BERLIN RETREATS IN 2025

**To Register for a retreat/s please use the E-Mail: events.vedanta.berlin(at)gmail(dot)com

» 01. Introduction
» 02. Information about the Retreats
» 03. Retreats in 2025

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01. Introduction

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

After having gained long experience in serving people through three centres (at Bindweide, Mühlheim/Main and Mohnweg Berlin) the members of the Vedanta Gesellschaft felt the need to combine those three centres and establish a permanent centre in Berlin to reach out to more number of sincere spiritual seekers. Monthly retreats are now conducted in the new Ashrama at Marienfelder Allee 73, 12277 Berlin.

Spanning over 16 years we have experimented on the prospect of helping people in finding their self-worth and self-respect, in finding and/or sharing unselfish empathy, in finding and/or sharing pure joy and harmony while working and living with others. We have evolved a mode of symbiotic living combined with the routine of an Ashrama which has been proving to be intensely absorbing and life changing for many participants.

The non-profit service activities of the society are meant for all without any distinction of gender, colour, nationality or religion.

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02: Information about the Retreats

(i) Please Note: One can book for more than one retreat at a time. Interested persons can also stay in outside accommodation and attend all the programmes as day guests. We can register a maximum number of 35 perticipants for a retreat. Further details are available under item-number 3 below.
(ii) There will be scopes (a) for benefitting from guided meditation sessions after daily evening prayers, (b) Mantra recitation / practice and Satsang, and (c) for discussing, working, singing, meditating together, and so on.
(iii) Not Compulsory for those who stay in outside accommodation/s: (a) to take part in religious activities. Of course, one can join in the morning silent meditation sessions. Our offer is: Follow your own way of meditation, but let us meditate together. (b) One can skip the shrine-sessions both in the morning and in the afternoon and join in the lectures only.
(iv) Reduction of Costs: The retreat cost etc can be reduced for students and those who would ask for it.
(v) Registration: Please register your name latest before 7 days of the retreat by E-Mail: events.vedanta.berlin(at)gmail(dot)com, OR by post: Vedanta Gesellschaft, Marienfelder Allee 73, 12277 Berlin. Please pay the Registration / Cancellation Fee of 25€ in advance to the ‘Vedanta-Gesellschaft’. If you like, you may also transfer the seminar fee and any donations in advance. The payment of 25€ will be adjusted with your final payment.
(vi) Retreat Cost: (per person) €100 for the 3-day retreat including food (accommodation extra), or €50 per day. * The retreat-cost for the May-retreat or the year-end (December-January) retreat is 150€, or 65€ per day.
(vii) Accommodation: Only those who want to take part in the practice of morning and evening meditation, prayer etc may ask for accommodation in the Ashrama. The Ashrama has only two single-bed rooms. Elderly persons and ladies will be given preference in the matter of room allotment. People generally donate €35 for three-bed (3 separate beds) rooms and €50 for single-bed rooms, per head per night.
(viii) Bedlinen: Please bring your house shoes and bedlinen. Bedlinen is also available at the ashrama. A small donation of €10 for the use of the bedlinen is welcome.
(ix) Cancellation charge for a booking is 25 Euro.
(x) Payment: For payment to ‘Vedanta-Gesellschaft’ you may use the following methods: (a) Berliner Sparkasse; IBAN: DE58 1005 0000 0191 2293 69; BIC: BELADEBEXXX; BLZ: 1005 0000. (b) Or by PayPal to Vedanta Gesellschaft. (c) If it is not possible, you may send the amount to us by a cheque or pay it during the retreat. We receive payments by cash, or bank card or some credit cards.
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(As usual, the discourses will be translated sentence-for-sentence into German.)

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Links:
(i) ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2239332745?pwd=Uy9hV05BTy9rUmIzYlMzdVVnNTVjdz09
(ii) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2XYeOK__TXU9TLhxYKhvg/live

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03: The Last Retreat in 2025

31 December 2025 - 04 January 2026 in Berlin Ashrama

Year-end retreat with Swamis Bāneshānanda of Vedanta-Gesellschaft, Berlin, and Swami Purna-bodhā-nanda of Vedanta Centre, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Accommodations in the Ashrama for this retreat are full. If you still want to join, please register with us and arrange for your accommodation outside.
Topic: Bringing Life into Order: Ideas from Past Retreats in 2025.
In addition to the lectures on the topic, the program includes the midnight celebration on December 31 and the Kalpataru Day & Holy Mother Puja on January 1.
On Swami Purnabodhananda: Swami Purnabodhananda is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order, India. Since 2017, he is the vice president of Ramakrishna Ashrama, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Swami joined the Ramakrishna Order at its branch centre in Hyderabad in 2001 as a novice and received his monastic vows in 2011.
Apart from managing a bimonthly magazine Charaiveti, conducting scriptural classes in the centre, he also gives Meditation Workshops every second Saturday in the Art of Yoga Civil Association, Paunero 2107, San Miguel, Province of Buenos Aires. He received recognition as an ambassador for Peace from the Universal Peace Foundation in 2023, and a Diploma of Peace in the Chamber of Deputies, Congress of the Nation, Buenos Aires. The Swami's talks and lectures are very popular due to their practical implications in a spiritual seeker's daily life.

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Links:
(i) ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2239332745?pwd=Uy9hV05BTy9rUmIzYlMzdVVnNTVjdz09
(ii) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2XYeOK__TXU9TLhxYKhvg/live

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