A Meditation Caves Retreat Center
Madrid, New Mexico - USA
Samadhi Meditation Cave
Hanuman One-Month Meditation Cave
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Tapasyalaya
[Sanskrit] means
"place of spiritual retreat for yoga and meditation". In its strict
sense, the
root "tapasya" refers to deep meditation and various austerities used
by yogis for self-purification to achieve enlightenment and liberation.
A solitary place, such as a meditation cave, is usually sought
out for such an undisturbed, silent meditation retreat.
The Samadhi
Hermitage Meditation Retreat
Center, with two Meditation Caves
located in mountainous
foothills of New Mexico, provides opportunity for a spiritual
retreat in the style of tapasya … not austere, but as a place of
retreat for superb stillness, silence, solitude, yoga, meditation and
refreshment of one's life … with undisturbed continuity, just like a
monk, sadhu, Himalayan yogi, etc.
Fruit trees, garden beds, and cactus are interspersed with areas
for sitting, walking, meditation & yoga … all to provide sanctity,
serenity, natural beauty, organic food, and mindfulness (the cactus). A
flagstone yoga deck is tucked among the giant cactus outside
the Samadhi Cave. Behind is a beautiful secluded canyon for walks,
sitting, and another unique meditation retreat!
Throughout
history, sages,
saints, and yogis have gone to the mountains, caves and deserts for
their meditation/yoga retreat. The high-elevation deserts of northern
New
Mexico, surrounded by mountains, provide a superb climate
(moderate in all seasons), clean air, stillness, beauty, and an
incredible sense of personal expansion due to the expansive vistas. One
truly expands as far as they can see.
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View
to the West.
The Samadhi
Meditation Cave
is on the
hillside, at right edge of photo. The is roof is under 4-6 inches of
soil, with cactus and grasses growing atop, and a perfect proportions
pyramind skylight centrally located. The Hanuman One-Month Meditation Cave is
on the Hillside to the left. The garden contains grapevines (caged in against the
birds);
apricot, pear and other fruit trees.
Town
of Madrid
(and Santa Fe) are to the North. Lower left is the outdoor restroom. |
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In a Meditation Cave
we are within
the womb of the Earth Mother. When
we go outside for any reason, there can be a wonderful
sensation of newness, of
"being
a visitor" to the external world; and, of how temporary is our
presence on this planet earth. Thus, dwelling in our inner self, as
in a meditation cave, becomes a very
viable sensation when we step out of
the cave.
The Samadhi
Hermitage Meditation Caves & Retreat
Center
is an oasis amongst the greater oasis of New Mexico. Also, it is a nice taste of India, and the spiritual gifts India has provided and dwelled in for centuries. Photos of India, various saints, & other holy people, are found throughout the Hermitage … looking at us! Gazing in their eyes is a meditation and spiritual journey in itself! |
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Other services provided by the Hermitage: (a) counseling & support - health, diet, yoga, meditation, spiritual awareness, awakening, grieving, death, comparative theology, proper relating;(b) distribution of various writings by the founder or other hermitage associates; (c) residence quarters and basic needs for a teacher (Monk), who will also function as caretaker and manager of the hermitage; (d) charitable assistance for individual, family and village uplift in India, Sri Lanka, and USA; and, (e) any other chosen contributions to the spread of peace, health, spirituality & well-being in this world. Previously known as "World Citizens for World Peace," the Hermitage was established in the Santa Fe area of New Mexico, in September, 1985, by the Founder and Monk, Ananda Baba (Francis Ananda Love), under the sponsorship of the World Citizens Foundation (San Francisco). In 1994, the Samadhi Hermitage was established as an independant 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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From
1985-1994, principal activities were the construction of all
facilities,
creation of the fruit orchard, charitable services in India & Sri
Lanka,
counseling (mostly by telephone), and peace work through mailings of
spiritual
and peace-oriented writings. 
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| Advaita Ananda Samadhi Ashram - Ellora, Maharastra, INDIA |
| Advaita Ananda Samadhi Ashram = now -- FOR SALE = Ananda's Ashram and the Samadhi Hermitage Crystal Meditation Cave |
Construction Days - 2009-2014 Six years, on and off, constructing our India Ashram. Stone walls, construction folks, etc. | Glimpses from the Past - 1994-2002 Collages and Stories of two Indian families. Still we are with two children from each! Jyoti & Sagar in Mishra family; Sita & Sagar in Tambe family. |
| 2009-2012 Hearts and Faces in Stone India Ashram Stone masonry fun! |
2009-2012 "Miles of Smiles" Families & friends… in bliss! |
Samadhi
Hermitage - India Trust We are officially non-profit in India. |
| Shivani Puri Kids and families at her Ashram in Amar Kantak, headwaters of the Narmada Ganga. |
2004-2009 The Roy Family, in West Bengal A true Gandhian family totally dedicated to village service and uplift. |
Sita's Family Sarubai Tambe Family Residence. |
| Would you like to help with Social Work in India? $10-20/month is NOT a hardship for most of us; yet it can do wonders in 3rd world countries! For assistance to poor folks in any 3rd world country, no amount is too small. Click here … for a visit to "Social Work in India" |
ananda@samadhihermitage.org
(please copy/paste to your email program).
Telephone: (505-473-3560)
A February, 2011
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