Siddha Yoga Holidays
Baba Muktananda’s Lunar Mahasamadhi
Baba Muktananda
Anniversary of Shri Guru Gita Recitation
Happy New Year! On this day January 7, 1972, Baba Muktananda inaugurated the daily recitation of Shri Guru Gita as a morning practice in the Ashram Daily Schedule. You can read more about this in an exposition by Swami Shantananda …
Mahashivaratri
(lit., night of Shiva) The night of the new moon in late February that is especially sacred to Lord Shiva. Devotees repeat the mantra Om Namah Shivaya throughout the night; on this night each repetition is said to equal the …
Baba Muktananda’s Lunar Birthday
Happy Baba Muktananda's Birthday!
Gurupurnima
In India, the full moon of the month of Ashada (July-August) is honored as the most auspicious and important of the entire year. This moon's luminous brilliance and perfect form are seen as expressions of the Guru's gift of grace …
Bhagavan Nityananda’s Solar Punyatithi
The anniversary of a great being's passing. The two parts of this term are punya, meaning “spiritual merit,” and tithi, meaning “observance, remembrance.” The observance of a saint’s punyatithi brings great merit.
Baba Muktananda’s Divya Diksha
The bestowal of divine initiation, shaktipat.
Baba Muktananda’s Lunar Mahasamadhi
1) A realized yogi's conscious departure from the physical body at death. 2) A celebration on the anniversary of a great being's departure from the physical body. 3) A shrine erected at the place where a yogi has taken mahasamadhi.
Anniversary of Shri Guru Gita Recitation
Happy New Year! On this day January 7, 1972, Baba Muktananda inaugurated the daily recitation of Shri Guru Gita as a morning practice in the Ashram Daily Schedule. You can read more about this in an exposition by Swami Shantananda …