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.
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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!
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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.
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.