    Acarya Iishvarakrsnananda Avt. and Ac. Anudhyanananda Avt. traveled 6,500 miles in March and April 2022. They went from New York to Virginia, Dallas Region, and Mexico. They initiated ten brothers, gave talks, and organized 6 Akhanda Kiirtana and online and in-person programs.

  • 22 June 2022

    AMURT and AMURTEL Ukraine Response

    AMURT works with AMURT & AMURTEL chapters throughout Europe for the Ukrainian humanitarian response that offers basic necessities and psycho-social support to the neediest.

  • 22 June 2022

    Ananda Dhiira MU Updates

    Didi Ananda Acira is taking care of Ananda Dhiira Master Unit in Grass Valley, California, Los Angeles Region. In the last two months, she has been busy with growing a variety of organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs. She has started making organic handmade soaps, using herbs…

  • 9 June 2022

    Site-management support and Community Based Protection for Ukrainian Refugees

    The project “Site-management support and Community Based Protection”,  is a project in partnership and funded by the Norwegian Refugee Council from April – December 2022 to serve Ukrainian refugees and improve the way they receive help in Romania. The site-management support…

  • 8 June 2022

    Ananda Marga Canada Summer Seminar 2022

    Welcome to participate in the Ananda Marga Canada Summer Seminar, July 29 – 31, 2022!

  • 8 June 2022

    Ananda Kanak MU, Quebec, Canada Retreats

    New People Spring Retreat at Ananda Kanak Master Unit

  • 8 June 2022

    Ananda Priiti MU Updates

    Ananda Priiti Master Unit is located in Atascosa, Texas, and managed by Avadhutika Ananda Hitaprabha Acarya. Since 2020 we have had regular food distribution for local families and homeless people in San Antonio city. It benefitted about 250 people per month. Karma Yoga…

  • 3 June 2022

    Ananda Kalpataru Master Unit and Apiary

    Ananda Kalpataru Master Unit, Connecticut, Boston Region.

May 2022

April 2022

March 2022

  • 31 March 2022

    AMURTEL’s Emergency Psychologist interviewed on Spanish TV

    Bringing Emergency Psychology to Romania

  • 30 March 2022

    In-person Retreat at Ananda Priiti MU

    After a long period of the Pandemic, we finally had on March 18 – 20, 2022, a very successful in-person retreat organized by Didi Ananda Acira and Didi Ananda Hitaprabha, attended by around 20 people, including children. We had many different activities where everyone really…

  • 30 March 2022

    Ananda Dham Master Unit Development

    Ananda Dham Master Unit (previously known as Organic Peach Farm) is about 3000 feet above sea level, and the area is a mountain desert with only 7 – 15 inches of rain per year. Fortunately, our land borders a river that runs dry most of the year but there is water under the…

  • 30 March 2022

    Visit to Mexico

    SS Dada Abhiramanandaji and Dada Diiptimanananda visited Cuernavaca, Mexico City, and Monterrey in Mexico from mid-February to mid-March 2022. Dada Ragatmananda lives at Cuernavaca Jagrti and daily tours the city and neighboring areas singing Kiirtana and doing pracar. The…

  • 30 March 2022

    Online 12-Hour Katha Kiirtana

    One of the unique programs developed during the Pandemic was online Katha Kiirtana through Zoom conference. It was especially joyous to see Margiis living in rather remote areas or not often attending in-person retreats. The conference form allows those that share to see at…

  • 30 March 2022

    Ananda Vrati – Quest Center Renovations Near Completion

    Ananda Vrati Master Unit (the Quest Center) has been under renovation for the last few years. Brother Adyatman and sister Kusum and Dada Shankarananda and Dada Anudhyanananda have been tirelessly raising funds and actively working on finishing the construction. This winter,…

  • 30 March 2022

    Online Peace Festival with World Yoga Community

    The World Yoga Community in New York, led by Guru Dileepji, organized an online event in cooperation with the United Nations and Ananda Marga in New York Sector.  Many dignitaries and spiritually minded people were present at this event.  Ac.  Abhiramananda Avadhuta, Sectorial…

  • 22 March 2022

    Our First-Ever Annual Report

    It is an honor to share Food for All DC’s 2021 Annual Report with you. This report demonstrates the huge impact we collectively have in supporting food insecure residents of Washington, DC. Because of your generous engagement with FFA, we were able to meet the needs of…

  • 21 March 2022

    AMURTEL’s activity at the Siret border with Ukraine, reported by Digi24

    Digi24, a national news channel, reports the activity of AMURTEL Romania at the Siret border

  • 21 March 2022

    Ukraine Update 21 March 2022

    Supported those in Belyavka and Donetsk region, plus Kyiv, Dnipro, Odessa and Zaporozhye region.

  • 21 March 2022

    Spiritual Festival, Winter Retreat and New Year’s Celebration

    Ananda Marga in New York Sector organized the sectorial New Year retreat as two online programs, the Spiritual Festival (December 27 – 29) and Winter Retreat 2022 (December 30, 2021, to January 1, 2022.)

  • 20 March 2022

    The Meditation and Service Project – March Online Retreat and Talk Shows

    While the pandemic kept everyone indoors in 2021, a group of Acaryas from the New York Sector decided to start a pracar project called ‘The Meditation & Service Show.’ Gradually the project has been taking form with lots of activities on social media like Facebook, Instagram,…

  • 20 March 2022

    Updates from Ananda Marga in Guatemala City

    A new flow has started in the Guatemala City unit. Dada Satyamitrananda and Tattvika Dada Ananda have worked hard in the last months to improve the Jagrti and do pracar.

  • 20 March 2022

    Good news from Ananda Priiti Master Unit, Atascosa, Dallas Region

    Namaskar. Ananda Priiti Master Unit is Ananda Marga New York Sector WWD Project located in Atascosa County, Texas. In January 2022, we had a small fundraiser on Facebook, and with the help of volunteers and neighbors, we have completed the renovation of the main jagrti. …

  • 18 March 2022

    Prabhat Samgiita Around the World

    This album is notable in that all of the vocalists are based outside of India, showing their worldwide appeal of the songs, which come from the collection of 5018 songs written by P.R.. Sarkar in the years 1982-1990. They are known collectively as Prabhat Samgiita (Songs of…

  • 13 March 2022

    West Africa

    Visit the AMURT (Ananda Marga Univesal Relief Team) West Africa Facebook page for the latest news on AMURT community development projects in West Africa.

  • 13 March 2022

    Ukraine Emergency 2022

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  • 12 March 2022

    AMURTEL offers support for refugees and front-line workers at the border

    Your support is satisfying an urgent need at the border

  • 12 March 2022

    Ukraine Response

    AMURT works with AMURT  &  AMURTEL  chapters throughout Europe for the Ukrainian humanitarian response that offers basic necessities and psycho-social support to the neediest.

  • 10 March 2022

    Food for All Annual Report 2021

    Download the full report HERE | Learn more about Food For All

  • 7 March 2022

    AMURTEL Romania – thousands of Ukrainian refugees

    140,000 Refugees Mothers and Children in Romania already I’m sure you’ve seen the pictures flooding the internet and TV. Already by March 3rd, thousands of Ukrainian refugees, primarily women and children are arriving traumatized in Romania, forced to flee with just the…

  • 6 March 2022

    AMURTEL Romania provides immediate safety and care to Ukrainian refugee children

    140,000 refugees mothers and children in Romania already

  • 6 March 2022

    Proutist Universal’s statement on the Ukraine situation

    Proutist Universal (PU) stands in solidarity with all those who condemn leaders trying to impose their will on others, who destroy people’s livelihoods and possessions, who harm people physically and mentally, and who deny human rights for life, liberty, basic necessities, and…

  • 6 March 2022

    Update from Ukraine March 5 2022

    The campaign to support Ukrainians has reached over £6000 and the money has been distributed in various cities and regions in Ukraine including Kyiv, Dnipro, Odessa and Uzhgorod.

  • 3 March 2022

    Ukraine - Aid Has Successfully Begun

    A warm Grüß Gott and Namaskár, we have sent the first money to the crisis region, and our crisis team is buying food in the individual cities. In Kyiv in particular, it seems to be heading toward a long-lasting siege, so it is…

February 2022

January 2022

  • 23 January 2022

    Spiritual Festival and Winter Retreat 2022, December 27, 2021 – January 1, 2022

    Ananda Marga in New York Sector organized the sectorial New Year retreat as two online programs, the Spiritual Festival (December 27 – 29) and Winter Retreat 2022 (December 30, 2021, to January 1, 2022.)

  • 22 January 2022

    Centennial Celebration Public Programs – International Day of Yoga

    Centennial Celebration Public Programs

  • 22 January 2022

    Health Conferences

    As you know, health and happiness are vital components of our life.

  • 22 January 2022

    Bhukti Pradhan Conferences

    We are happy to inform you all, brothers and sisters, that New York Sector is strengthening the structural work in different ways, such as online ideological training and classes and other activities. Most importantly, the Sector has introduced Bhukti Pradhan conferences every…

  • 21 January 2022

    Ananda Kanan Solar Power Project

    Ananda Kanan Master Unit, Missouri is New York Sector’s Sectorial Master Unit and has accommodation for over one hundred people and hosts the yearly summer conference in July. During the Pandemic, emergency preparations to evacuate from the cities have become a real…

  • 21 January 2022

    New Rectory Building at Ananda Girisuta Master Unit

    The Ananda Girisuta Master Unit, Marshall, Atlanta Region, is located on a forested hill about half an hour from Asheville, North Carolina. The Master Unit has a beautiful dome-shaped retreat center that is the home for Prama Institute, and Ananda Marga retreats for Atlanta…

  • 19 January 2022

    Appearance on “La Maruta” talk show

    This is a really nice piece,”A Yoga teacher that left America for Romania” that aired as part of one of the popular talk shows in Romania “La Maruta”.  The interview starts out about meditation and yoga and the first clips were when I was doing some sadhana and guru mantra to…

  • 19 January 2022

    Pracar and Service in the Dominican Republic and Haiti

    Brother Caetanya (SDM BP in Boston) and his wife, Iishita, have collected funds, clothes, computers, books, and other goods and shipped them to Haiti and the Dominican Republic in the last years. In November 2021, after long Pandemic Restrictions, they visited the Dominican…

  • 16 January 2022

    Central America Updates – Guatemala

    Central America Updates

  • 13 January 2022

    New York Sectorial Office Afterschool Program

    Acarya Kovid Brahmacarii (RS Boston and LA) is taking care of the NY Sectorial Office Afterschool Program with the help of LFT Brother Asiim and the supervision of Ac. Abhiramananda Avt. (SSNY)

  • 13 January 2022

    Ananda Marga in Los Angeles Feeding Program

    For the last 13 years, we have been running a feeding program from our Los Angeles Jagriti grounds. Ananda Marga signed a contract with the Government representatives of the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank. This institution serves 2 million meals every week and moves 100 tones…

  • 13 January 2022

    Ananda Nagar News for December, 2021

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  • 10 January 2022

    Interview about AMURTEL Family’s Distance Adoption Program

    Thank you to Maria Iordache, who invited me for an interview about AMURTEL Family’s Distance Adoption Program this December! It appeared on TVR2 on the program “E Vremea Ta” (It’s your Time), over the course of two days. In part one, the piece on AMURTEL is right from the…

  • 10 January 2022

    Renovations at Ananda Dham Master Unit (Organic Peach Farm)

    Ananda Dham (Organic Peach Farm) is a Master Unit and spiritual center of Ananda Marga in Los Angeles County near Lake Hughes. We are currently renovating the old farmhouse and preparing it for receiving guests, hosting Dharma Cakra, and other activities. Dada Pramoditananda…

  • 10 January 2022

    Good News from Ananda Priiti Master Unit, Dallas Region

    Avadhutika Ananda Hitaprabha Acarya is taking care of Ananda Priiti Master Unit, situated in Atascosa County, near San Antonio City, Texas.

  • 9 January 2022

    New Rectory Building

    The Ananda Girisuta Master Unit, Marshall, Atlanta Region, is located on a forested hill about half an hour from Asheville, North Carolina. The Master Unit has a beautiful dome-shaped retreat center that is the home for Prama Institute, and Ananda Marga retreats for Atlanta…

  • 9 January 2022

    Ananda Dhiira Renovations and Good News

    Avadhutika Ananda Acira Acarya is taking care of Ananda Dhiira MU. She has been busy renovating the building this year. The main building at Ananda Dhiira Master Unit was in bad condition. Most of the plywood trim and beams were rotten. By His grace, we have finally done the…

  • 8 January 2022

    Kiirtana Retreat and New People Retreat at Ananda Kanan, August 2021

    Acarya Diiptimanananda Avadhuta, Avadhutika Ananda Acira Acarya and Ac. Kovid Brc. organized a new people retreat and Kiirtana Retreat at Ananda Kanan from August 4 – 7, 2021, and August 8 – 14, respectively. The participants came from different parts of the US. The retreats…

  • 4 January 2022

    Ananda Kalpataru – New Master Unit

    The new Master Unit is 101 acres of forest land and is the regional Master Unit for Boston Region. Stafford, Connecticut, is a small town about one and a half an hour drive from Boston and two and half an hour drive from Flushing, Queens. This town is pretty, and the houses…

  • 3 January 2022

    New People Retreats at Ananda Dhiira in May 2021

    Didi Ananda Acira and Dada Diiptimanananda organized a new people retreat at Ananda Dhiira Master Unit in Penn Valley, California, from May twelve to sixteen. Dada Gunatmananda also participated and gave a class on Samskaras. Sixteen people and two children participated,…

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