Sangha News
Where did you put your shoes?
September 13th, 2024
Zen – Inner Balance
Dharma Mountain
August 2024
Following his recipe
August 14th, 2024
Satori kitchen at Dharma Mountain dealt with a record number of participants in the summer retreat. Many sannyasins are involved in making it possible to serve delicious, tasty and fresh food to everyone. We asked some of them how it was, and what the work in the kitchen means for
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A unique commune in the forest
August 12th, 2024
One of the accommodation options offered by Dharma Mountain during retreats is camping. For many who have experienced it, camping has become an important part of the retreats in Norway. The camp has its own infrastructure setup, ready to receive the campers and meet their every need. It is a
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Becoming available
July 15th, 2024
How to bring that which cannot be talked about into words? Impossible.But Kabir’s words hint at it: “If anyone needs a head, the lover, the disciple, leaps up and offers his.”Only when you get rid of your identification with the mind (the head), can you function out of intelligence. Because
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Beyond the Blissful Spring
June 11th, 2024
Immersed in the beautyof spring green leaves and blooming flowers,of bumble bees and enchanting birds,we recall that they all do their natural thing.Unconsciously. Carefully guided to open our heartsin exploring our boundarieswith ourselves, with our friends,we realize that boundaries are not natural.They are meant to vanish,so we too can become
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The Miracle of Spring
May 25th, 2024
Our beloved is back!The miracle of nature which is the arrival of Spring, has transformed the Norwegian landscape from frozen and snow covered to vibrant green sprinkled with sunshine and birdsong. In the same way, Babaji’s arrival has transformed his disciples in the valley into smiling, happy children, crying with
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The Spring that comes in Winter
February 12th, 2024
The Master invites us to stop.To open up and bring awareness into everything we do.Walking on the slippery ice,enjoying a mealor simply sitting silently.And in this quietness, we hear nature’s whisper: “You are welcome, relax.” And so we melt.Like ice that surrenders its form when the sunlight hits.Outside is frosty,but
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What is Silence?
February 3rd, 2024
Silence is everywhere, if we take the time to find it,and time is what we have in this eternal now with our Beloved. Silence in the dawn, with its fiery skies.Silence in the flames that dance in the fire.Silence in the mountains, as the sun illuminates the snow blown peaks.
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Dissolving into Silence
August 4th, 2023
Silence is the dessert of the retreat. It’s the moment when everything stops, when we can allow ourselves to go deeper, to give space to whatever is moving inside to settle, like waves becoming the ocean. No rushing into the future, nor dwelling on the past, dissolving more and more
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