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  2. Retreat (spiritual) - Wikipedia

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    The WinShape Retreat Center in Rome, Georgia An aspiring seminarian prays during a vocational discernment retreat in the chapel of Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Massachusetts. The meaning of a spiritual retreat can be different for different religious communities. Spiritual retreats are an integral part of many Buddhist, Christian and ...

  3. Vipassana movement - Wikipedia

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    Indian teacher Ilaichidevi Goenka, was the wife of the Burmese-trained S. N. Goenka and mother of six children, began practicing adhittan Vipassanā when her youngest child was four years old, [52] eventually joining her husband on the teaching platform as co-teacher to thousands of students at retreat centers and prisons all over India as well ...

  4. Divine Retreat Centre, Muringoor - Wikipedia

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    The Retreat Centre has 2 large campuses along both sides of the NH47 – one for the Malayalam retreats and the other for the English and other language retreats. The Divine Nagar Railway halt was opened in 1996. Divine Nagar Railway Station. The retreat centre also houses several homes attending to the sick and the marginalised section of ...

  5. Potta Ashram - Wikipedia

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    The Potta Ashram was founded in 1977 as the centre to direct and to co-ordinate popular mission retreats. It functioned as the headquarters and residences of the directors of the center, Frs. George Panackal V.C. and Romulus Nedumchalil, etc., who used to conduct mission retreats and visitations from here. [3]

  6. Glossary of Hinduism terms - Wikipedia

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    Other name of Hanuman. Bhagavad Gita A knowledge of the attaining the supreme told to Arjuna by Krishna on the Kurukshetra battlefield. Bhagavan Bhagavan is a term used to refer to a god. Bhagavata Worship of Bhagavat Vishnu. Bhagavati A word for female Hindu deities. Bhajan A Hindu devotional song as a spiritual practice. Bhakti

  7. Hindu pilgrimage sites in India - Wikipedia

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    Kedarnath Temple in Himalayan Mountains, Uttarakhand Evening prayers at Ganga river (Har-Ki-Pauri) in Haridwar. In Hinduism, the yatra (pilgrimage) to the tirthas (sacred places) has special significance for earning the punya (spiritual merit) needed to attain the moksha (salvation) by performing the darśana (viewing of deity), the parikrama (circumambulation), the yajna (sacrificial fire ...

  8. Rashtrapati Niwas, Mashobra - Wikipedia

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    Rashtrapati Niwas, previously known as The Retreat Building is the official retreat residence of the President of India at Chharabra, Shimla, in the state of Himachal Pradesh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The President stays at the building for at least two weeks during summer and conducts official business. [ 3 ]

  9. Shambhala International - Wikipedia

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    It also supports several retreat centers and other organizations. Below is a partial list of notable organizations affiliated with or managed within Shambhala International: Dechen Chöling (retreat center in Limoges, France) Gampo Abbey (monastery in Nova Scotia) Karmê Chöling (retreat center in Barnet, Vermont, United States)