Jahnava Nitai Das, Author at Bhaktivedanta Ashram

Vadalur Baba, One of the Greatest Saints and Mystic Yogis, Entered Samadhi on Amalaki Ekadashi

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Mar 16, 2022 | 14,015 views

Two days ago, on the auspicious occasion of Amalaki Ekadashi, one of the greatest saints and mystic yogis I have known in this life has entered samadhi and left us. He was an amazing personality who could see past, present, and future, and just by looking at you he knew everything you did, your background, your problems, and all varieties of details about you.

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Celebrating Shivaratri at Dayalu Baba’s Ashram

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Mar 12, 2022 | 6,175 views

This year Shivaratri fell on March 1st, and as mentioned in a previous post we wanted to help Dayalu Baba with the festival by arranging for the feeding of all the visitors and devotees throughout the day and night.

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Vishwanatha Baba’s Warning from the Assembly of Sadhus

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Feb 17, 2022 | 14,732 views

I was thinking not to post this one because people may get caught up on the interpretation. But finally I thought I might as well put it out there, and leave it for everyone to interpret how they like.

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Remembering the Coin Hunters in Haridwar

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Feb 3, 2022 | 2,332 views

I recently saw these nice photos of Haridwar posted by a devotee, which reminded me of a few random things about Haridwar and the coin hunters.

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Three Days Food Distribution at Dayalu Baba Ashram for Makara Sankranti

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Jan 26, 2022 | 6,233 views

Every year around January 15th we help to organize the Makara Sankranti festival at Dayalu Baba’s ashram in Odisha. Dayalu Baba is a sadhu who has been living at the base of a sacred mountain on the edge of Odisha’s Simlipal forest range for many decades. This year we arranged to feed all the visitors for three days (14th, 15th and 16th of January) from morning till evening.

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The Eternally Burning Fire of Sadhus

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Dec 30, 2021 | 8,029 views

In North India the sadhus keep akhanda dhuni, which they worship three times a day and keep burning continuously. It is the same as nitya yagya (daily fire sacrifice).

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Devotees Celebrate Kartika Month at Bhaktivedanta Ashram (2021)

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Dec 11, 2021 | 5,518 views

Every year during the month of Kartika our two temples arrange for special programs each evening, with kirtana, offering of ghee lamps by all visitors, and distribution of prasadam.

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Eye Glasses for Sadhus and the Mystical Deity of Lord Shiva Who Cures Eyesight

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Oct 21, 2021 | 14,350 views

On one of my recent trips I went to visit the ashram of Dayalu Baba, a sadhu residing on the edge of the Salandi reserve forest in Odisha, I noticed his glasses were broken and were missing one arm. He had improvised by tying a string around it, and was wearing them crooked because without the other arm they couldn’t stay straight.

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Perception of the Universe Through the Vedic Scriptures

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Sep 23, 2021 | 33,947 views

The universe exists independent of our perception of it. The eyes and senses are like the imperfect screens of a cell phone. Some model will have higher resolution and some lower, some are black and white, some are color, some can show photos in 3d, some can’t. Various phones can display the same image data but it will look completely different depending on the capacity of the device.

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A Short Visit to Nityananda Baba’s Dhuni

Posted by Jahnava Nitai Das | Sep 23, 2021 | 3,436 views

Last night I visited a saint named Nityananda Baba, who I have known for around 15 years. He told me a war will begin next year, and last till 2024. Afterwards there will be a sadhu sabha in Puri in 2025 where they will discuss what to do for the world.

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