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Bhudevi (Mother Earth) 2010  Yagna 2010

On 22 April, the world participated in an  “Earth Day”, a call to action to promote a  healthy sustainable environment, a healthy Earth. As a “warm up” to this Year’s Bhudevi Yagna (Friday, 30 April, 19.00 to 21.00, directions below) we uploaded a 4 minute excerpt from last year’s Yagna onto Youtube.

The Bhu Devi Yagna is a Yagna that is conducted in conjunction with Sri Swami Vishwananda in Germany to help assist Mother Earth (”Bhu Devi”, a form of Lakshmi).

Currently Mother Earth is exposed to many pressures that humanity has created - wars, pollution, over population, misuse of natural resources (deforestation and more)  which have had a disruptive impact upon the natural cycles of Mother Earth :changes in the weather patterns Consequently there has been an increase in freak weather conditions - hurricanes, storms and also an increase in earthquake and volcanic activity worldwide [note: this text was drafted before the latest volcano eruption of past Wednesday in Iceland!]. The imbalances displayed by Mother Earth are the outward reflection of the imbalances created and inherent in the human population. By bringing about an alignment to the natural state of being that is within oneself, this allows us to end war and disharmony in the external world. Quite often a process of purification is required to establish this connection and ground this connection to that state of being.

The purpose of this Yagna:

The purpose of this Yagna is to help to purify the effects that humanity have had upon Mother and to help her in the cleansing process that she is undertaking. The Yagna helps those in attendance to purify karmic aspects and to live more in harmony with their own deeper nature that is in harmony with the laws of nature and not at odds with them.

Bhu Devi Yagna program, April 30 2010; Time: 7 to 9pm

Evening’s   program:

• - Opening prayers
• - Yagna
• - 1 hr Satsang
• - Short discourse on Bhu Devi

Supper will be served.

People are welcome to bring Prasad and flowers as offerings.

Dress Code: Please note that all Devotees should dress in attire appropriate for Darshan (Vision) of the Lord.

Men : No shorts or sleeveless t-shirts or any other dress that is offensive. Ensure tops are long enough so as not to expose lower back when seated.
Women : preferably long dresses or skirts with long tops or Punjabis or saris.
Should you choose to wear pants or jeans please ensure your top is long enough so as not to expose your lower back when seated AND ensure that your chest and shoulders are covered. No strappy tops.

Directions to the Maha Jwala Narasimha Temple:

From N1 North take N1 south towards Bloemfontein and take the Nasrec (Soweto) off ramp. turn left at the first robot and then turn right at the next robot. At the robot by the t-junction turn left and on the fourth robot turn right into Vereeniging road then turn left into Constantia Avenue within two kilometers. the house is next to a park and is no 25.

From northern suburbs take M1 south towards gold reef city and pass Xavier off ramp and keep to the right towards Vereeniging road, pass Southgate and columbine off ramp. Then travel for about 2km and then turn to your first left into Constantia avenue. The house is on the left hand side, right next to the open parks.