Espanola Ashram Monthly eNewsletter
(a HGRD publication available the first week of every month)
ASHRAM COMMUNITY GROWTH FUND
  

  International Women's Camp 

June 30 - July 6
Guru Ram Das Puri
To learn more about discounted rates for Ashram members click here 

 Gatka Classes!
Gatka with Hardeep Singh Khalsa on Mon, Wed & Friday, at 8 am on the lawn outside the Gurdwara. $100 a month  Contact Hardeep Singh at
(907) 888-8810 
   

 Beginning Gurmukhi Class begins July 13 

A weekly beginning Gurmukhi Class starts on Sunday, July 13, and meets every Sunday from 1:30 - 2:30 pm, in the Gurdwara. Cost: $1 per class. Study Gurmukhi pronunciation basics, with Hari Dharam Kaur. Booklet provided.

Hari Dharam Kaur

KRI Level 2 Course - Vitality & Stress, June 16-19

Held in the Langar Hall, HGRD ashram members can receive a discounted rate of $920, if you pay by 6/15! For more Info  

10th Anniversary - Celebrating the Living Legacy of Yogi Bhajan Oct 3 - Oct 6, 2014

Read More about this 10th Anniversary Event  
The Sikh Dharma JobBoard has Launched!

Looking for work with a Dharmic Business? The Sikh Dharma JobBoard connects people in the Dharma with Jobs in the Dharma. Find full-time positions, as well as internships, mentorships seva opportunities. Visit jobs.sikhdharma.org


Espanola Community Market

Support our Espanola 
natural food co-op!

Shop on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, right here in town.

  

NANAK MERCHANTS

Please come and visit our new booth at the Tesuque Flea market (Booth #B7) "Nanak Merchants

We are open Saturdays & Sundays, 9 am - 4 pm. We would be so blessed to have your presence. Ravinder Singh and Kirinsukh Kaur (917) 825-5000 

ASHRAM TALK RADIO SHOW
hosted by Sat Nirmal Kaur

Listen to a recording of these two great recent shows, featuring: Krishna Singh, on  local farming and sustainability, & Mehtab Singh, talking about keeping bees and growing your own honey        
Mehtab S and his bees
Mehtab Singh, harvesting honey from his beehive
  Ashram Langar Gardens
Narayan Singh, digging in, experiencing the joy of doing seva in the Ashram Gardens.
 Father & Daughter
Siri Ved Singh with his lovely daughter, Avtar Kaur

Guru Dev Singh's
Summer Schedule

Download flyer for details on Sat Nam Rasayan trainings and healing sessions with Guru Dev Singh. 

   

Free Energy Healing Sessions Thursday, 6/12
A GIFT TO THE SANGAT 
The third year students of Siri Gian's 
Heart Breath Healing will be offering FREE 20 minute energy healing sessions at Thursday Langar, June 12, for your energy, health and relaxation. 
sirigian@soulanswer.com

REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE!AMANDEEP SINGH's Next Course Sept 20 & 21, 2014

By making a $50 deposit before July 16, you get an "early bird" registration discount. Then you can make your own payment schedule. Find a discount code

Links to
What's Happening
  
at 3HO:
  
jobs.sikhdharma.org
  
 
at HGRD (Hacienda de Guru Ram Das Ashram):
Facebook
Website 
 
at MPA( Miri Piri
Academy):
MPA Facebook
Website
 
at LYF Foundation:
Website
Rental Website 
 
at Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology: 
website 
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Ashram Contact  Information

Phone Number for the Ashram Office & Akhand Path Schedule: (505)753-6341
 
Mailing Address:
Hacienda de Guru Ram Das Ashram
1A Ram Das Guru Place
Espanola, NM 87532
 
Ashram Secretary:
Swaran Kaur Khalsa,
(505)753-6341
  
Ashram Website:
  
Ashram Classifieds: send text (less than 30 words) to:
  
Ashram Monthly Newsletterkirpalk@3ho.org 
  

Your Community                                            June 2014

June Ashram Events 
June 6 - Solstice Set-Up Crew arrives at Ram Das Puri 
June 12 - Free Energy Healing Treatments during Langar, by students of Siri Gian Kaur's Heart Breath Healing 
June 14 - Mother Ashram Talk Radio Show, 10 am - Guru Prakash Kaur, on running Dr. Dharma's online business - 20% off coupon available at end of show! 
June 15 - Wedding of Harsimranjeet Singh & Rupinder Kaur,
9 am, in the HGRD Gurdwara 
June 19-28 - Summer Solstice Sadhana at Ram Das Puri  
June 21 - Peace Prayer Day at Guru Ram Das Puri  
June 24-26 - White Tantric Yoga at Summer Solstice 
June 27 - Ransubhai all-night kirtan program, Summer Solstice 
June 28 - Sat Nam Rasayan w/Guru Dev Singh,11 am-5 pm  
June 28 - at  6pm, Kirtan Program & Langar, at the Ranch 
June 29 - Wedding of Dharam Singh & Wahe Guru Kaur, 9 am, in the HGRD Gurdwara 
June 30-July 6 - International Womens Camp, at Guru Ram Das Puri
Coming Up in July, 2014: 
July 5 - Mother Ashram Radio Talk Show, 10 am - 4th of July Picnics & Trivia, with Siri Akal Singh
July 10 - 13 - Camp Miri Piri, at Hacienda de Guru Ram Das ashram, in Espanola
July 13 - Beginning Gurmukhi Class, taught by Hari Dharam Kaur, 1:30 - 2:30 pm on Sundays, in the Gurdwara

Summer Solstice Sadhana at Guru Ram Das Puri,

begins Thursday, June 19. White Tantric Yoga is all day Tuesday, June 24; Wednesday, June 25 & Thursday, June 26. Read this article about WTYoga by Tommy Rosen

Summer Weddings here at HGRD Gurdwara! 

All weddings are on Sunday mornings, and begin 9 am:
June 15th     Harsimranjeet Singh & Rupinder Kaur
June 29th     Dharam Singh and Wahe Guru Kaur
August 31st  Prabhu Singh and Gurupal Kaur (Regina)

The wedding of Harsimranjeet Singh & Rupinder Kaur,  will be held in the Gurdwara of Hacienda de Guru Ram Das, on June 15th beginning at 9 am. View their wedding website (website password: 32438)

Yogi Bhajan Story - Spreading Wedding Charm

by Hari Jiwan Singh 
In this wedding lecture, he (Yogi Bhajan) dealt with commitment, and specifically, marriage commitment and how it relates to Godliness. He began with a heavy and very direct statement, "Don't call them great who sit together and enjoy life; call them great who are two bodies in one soul. If you cannot join this soul between you two, you cannot join your soul with Almighty God, which is also a wedding."Read Entire Article

Guests from Japan - Ajit Kaur & Satpreet Kaur     

Satpreet Kaur and Ajit Kaur, from Japan, came to do daily morning sadhana with our sangat here in Espanola for 40 days before Summer Solstice, on the invitation of Hari Charn Kaur. To view Satpreet Kaur's beautiful artwork, click here.

The Computer Corner - So what is "Net Neutrality" Anyway, and Why Should I Care?
by Guruka Singh Khalsa 
You may have seen a lot of hue and cry lately on Facebook and other social media about "The End of The Internet," "The Open Internet" and "Net Neutrality." Perhaps someone sent you a link to a petition to sign about this. But do you understand what it's all about? On his HBO Show "Last Week Tonight", Daily Show alumnus John Oliver did an absolutely brilliant piece on Net Neutrality  (click this link to watch it on Youtube) This is a must see!  Read Entire Article
Photo left to right: Hari Singh & Prabhu Singh; Lakhmi Chand Singh & Siri Chand Singh; Siri Mander Singh & Harimander Singh, in the Tantric Shelter at Ram Das Puri, circa 1980 (?)

Food for Health - Creamy Sweet Potato & Quinoa Bake (Kid Friendly!) 

Cooking For Kids With The Organic Sisters - Part 1
Creamy Quinoa with Sweet Potatoes Video

Ransubhai Kirtan (all-night kirtan) program at Summer Solstice, 2013. Photo by Siri Dyal Kaur

Hacienda de Guru Ram Das - our Den, our Mother, our Center 

Photo by Dev Suroop Kaur

"3HO and Sikh Dharma started in New Mexico. This is the root of everything we have, therefore, this is our den, this is where we come for shelter, where we come for help. People think of New Mexico as they think of a mother -- they relate to it as a very divine center, where they can receive anything they want. Somewhere in such a huge family there has to be a pivot, there has to be a center, and this place is our center." 

- Siri Singh Sahib Harbhajan Singh Yogiji, Beads of Truth, Fall 1975

Kirtan Program at the Ranch, Sat., June 28, 6 pm Hosted by Guru Simran Kaur, Sr.

GRD chanting, at the Ranch
The sangat, meditating at the Ranch, in front of the Dome

One of the favorites of the Siri Singh Sahib Ji was to have kirtan events: just to sit in peaceful meditation and listen to kirtan. In his honor, we are having such a kirtan program, followed by lungar, at his Ranch on Saturday June 28 at 6 pm, with the world renowned Chardi Kela Jetha and their incredible teachers the USTAAD JIs. Come and be in this and his vibration.

Yogi Bhajan Quote -  

"Those who will believe that I am dead, I shall be dead for them. And those who shall believe that I live, I shall live a hundred times more powerfully, stronger in them than they have ever experienced. With these words I would like to tell you that we have an everlasting, loving, beautiful relationship, here, hereafter, unto infinity, and even beyond that. Believe me. Even if you can't believe it, it is true."  

Welcome Home to all the students and staff of Miri Piri Academy!  It's so great to see your radiant, shining faces, and to enjoy your presence here among the sangat for a while. 

     

June Astrology and Numerology Forecasts:

Himat Kaur Khalsa, Evolutionary Astrology,  June 2014: Healing into the Aquarian Age
Power Path Seminars, School of Shamanism's 
June 2014 Forecast -
the Theme is Choice      
Nam Hari Kaur's Numerology Forecast for June 2014

Stabilization, Simplicity & Sacredness

A group of ashram children and their parents/guides, on a recent trip to Bandelier National Monument
  
happy birthday image with balloonsJune Birthdays  

To view list of sangat members with June birthdays Click here

Ashram Missal Duties - June 2014

Date

Setup

Langar

Clean up

Akand Path

6/1-6/7

1

2

3

4

6/8-6/14

2

3

4

1

6/15-6/21

3

4

1

2

6/22-6/28

4

1

2

3

6/29-7/5

1

2

3

4

Siri Sadhana Singh and Sat Kirtan Kaur, shown here surrounded by sangat members, graduated from Northern New Mexico College in May.  Congratulations!

Lining up to bow to the Guru, during the Ransubhai all-night kirtan program, Summer Solstice 2013.
Photo by Siri Dyal Kaur