The ashram has a daily program with a fixed rhythm: see under the submenu Daily.
There are also days with a special program. An overview of these activities can be found below.
[Look also under Dutch Agenda to be sure about possible more agenda items: click here !]
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The Bhole Baba Bhakti Festival is a 4 days celebration with lots of singing together (kirtan), mantra singing, music, and inspiration.This year, 2019, the festival will be from 15-18 August. You are welcome per day (day tickets: see below), but you can also participate a couple of days with overnight stay (tickets with overnight stay: see below).
You are free to participate also in the usual ashram program with Aarti and Havan, and take part in the Satsang, sharing experiences and insights. It is possible to join a yoga workshop.
For people, karma yogis, who want to help to make the festival a success: click here.
The festival is all about Babaji’s message of “Truth, Simplicity, Love and Karma Yoga”. You can find the program and also the costs below.
The following musicians will be present: Hari Suda en Durga Das – Tabla Tom – Shambo en Veda, de zonen van Gopal Hari en Ambika – Shivani Mata – Jai Krishna – Girija – Pujari – Dharmananda – Remi Ram – Bhurakhan – Tino – Svaha Yoga: Patrick & Gosta.
Karma Yoga
Many hands make light work and together create the success of the festival.
On arrival, you can orient yourself at the reception and make a choice.
Let’s celebrate Babaji’s message of Truth, Simplicity, Love together.
Auction 2019, and more!
During this festival it is possible in various ways to make an additional contribution to the development of the ashram. This benefits everyone. On July 31 we start an ONLINE AUCTION in benefit for the ashram. During the Bhakti Festival you have the chance to place a final bid on an item and after that the auction will close.
You can bid on valuable items, such as Babaji items, services such as consultations or Wellness / health treatments, dinner, get-aways, other valuable items. Take a look! [You can still contribute an article or service, until July 31. Contact us.]
The proceeds are intended for the sustainable energy supply in the ashram and to reduce fixed costs.
There will also be a lottery, 2nd hand book sale, etc.
Festival Program
Thursday:
- 4 pm: Welcome / Opening ceremony
- 7.30 pm: Aarti in the temple
- 8.30 pm: Dinner
- 9.30 – 11.00 pm: Babaji Temple Singers.
Friday and Saturday:
- 5.45 am: Chandan / Kirtan around the havankund
- 6.30 am: small havan (fire ceremony) in the dhuni / Yoga workshop
- 7.30 am: Aarti in the temple.
- 9.00 am: Possibility of breakfast at the Chai Shop (Teahouse).
- 10 am – 1 pm: kirtan
- 1 pm: Warm vegetarian lunch plus break
- Friday 2.15 pm: Satsang
Saturday 2.15 pm: workshop Qi Gong
also on Saturday 2.15 pm: workshop Ramanyana and Hanuman Chalisa - Friday 3.30 – 5.45 pm: Kirtan. + 18.00 – 19.00 uur: Babaji Temple Singers
Saturday 3.30 pm – 7 pm: Kirtan. - 7.30 pm: Aarti in the temple
- 8.30 pm: Dinner
- Friday 9.00 – 11.00 pm: Kirtan / Dancing
Saturday 9.30 pm: Kirtan
Saturday 11 pm: All Night Kirtan
Sunday
- 5.45 am: Chandan / Kirtan around the havankund
- 6,30 am: Yoga-workshop
- 7.30 am: Aarti
- 9 am: Satsang
- 10.30 am: Havan at the fire pit outside
- 12 am: Auction and lottery in benefit of the ashram
- 1.30 pm: Warm vegetarian lunch plus break
- 3.30 pm: Closing ceremony
- 5 pm: Karma yoga: cleaning up
- 7.30 pm: Aarti and then dinner.
Possibilities for personal consultations etc. during the festival are indicated at the Reception Tent.
As more details of the festival become known, the information on this page will be updated.
Changes to the program are reserved.
Day tickets
A day ticket entitles you to festival participation including (vegetarian) meals. You take yourself care of your overnight stay.
The cost of a day ticket is 35 euros per day per person older than 18 years.
The following prices apply to children and young people: up to 5 years: free, 5 to 12 years: 10 euros, 13 to 18 years: 15 euros.
After online payment, you can download and print day tickets directly. For day tickets click here: Day tickets
Tickets with overnight stay
At this moment, 27 July, there are more than enough tickets available to set up your own tent, and a limited number for the ashram tent. Besides this there is still one 3-person room and a dormitory room with places for overnight stay in the Zonnehuis-Surya available.
There are also other options in the area, book yourself!
The financial contribution is as follows
- Staying overnight in your own tent:
– First day (part), Thursday, plus subsequent night: 35 euro.
-Second full day, Friday, plus subsequent night: 45 euro.
-Third full day, Saturday, plus subsequent night: 45 euro.
– Fourth day, Sunday: 35 euro.
4 Days and nights stay: 160 euro. - Staying overnight in the ashram tent:
– First day (part), Thursday, plus consecutive night: 40 euro.
-Second full day, Friday, plus consecutive night: 50 euro.
– Third full day, Saturday, plus subsequent night: 50 euro.
– Fourth day, Sunday: 40 euro.
4 Days and nights stay: 180 euro. - Staying overnight in the ashram building : not available anymore!
- Children and young people (preferably overnight stay in tents): up to 5 years: free, 5 up to and including 12 years: 10 euro, 13 up to and including 18 years: 15 euro.
- Discounts may apply for families, students, and karma yogis.
Karma yogis: people who help considerably to make the festival a success, or in the preparation or/and during the festival. - There will also be rooms available in the immediate vicinity, for instance the Zonnehuis-Surya. Contribution for this will be 65 euros.
- Other options in the environment are as follows:
A great possibilty is Eldorado Bungalowpark: in a quiet area in nature. This park is at half an hour walking distance from the ashram.
Also in the direct environment you will find: : Landal Greenparks Heideheuvel, and Droompark Beekbergen. You book these bungalows / chalets yourself. If you rent yourself a bungalow / chalet, you pay the ashram day tickets.
These tickets include festival participation with staying overnight and (vegetarian) meals.
For overnight stays, both on the ashram and in the zonnehuis: please bring your own sheets, pillow or/and sleeping bag. The stock here is very limited.
Registration and reservation:
Fill in the registration form below to make a reservation! Procedure:
- You fill in the registration form below and send it.
- You wait for confirmation by e-mail and further information about the payment of the contribution.
- Once you have paid the financial contribution, your reservation is final.
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estival of light and Lakshmi puja.
Once a year, in October and / or November, the Paduka’s – sandals of Babaji – travel from the ashram Sada Shiva Dham through the Netherlands and Belgium. We consider the Padukas as a spiritual and physical representation of Babaji. This is what we call the Paduka Puja tour. On the photo the suitcase is ready to start the tour with the silver-plated wood Padukas.
During this tour, the Padukas are ceremonially received at various locations. The padukas are washed, perfume, sweets / fruit, a donation is given, and an Aarti is sung. This is called the Paduka Puja. After the ceremony (20 to 30 minutes) a program follows depending on the wishes on the spot, for example Bhajans and kirtan singing, Satsang (sharing of experiences) in honor of Babaji, meditation, a joint meal etc.
Friends, acquaintances and other interested people are invited to attend.
This tour takes place annually since 2008. If you would like to receive Baba’s Padukas, as a representation of Babaji himself, at your address or center, please contact Sada Shiva Dham.
Dates, times and places, where the Padukas travel, will be announced via this website in due time.
The program of a Babaji Weekend in short includes:
- Aarti: a Vedic light ceremony and mantra singing
- Havan: Vedic fire ceremony. The havan is a meditative and ceremonial event that contributes to peace and harmony.
- Paduka Puja: ceremony with the sandals of Babaji as an invitation for Him to be Present.
- Karma Yoga: work as a form of yoga, sharing ashram work.
- Bhajans sing: singing together simple devotional songs or mantras
Attending such a weekend is also good for those who come for the first time: to get acquainted with the program at Sada Shiva Dham and the teachings of Babaji. Please register.
Please register. You can arrive on Friday afternoon or Saturday and stay until Sunday afternoon or evening. The ashram offers lodging and vegetarian meals.
If you would like a longer stay, please contact us.
Financial contribution for attending the Babaji Weekend is like on normal days: click here.
Bhole Baba ki Jai.
The program of a Babaji Weekend in short includes:
- Aarti: a Vedic light ceremony and mantra singing
- Havan: Vedic fire ceremony. The havan is a meditative and ceremonial event that contributes to peace and harmony.
- Paduka Puja: ceremony with the sandals of Babaji as an invitation for Him to be Present.
- Karma Yoga: work as a form of yoga, sharing ashram work.
- Bhajans sing: singing together simple devotional songs or mantras
Attending such a weekend is also good for those who come for the first time: to get acquainted with the program at Sada Shiva Dham and the teachings of Babaji. Please register.
Please register. You can arrive on Friday afternoon or Saturday and stay until Sunday afternoon or evening. The ashram offers lodging and vegetarian meals.
If you would like a longer stay, please contact us.
Financial contribution for attending the Babaji Weekend is like on normal days: click here.
Bhole Baba ki Jai.
Urvashi from New Delhi will visit our ashram Sada Shiva Dham 14-16 February and read from the book Sadashiva Charitamrita, three days from 10 a.m. up to 6 p.m. (with breaks). The book is written by Shri Vishnu Datt Shastriji. The book is about the coming of Babaji in his last incarnation between 1970 and 1984. It is written in Sanskrit and the ancient Avadhi language.
Urvashi will read it and translate it for us. It is a very inspiring book, with great energy, and very fitting to read at this time just before the Maha Shivaratri celebration. Welcome!
The program of a Babaji Weekend in short includes:
- Aarti: a Vedic light ceremony and mantra singing
- Havan: Vedic fire ceremony. The havan is a meditative and ceremonial event that contributes to peace and harmony.
- Paduka Puja: ceremony with the sandals of Babaji as an invitation for Him to be Present.
- Karma Yoga: work as a form of yoga, sharing ashram work.
- Bhajans sing: singing together simple devotional songs or mantras
Attending such a weekend is also good for those who come for the first time: to get acquainted with the program at Sada Shiva Dham and the teachings of Babaji. Please register.
Please register. You can arrive on Friday afternoon or Saturday and stay until Sunday afternoon or evening. The ashram offers lodging and vegetarian meals.
If you would like a longer stay, please contact us.
Financial contribution for attending the Babaji Weekend is like on normal days: click here.
Bhole Baba ki Jai.
The program of a Babaji Weekend in short includes:
- Aarti: a Vedic light ceremony and mantra singing
- Havan: Vedic fire ceremony. The havan is a meditative and ceremonial event that contributes to peace and harmony.
- Paduka Puja: ceremony with the sandals of Babaji as an invitation for Him to be Present.
- Karma Yoga: work as a form of yoga, sharing ashram work.
- Bhajans sing: singing together simple devotional songs or mantras
Attending such a weekend is also good for those who come for the first time: to get acquainted with the program at Sada Shiva Dham and the teachings of Babaji. Please register.
Please register. You can arrive on Friday afternoon or Saturday and stay until Sunday afternoon or evening. The ashram offers lodging and vegetarian meals.
If you would like a longer stay, please contact us.
Financial contribution for attending the Babaji Weekend is like on normal days: click here.
Bhole Baba ki Jai.
The program of a Babaji Weekend in short includes:
- Aarti: a Vedic light ceremony and mantra singing
- Havan: Vedic fire ceremony. The havan is a meditative and ceremonial event that contributes to peace and harmony.
- Paduka Puja: ceremony with the sandals of Babaji as an invitation for Him to be Present.
- Karma Yoga: work as a form of yoga, sharing ashram work.
- Bhajans sing: singing together simple devotional songs or mantras
Attending such a weekend is also good for those who come for the first time: to get acquainted with the program at Sada Shiva Dham and the teachings of Babaji. Please register.
Please register. You can arrive on Friday afternoon or Saturday and stay until Sunday afternoon or evening. The ashram offers lodging and vegetarian meals.
If you would like a longer stay, please contact us.
Financial contribution for attending the Babaji Weekend is like on normal days: click here.
Bhole Baba ki Jai.
The program of a Babaji Weekend in short includes:
- Aarti: a Vedic light ceremony and mantra singing
- Havan: Vedic fire ceremony. The havan is a meditative and ceremonial event that contributes to peace and harmony.
- Paduka Puja: ceremony with the sandals of Babaji as an invitation for Him to be Present.
- Karma Yoga: work as a form of yoga, sharing ashram work.
- Bhajans sing: singing together simple devotional songs or mantras
Attending such a weekend is also good for those who come for the first time: to get acquainted with the program at Sada Shiva Dham and the teachings of Babaji. Please register.
Please register. You can arrive on Friday afternoon or Saturday and stay until Sunday afternoon or evening. The ashram offers lodging and vegetarian meals.
If you would like a longer stay, please contact us.
Financial contribution for attending the Babaji Weekend is like on normal days: click here.
Bhole Baba ki Jai.
The program of a Babaji Weekend in short includes:
- Aarti: a Vedic light ceremony and mantra singing
- Havan: Vedic fire ceremony. The havan is a meditative and ceremonial event that contributes to peace and harmony.
- Paduka Puja: ceremony with the sandals of Babaji as an invitation for Him to be Present.
- Karma Yoga: work as a form of yoga, sharing ashram work.
- Bhajans sing: singing together simple devotional songs or mantras
Attending such a weekend is also good for those who come for the first time: to get acquainted with the program at Sada Shiva Dham and the teachings of Babaji. Please register.
Please register. You can arrive on Friday afternoon or Saturday and stay until Sunday afternoon or evening. The ashram offers lodging and vegetarian meals.
If you would like a longer stay, please contact us.
Financial contribution for attending the Babaji Weekend is like on normal days: click here.
Bhole Baba ki Jai.
The program of a Babaji Weekend in short includes:
- Aarti: a Vedic light ceremony and mantra singing
- Havan: Vedic fire ceremony. The havan is a meditative and ceremonial event that contributes to peace and harmony.
- Paduka Puja: ceremony with the sandals of Babaji as an invitation for Him to be Present.
- Karma Yoga: work as a form of yoga, sharing ashram work.
- Bhajans sing: singing together simple devotional songs or mantras
Attending such a weekend is also good for those who come for the first time: to get acquainted with the program at Sada Shiva Dham and the teachings of Babaji. Please register.
Please register. You can arrive on Friday afternoon or Saturday and stay until Sunday afternoon or evening. The ashram offers lodging and vegetarian meals.
If you would like a longer stay, please contact us.
Financial contribution for attending the Babaji Weekend is like on normal days: click here.
Bhole Baba ki Jai.
The program of a Babaji Weekend in short includes:
- Aarti: a Vedic light ceremony and mantra singing
- Havan: Vedic fire ceremony. The havan is a meditative and ceremonial event that contributes to peace and harmony.
- Paduka Puja: ceremony with the sandals of Babaji as an invitation for Him to be Present.
- Karma Yoga: work as a form of yoga, sharing ashram work.
- Bhajans sing: singing together simple devotional songs or mantras
Attending such a weekend is also good for those who come for the first time: to get acquainted with the program at Sada Shiva Dham and the teachings of Babaji. Please register.
Please register. You can arrive on Friday afternoon or Saturday and stay until Sunday afternoon or evening. The ashram offers lodging and vegetarian meals.
If you would like a longer stay, please contact us.
Financial contribution for attending the Babaji Weekend is like on normal days: click here.
Bhole Baba ki Jai.
Friday 23rd July is the day of Guru Purnima this year (2021). That is, the celebration starts early in the morning. Saturday and Sunday there is a normal program and opportunity for karma yoga work.
Depending on the corona measures in force, we can receive more or fewer people.
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The full moon in July is dedicated to the Guru, the outer and inner Guru, the wisdom leading our life from darkness to light. ‘Guru’ in Sanskrit is translated as ‘dispeller of darkness’.
Guru Purnima also signifies the very first transmission of the Science of Yoga by ‘Shiva’ , the Adi-yogi or the First Yogi, to the Saptarishis, the seven celebrated sages.
On Sada Shiva Dham, this day is dedicated to Mahavatar Babaji and Muniraji, who brought the original inspiration and Light to start our ashram.
This day we celebrate with Paduka Puja, Aarti and Havan, Satsang. The exact date differs every year. See agenda for the exact date. Everyone is invited. Preferably come a day earlier.
The program:
- At about 6.30 in the morning we start with the Paduka Puja at the Babaji Kutir (hut),
- then there is the Aarti ceremony, followed by a Paduka Puja with Abishek in the temple, a ceremony for Babaji and all gurus/teachers who help the people to follow the right path in life.
- Around 10 or 11 o’clock, the havan, Vedic fire ceremony is scheduled, and in the afternoon Satsang with the theme “The inner and outer guru, sharing experiences”.
After the havan and in the afternoon there is time for karma yoga. The warm vegetarian lunch is at noon. Bhole Baba ki jai!
Sign up by phone or email (see the Contact button).
Vishnu Dutt Shastriji about Babaji and Sanatan Dharma
Babaji is not preaching any new religion. He has come to preach the religion, which occurred at the time of Creation, and that is the Sanatan Dharma – the Eternal Religion. He has come to preach the Sanatan Dharma only. We can determine the date from which every religion started. For example, the Muslim religion was started by Mohammed 1400 years ago and this is recorded in their scriptures. Christianity started with birth of Christ, 2000 years ago. Before Christ and Mohammed existed, the world and its people were living. The Sanatan Dharma has been followed for thousands and millions of years and no one is able to trace the date it began. You may try to understand this spontaneous religion this way: the dharma (law or nature) of fire is to burn; the dharma of water is to be wet; the air has to blow. Can one tell on what day the fire started to burn, the water to be wet, and the air to blow? No one can say. Sanatan Dharma is like a great ocean. From that ocean, each country has dug canals according to their needs and purposes. But canals cannot give total satisfaction as the ocean gives complete bliss. The Lord is showing a vision of the Sanatan Dharma, which is like the great ocean, and this is the greatest form of knowledge. Until now, people only had knowledge of their canals. Now the Lord is showing us that we aren’t just bubbles in a canal, but rather bubbles in the great ocean. As long as we have individuality, we are seen as bubbles; when we disappear, we are one with the ocean.
Babaji:
“In any town there is always a central place; all the roads in the town or from out of town lead to that central place. Similarly, all religions lead to one point, and that is God Himself; and therefore following any religion you will ultimately reach God.”
“I have come to guide humanity to a higher path. I do not belong to any particular religion, but respect all religions. I seek the elevation of all mankind.
“One can follow any religion, one can follow any practice or path, but one must be humane.”
The program of a Babaji Weekend in short includes:
- Aarti: a Vedic light ceremony and mantra singing
- Havan: Vedic fire ceremony. The havan is a meditative and ceremonial event that contributes to peace and harmony.
- Paduka Puja: ceremony with the sandals of Babaji as an invitation for Him to be Present.
- Karma Yoga: work as a form of yoga, sharing ashram work.
- Bhajans sing: singing together simple devotional songs or mantras
Attending such a weekend is also good for those who come for the first time: to get acquainted with the program at Sada Shiva Dham and the teachings of Babaji. Please register.
Please register. You can arrive on Friday afternoon or Saturday and stay until Sunday afternoon or evening. The ashram offers lodging and vegetarian meals.
If you would like a longer stay, please contact us.
Financial contribution for attending the Babaji Weekend is like on normal days: click here.
Bhole Baba ki Jai.
The program of a Babaji Weekend in short includes:
- Aarti: a Vedic light ceremony and mantra singing
- Havan: Vedic fire ceremony. The havan is a meditative and ceremonial event that contributes to peace and harmony.
- Paduka Puja: ceremony with the sandals of Babaji as an invitation for Him to be Present.
- Karma Yoga: work as a form of yoga, sharing ashram work.
- Bhajans sing: singing together simple devotional songs or mantras
Attending such a weekend is also good for those who come for the first time: to get acquainted with the program at Sada Shiva Dham and the teachings of Babaji. Please register.
Please register. You can arrive on Friday afternoon or Saturday and stay until Sunday afternoon or evening. The ashram offers lodging and vegetarian meals.
If you would like a longer stay, please contact us.
Financial contribution for attending the Babaji Weekend is like on normal days: click here.
Bhole Baba ki Jai.
Sada Shiva Dham celebrates the Navaratri festival for the Universal Mother two times a year, every time for 9 days. The universal Mother is the dynamic aspect of creation, which creates everything and and puts everything in motion. She has many names and has in different cultures different names. However, it is always the same universal harmonious force that works in every aspect of creation.
In the picture here, she is displayed as Haidakhandeswari, the universal Mother of Haidakhan. She is also called Durga, Kali, Parvati, Shakti, etc. At Sada Shiva Dham in Loenen near Apeldoorn this celebration is twice a year, in spring and autumn. The exact dates can be found in the calendar.
The daily program for the 9 days is as follows:
6.30 : Paduka Puja, a small ceremony to invite Mahavatar Babaji to be present (in everyone’s heart).
7.30: Aarti: Offering of Light with mantra singing.
8.30: Devi Puja, special ceremony to welcome the Divine Mother. Every day, this ceremony is devoted to a special aspect of the Divine Mother.
9.15: Reading together the Sapta Sati, the 700 verses for the Mother.
10.30: Havan, Vedic Fire Ceremony: for harmony and peace.
12.00: Karma Yoga in the ashram with activities like cleaning, cooking, gardening etc..
13.15: Bhandara, festive warm vegetarian lunch.
16.00: Karma Yoga
17.30: Possible satsang in the temple (sitting together and speaking together in truth)
19.00: Aarti
22:00: Rest
The above program is subject to adjustments per Navaratri.
Havan – Vedic fire ceremony
During these 9 days, experience shows that the energy is extraordinary, gentle and peaceful. Being present and participating is a kind of meditation. The effect is healing to ourselves, refreshing, and we gain energy.
Visitors can come all nine days (there is a possibility to stay overnight), but can also chose to be present for a few days or for instance for one morning.
This Navaratri time is a good time to eat only once a day. Hence, at Sada Shiva Dham, a festive lunch is served aroun 13.30. If, in this way, you have to be too long sober in the morning, one can take some fruit or nuts. Visitors who need to have some food in the evening, for whatever reason, they can have some food in the evening.
For further information: please contact.
The successful and inspiring Bhakti festivals at Sada Shiva Dham have led to regular Bhakti Gatherings, i.e. days when we come together for singing bhajans (kirtan), a Satsang circle, karma yoga, Aarti. These gatherings are on Saturdays and start at 11 am with an introduction. Kirtan takes place in the morning and evening. The Aarti is at 7 pm. The karma yoga is in the afternoon, as well as the Satsang circle and extra kirtan (times are not exactly fixed yet).
Everyone is welcome, including newcomers. You are invited for the whole day, but you can also follow parts of the programme.
All dates can be found in the agenda. If you come on Friday evening, you can also attend the Saturday morning ashram programme: silent havan (fire ceremony) and Aarti.
If you stay a day longer, you can attend the havan and Aarti on Sunday morning.
Please register via email. The normal ashram contribution applies! For Saturday daytime only, the contribution is 25 euros. Bhole Baba ki jai.
Festival of light and Lakshmi puja.
The program of a Babaji Weekend in short includes:
- Aarti: a Vedic light ceremony and mantra singing
- Havan: Vedic fire ceremony. The havan is a meditative and ceremonial event that contributes to peace and harmony.
- Paduka Puja: ceremony with the sandals of Babaji as an invitation for Him to be Present.
- Karma Yoga: work as a form of yoga, sharing ashram work.
- Bhajans sing: singing together simple devotional songs or mantras
Attending such a weekend is also good for those who come for the first time: to get acquainted with the program at Sada Shiva Dham and the teachings of Babaji. Please register.
Please register. You can arrive on Friday afternoon or Saturday and stay until Sunday afternoon or evening. The ashram offers lodging and vegetarian meals.
If you would like a longer stay, please contact us.
Financial contribution for attending the Babaji Weekend is like on normal days: click here.
Bhole Baba ki Jai.