09/06/2025
Tattendorf Ashram Foundation Day
Loving and divine souls,
Let the choicest blessings of God and the masters be upon all of you. I take this opportunity to pray for you, and I send my best wishes on the occasion of the Tattendorf Ashram foundation day. It was founded by Shri Gurudev on 6 September, 1998.
I remember the first foundation day; Shri Gurudev was talking to the wife of the Indian Ambassador to Austria. In the course of the conversation he said, “I would like to remove some trees and plant hundreds of roses and fruit-bearing trees here. With my idea, two are unhappy: one is the secretary, and the other is the plants that are neither giving fruit or flowers.”
Here is a message for all of us. If we want to make a garden beautiful, we must first clean, then we must plant in a planned manner. In the same way if we want to make the garden of our lives more beautiful in the eyes of God and gurus, we must prepare the field by properly cultivating the soil of our life, making it soft and light. We must w**d and remove the stones and pebbles of bad habits and negativity. Finally, we can plant the saplings of good habits and discipline. We should fence our garden of life with good company. We should irrigate it with the water of love. We should cultivate patience, then in the course of time a harvest of spiritual perfection will be evident.
Time is passing. Twenty-seven springs have passed for this ashram. Whether we are the longtime residents, short-time visitors, well-wishers, or disciples, here is a humble prayer: Let this ashram be a garden of spirituality and a sanctuary of devotion and meditation.
I bow to all of you on this special occasion. I pray for all-round development in you and in the entire creation.
With Love,
Prajnanananda
Kriya Yoga Institute
24757 SW 167th Ave., Homestead, FL 33031
