On the 18 November 2018 all 14 centre students came together to consolidate our this year’s learning.
Kids of age 3 and above from our Glen Waverly center did about 75 minutes of yoga including individual demonstration. Our student Laurent Meric presented a box of Coco brand chocolates to all participants.
This was followed by 2 hours of yoga for all the participants along with Tratak session.
Students from all centres had brought in vegetarian food to share.
We conveyed the message of sustainable living through Yoga by using reusable plates, spoons and cups. Use of one off use plastic is choking the earth and water system and we have to lead by example so that our next generation will have a better life here.
On 3rd November 2018, Vasudeva Kriya Yoga organised a Yoga Camp at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo. The response was overwhelming, there were more than 120 enthusiastic participants despite the fact that the venue was located 2 hours from Melbourne.
About the Venue:
A stupa (also known as a pagoda) is the most sacred building in Buddhism. A stupa symbolises the enlightened mind and the path to enlightenment. A stupa is also a reliquary to house holy relics of the Buddha and other highly realised beings.
The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, being built near Bendigo Australia, is 50 metres square at its base and nearly 50 metres high. This makes it the largest stupa in the Western World.
The Great Stupa is the same design and size as the Gyantse Stupa (Kumbum) in Tibet. The Gyantse Stupa is one of the treasures of the Buddhist world. The Gompa (temple) inside the Stupa will have many features of traditional large Tibetan gompas including large statues of Buddhas and deities. The Gompa will be used for pujas, meditation and teachings. It is also designed to present an overview of Buddhism to visitors.
Beautiful gardens surround the Stupa and the Peace Park showcases symbols from many faiths including Catholic, Sikh, Islam, Hindu and Buddhist.
Yoga and Meditation Session:
We were blessed to do the Yoga Sadhana inside the temple in front of the magnificent Jade Buddha alter under the able guidance of Yoga Guru Sri Rajendra Yenkannamoole. The temple was very peaceful and was the perfect location to do Yoga and Meditation. The session went on for 3 hours with a brief talk on Buddha’s journey to enlightenment through Yoga Sadhana followed by guided class on Asana, Pranayama and Meditation. It was an out of the world experience for all the participants involved. The temple staff had organised scrumptious vegan lunch. One highlight of the day was that almost all the participants had brought their own reusable plates and cups to minimise the one-off plastic use. They all responded to a call from our school to be environmentally friendly. The temple management expressed their gratitude for this initiative.
The Great Stupa Tour:
All the participants were given a tour of The Great Stupa and surrounding gardens by the temple staff. We were all wonder struck by looking at the sheer magnitude of the structure and attention to detail given by the architects of the Stupa. The magnificent statue of Buddha in the main alter has been carved from a single huge Jade Stone block. The surrounding garden featured many Buddhist symbols such as prayer wheels. It also has a water fall, a peaceful Buddha statue and lots of trees. We found that the ambiance is very favorable for a Yoga Sadhaka with all encompassing peace and tranquility.
Contribution:
The entry fee for this event was set to $20 per person. All the money collected of $2500 was straight away donated to The Great Stupa towards the construction of the Stupa. It was our humble contribution to the massive work ahead to complete the construction. The temple staff expressed their gratitude and have invited us again to conduct similar session in the future.
We would like to thank the temple committee for inviting us and allowing us to conduct this event in the smoothest way possible.
Guru Purnima is celebrated in the fourth month of lunar calendar Ashada on the full moon. This date is dedicated to the teachers who showed us the path to the inner world. It is very difficult to find some one who is interested in the meta physical science. Even if we are interested it is even more difficult to find a Guru who can show us the right path. The path should free us from confusion, darkness and repeated coming and going to freedom, bliss, illumination and liberation. A combination of individual effort, Guru’s guidance and God’s Grace are needed for a success in our journey.
The Skanada Purana give the definition of Guru. Gukaro andhakaro hi rukara teja ucchyate.
Gu means darkness. Ru means light. The indweller of all, the inner Guru, the all-pervading principle is beyond all darkness is Light of all Lights. He is called as Vasudeva as He is indweller of all and is Light of all Lights – the Cosmic Light.
To introduce Him to us we need an external teacher who is called as Guru and through that external Guru alone we are able to meet our inner Guru. We come across many teachers in the world talking about the material science. But we rarely come across the teacher who talks about the inner science.
The Sakanda Purana says atma jnana pradanena tasmai shri Gurave namaha – our salutations to the one who has introduced us to the (Apnoti iti atma -One who pervades everywhere is Atma).
The Svetasvatara Upanishad says
yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ prakashante mahatmanaha prakashante mahatmanah ||
Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed and he also becomes great.
In Bhagavad Gita Shri Krishna tell Arjuna if we come across anyone with special skills especially the knowledge of the inner science, there is a Grace of His Grace manifesting through him.
yad yad vibhutimat sattvam srimad urjitam eva va
tat tad evavagaccha tvam mama tejo-‘msa-sambhavam || 10.41 ||
Know that all beautiful, glorious, and mighty creations spring from but a spark of My splendour.
We have to offer our respects to such a teacher who shows the path to our Inner Guru for our inner Freedom. This is a Tapas as mentioned by Shri Krishna and without this one cannot come out of inner darkness.
deva-dvija-guru-prajna-pujanam saucam arjavam
brahmacaryam ahimsa ca sariram tapa ucyate || 17.14 ||
The austerity of the body consists in this: worship of the Supreme Lord, the brahmanas, the spiritual master, and superiors like the father and mother. Cleanliness, simplicity, celibacy and nonviolence are also austerities of the body.
The Mundakoanishad says by tuning the mind to the realised master we can accomplish the goal of our life.
Whatever sphere the man of purified nature desires, whatever objects he fixes his heart upon, he obtains those world and those objects. Therefore, he who is desirous of prosperity should honour the man of Self-realization.
Guru Purnima is a special occasion to remember and pay our respects to our external Guru who out of compassion showed us the path to our inner Guru.
Vasudeva Kriya Yoga started 14 years ago in Melbourne with a mission to enable holistic health and well being for all through Yoga. In our classes we cover both the theory and practice of yoga including asanas, pranayamas, kriyas, mudras, shastras and meditation techniques.
Vasudeva Kriya Yoga has been celebrating International Day of Yoga every year since its inception 4 years ago.
In 2015, we organised a public function to celebrate the 1st International Day of Yoga which was attended by hundreds of Yoga Enthusiasts. We collaborated with Consulate General of India in Melbourne and organised Surya Namaskara on the foot steps of Victorian Parliament making our mark in this worldwide phenomenon.
The following year, in 2016, along with the public function, we celebrated 2nd International Day of Yoga inside the Victorian Parliament in collaboration with India Australia Exchange Forum. MPs Ted Baillieu and John Pesutto were among the enthusiastic participants. We were also invited by Durga Mandir, Rock Bank to celebrate this momentous day in the temple premises.
In the year 2017, we continued our tradition of organising the public function. This time, we were fortunate enough to get independently invited by the Victorian Parliament to celebrate the 3rd International Day of Yoga inside the Parliament. Rajendraji was able to successfully convey the message “Health Care over Medicare” to the Parliamentarians.
This year, like every other year, we’ll be organising public functions in Springers Leisure Centre and Durga Mandir. We’ll be celebrating the 4th International Day of Yoga in an invite-only event at Victorian Parliament. In addition, we are proud to announce that this year, for the first time, we will be celebrating this year’s International Day of Yoga inside the Australian Federal Parliament. Several Federal MPs and Honorable Ministers are expected to attend this event and we are very much looking forward to its grand success.
We are excited to announce that, Vasudeva Kriya Yoga Audio Podcast is now live..!
You can listen to Rajendraji’s Knowledge Nuggets in Audio format on the go on your Phone/iPod/iPad by Subscribing to Vasudeva Kriya Yoga Podcast.
If you have an Apple Device (iPhone/iPod/iPad)
1. Go to Podcasts app and search for “Vasudeva Kriya Yoga”.
2. Tap on Subscribe and you are ready to go..!
If you have an Android Device
1. Download and Install “Cast Box” app from Google Play Store.
2. Open the Cast Box app and Login with your Google Account.
3. Search for “Vasudeva Kriya Yoga”
4. Tap on Subscribe and you are ready to go..!
NOTE:
1. This is the same material that is available on Vasudeva Kriya Yoga YouTube channel, but in Audio Format. We are still in a process of adding more episodes.
2. To save your 3G/4G data, you can download the episodes offline over wi-fi at home and listen to it on-demand in your car or while commuting to office..!
3. New episodes added will be automatically available on your app, you can configure the app to automatically download over wi-fi.
Rajendraji is currently on Mangalore Udupi Tour spreading the message of Vasudeva Kriya Yoga.
On the first day of this tour, Rajendraji conducted a Yoga Workshop “Illness to Wellness” for the students of Nitte Institute of Physiotherapy. It was well attended by over 50 students and staff.
Well known Cardiologist and Author Prof. B.M. Hegde graced the event by delivering an inspirational and informative keynote speech.
Thanks to Dr. M.S. Moodithaya, Pro Vice Chancellor of Nitte University and the entire Staff for inviting us and organising the event.
As part of Rajendraji’s annual tour in India, he visited S-VYASA University, Bangalore to address over 150 students participating in Distance Yoga Instructors Training Course.
Vasudeva Kriya Yoga has been conducting Yoga classes since 13 years and it all started in 2004 in the Rowville Centre. At the end of this term, on 24th September 2017 it will be the 500th class at the centre.
By divine grace, the classes are ongoing uninterrupted from the past 13 years with continued support from all the students.
Vasudeva Kriya Yoga welcomes you to celebrate this milestone at this free event on November 18th 2017. All the details can be found the flyer below.
Please RSVP for this event by registering at https://vky-500.eventbrite.com.au/
Under the able guidance of Sri. Rajendra Yenkannamoole (Founder director) Vasudeva Kriya Yoga is organising a 2-Day Yoga Camp Retreat from 4th November 2017 to 5th November 2017 in Hare Krishna Valley, Bambra.
The activities will include – early morning Yoga Sessions, Surya Namaskara, Pranayama, Dhyana and relaxation. All are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity in welcoming the New Year with calm and awareness filled with blissful energy..!
Seats are limited for overnight stay, please contact us to reserve a spot as soon as possible. Participants can also join us for a day either Saturday or Sunday.
All other details can be found in the brochure below.
