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Interested in a yogic
lifestyle? Consider our Yoga,
Service, and Community program, or look at our list
of yoga programs.
To register for a program:
Go to the programs
calendar and select the program for which you wish
to register. Click on the "Click Here to Register" button,
and follow the instructions.
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Community Life
at Mount Madonna Center
The main aim of life is to attain
peace.
At the Land we are doing various things,
but underneath it, there is our main aim.–Baba Hari Dass
People are drawn to community living
in order to discover and fulfill common goals. At Mount Madonna Center
the primary goal is to attain peace. Community life, guided by the
spiritual discipline of Ashtanga Yoga as taught by Baba
Hari Dass, provides a supportive environment for those
who share this aspiration. We accept all those who share the common
goal of peace and are willing to co-operate in a community life based
on the ideal of karma yoga or selfless service. Babaji has written,
The path of Karma Yoga or
selfless service develops equanimity of the mind. It always purifies
the mind by weakening selfish desires, attachment and ego. So
a Karma Yogi's effort will never be a waste of time and energy.
By its regular practice, one can attain liberation. The Center
is the setting for our practice of Karma Yoga. The community
residents have responsibility for the growth, development and
maintenance of the Center, its programs, and its school.–Baba
Hari Dass
Selfless Service
The term Karma Yoga is often used at
the Center to describe the work that we do here. Karma Yoga is both
an ideal and a practice. Karma Yoga translates literally as "yoga
of action", which aims to reduce our self interest to the minimum
by working as a self-dedicated duty without attachment to the fruits
of our labor. It is often translated as selfless service. The Center
is a place where we can begin our practice of Karma Yoga. It should
not be confused with the work exchange that we all do as members
of a community. The spirit of Karma Yoga is a mental attitude that
we are trying to cultivate as we do our work exchange, and, indeed,
in all of our life. In each step we try to be aware of our self interest
and surrender the fruits of our labor. Working without pay may or
may not be Karma Yoga depending on the attitude of the person doing
the work. In the same way working for pay does not exclude the possibility
of doing Karma Yoga at the same time. A person practicing Karma Yoga
is developing all the positive qualities such as cooperation, kindness,
cheerfulness, honesty, sacrifice, devotion, etc.
The best way to attain peace
is through Karma Yoga.
It serves two purposes.
First it takes care of the world and second
it creates non-attachment to the world.
–Baba Hari Dass
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