Why should you waste your time struggling to live 'independently' in a degraded materialistic society, inundated by advertising, completely dependent on exploitive multinational corporations that are sucking the life and value out of the planet and the people, and spewing out life-destroying pollution that threatens to change the climate and destroy all life? Instead, you can enjoy a happy life in a pure vibrant spiritual community, in direct personal association with a self-realized soul, and help to build a new kind of community that can survive the coming changes and form a basis for civilization after 2012.

This is a special residential program for serious devotees and students of the Esoteric Teaching of the Vedas. Our community is a bridge from the current corporate industrial materialistic society to a new, self-sufficient organic agricultural community in harmony with the nature, humankind and God. You will live in a purely spiritual environment, associate with a genuine self-realized soul and his closest disciples, perform serious, uninterrupted devotional service under his affectionate guidance and careful supervision, intensive study of our University of Vedic Wisdom courses, and prepare for spiritual initiation. Our International Retreat Center in the ancient sacred city of Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu is ready to receive visitors. You will be expected to make a commitment for at least one month, bring your own camping gear and other necessities, and cover the expenses for your food and transportation. If you require a cabin, you will have to pay the rent. However, the cost is very reasonable: only US$601 per month, or $5001 for a lifetime community membership. We are not running a profit-making tourist operation, but a serious esoteric spiritual school. This is not a place for your personal dramas, but a rare opportunity to make significant spiritual advancement in the association of a self-realized soul.

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