Hṛdaya-Darśana - The Secret is in The Heart

Registration closes the night of July 4. Scholarship requests close July 1.

This retreat can be purchased as a stand-alone event, or as part of the 2-year Great Journey of the Heart program.

If you wish to attend in person, please use the "Enroll Now" button and register, then email [email protected] for details. $100 add-on fee and health requirements apply.  Fee is for the program only - no meals or accommodations are provided. In-person space is limited, so apply early.

A 3-Day Retreat with Swami Khecaranatha.

• Watch live or on-demand
• In-person in Berkeley
• Will become a self-paced course after completion

This retreat will explore why our heart is the portal into God's Heart and how we can find that connection in our sādhana. Guided meditations, śakti transmission, discussion, and Q&A are blended into each retreat to deepen your practice. May include a Program Introduction and Invocation Puja.

The Heart, says Abhinavagupta [11th century Tantric master], is the very Self of Śiva, and of the Devī, the Goddess who is inseparable from Śiva.

Indeed, the Heart is the site of their union in full embrace. This abode is pure consciousness as well as unlimited bliss.

As consciousness, the Heart is the unbounded, infinite light (prakāśa) as well as the freedom (svātantrya) and spontaneity (vimarśa) of that light to appear in a multitude and variety of forms.

The Heart is the Ultimate (anuttarā) which is both utterly transcendent to and yet totally immanent in all created things. It is the ultimate essence.

The Heart is the Unbounded and Universal Self.

Paul Ortega-Muller in his book, The Triadic Heart of Siva.

SCHEDULE: (Hours are California Time)

THURSDAY, JULY 8
6:15 - 9:00 PM
OPEN-EYES ŚAKTI TRANSMISSION & TALK
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FRIDAY, JULY 9
9:00 -  9:45 AM
GUIDED MEDITATION
10:00 AM - NOON
GUIDED MEDITATION & TALK— Q&A WITH LIVE CHAT
(Reflection exercise included with chat during live streaming)
1:30 - 5:15 PM
GUIDED MEDITATION & TALK— Q&A WITH LIVE CHAT
(Reflection exercise included with chat during live streaming)
6:15 - 7:30 PM
OPEN-EYES ŚAKTI TRANSMISSION & TALK
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SATURDAY, JULY 10
9:00 -  9:45 AM
GUIDED MEDITATION
10:00 AM - NOON
GUIDED MEDITATION & TALK— Q&A WITH LIVE CHAT
(Reflection exercise included with chat during live streaming)
1:30 - 5:15 PM
GUIDED MEDITATION & TALK— Q&A WITH LIVE CHAT
(Reflection exercise included with chat during live streaming)
6:15 - 7:30 PM
OPEN-EYES ŚAKTI TRANSMISSION & TALK

8:00 - 9:30 PM
CELEBRATION PARTY @ RUDRAMANDIR IN BERKELEY
(Party will not be viewed online)
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SUNDAY, JULY 11
9:00 -  9:45 AM
GUIDED MEDITATION
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
GUIDED MEDITATION & TALK - Q&A WITH LIVE CHAT
(Reflection exercise included with chat during live streaming)
12:15 - 1:15 PM
OPEN-EYES ŚAKTI TRANSMISSION & CLOSING TALK