Vesakh Festival at Sri Neem Karoli Baba Mandir
– 21 & 22 May –

In honor of Gautama Buddha, his birth and enlightenment, we celebrate the Vesakh Festival on Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22 – first time in the new Sri Neem Karoli Baba Mandir in Neu-Ulm.

On her way as a chela Sri Durgamayi Ma also met the Buddhist meditation teacher Satya Narayan Goenka and learned to meditate from him. So in the ashram we celebrate this festival in honor of Buddha every year – grateful for His teachings, which were an important part of Mataji’s path to liberation and are for many people around the world.

This year Mataji will not be present at Sri Neem Karoli Baba Mandir for the Vesakh festival. The next opportunity to receive Mataji’s darshan will be on Sunday, June 5 – Mataji will give morning darshan – and on the weekend of June 11 and 12. 

The darshan and festival weekend at Sri Neem Karoli Baba Mandir are open to all. Everyone is welcome.

Registration

All those who wish to attend the festival weekend can register by emailing to rsvp@sri-ma.de by Thursday, May 19. 

Schedule:

Saturday, May 21

• 11 am – we begin the celebration, chant and recite Buddhist mantra throughout the day and practice Anapana meditation.
• At midday we have a simple Bhandara (lunch)
• In the evening we celebrate a festive Aarti to Buddha
• Around 9:30 pm – Baba Mandir closes
• Admission for the whole day, starting from 10:30 am – contribution: 35€
• Admission for the evening, starting at 5 pm – contribution: 20€

Sunday 22 May

• 10:30 am – Baba Mandir opens
• 11 am – we chant and recite Buddhist mantra throughout the day and practice the Anapana meditation.
• At midday we will have a simple Bhandara (lunch)
• 7 pm – we celebrate an Aarti to Buddha
• Around 7:30 pm – Baba Mandir closes
• Admission for the whole day, starting at 10:30 am – contribution: 25€
• Admission for the evening, starting at 4 pm – contribution: 15€

Hygiene measures: 

We have removed the requirement to wear a mask at the Baba Mandir and at Brindavon Ashram. However, as a precautionary measure, one restriction remains: Whoever has symptoms of a cold cannot come.

Livestream:

For all those who cannot come and also for the many devotees of Sri Neem Karoli Baba from all over the world, we will broadcast the festival on Saturday evening from 7 pm in a livestream. 

Anyone visible in the picture of the livestream will appear quite small. If you dont want to be visible in the picture, you can just stay in the back of the kirtan hall.

Directions

Nelsonallee 22, 89231 Neu-Ulm
Link to Google Maps