CHRONOLOGY
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Highlights of Paramahamsa's schedule in the year 2005:
1 Jan - Paramahamsa's 28ᵗʰ Jayanti is celebrated at Bangalore ashram. Administrative streamlining goes on at Bangalore ashram for next couple of months. 8 Mar - Maha Shiva Ratri celebrations at Bangalore ashram. First set of acharyas (teachers) are ordained at Bangalore ashram 14 Mar - Departure for the first world tour of the year
USA
California
15 Mar - 'From Sub Consciousness to Super Consciousness' discourse at CHEC building, San Gabriel 16 Mar - 'Power of Coincidence' discourse at Sri Mandir, San Diego 17 Mar - 'Cognitive Shift' discourse at a residence 18 Mar - 'Cosmic Intelligence' discourse at CHEC building, San Gabriel 19 & 20 Mar - NSP in Arcadia 21 Mar - Healer's initiation program in Arcadia 22 Mar - 'Science to Spirituality' discourse at Golden Peacock Banquet Hall, Fremont 23 Mar - 'Einstein to Upanishads' discourse at Art Center of Palo Alto 24 Mar - 'Chaos is order, order is chaos' discourse at Santa Clara University 25 Mar - 'Collective Consciousness' discourse at Holiday Inn Express, Newark, CA 26 & 27 Mar - Nithyananda Spurana Program (NSP) at Holiday Inn Express, Newark, CA 28 Mar - Healer's initiation program at Bikram Yoga Center
Seattle
30 Mar - 'Shiva Sutras - the HOW to enlightenment' discourse at Hindu Temple and Cultural Center 31 Mar - 'From Intellect to Intelligence' discourse at University of Washington 1 Apr - 'From Caterpillar to Butterfly - the inner alchemy' discourse at Overlake Conference Center, Bellevue 2 & 3 Apr - NSP at Overlake Conference Center, Bellevue 4 Apr - Healer's initiation program at Overlake Conference Center, Bellevue
Oklahoma
5 Apr - 'Let go of the Ego' discourse at Hindu Temple 6 Apr - 'From Stress to De-stress. It is easier than you think' discourse at Integris Baptist Medical Center 7 Apr - 'Meditation - the ultimate stress buster' discourse at Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center 7 Apr - 'Whatever you think is you is not you' discourse at the Hindu Temple 8 Apr morning - 'Wake up and smell the roses' discourse at Alternative School, Broken Arrow 8 Apr evening - 'From Words to Silence' discourse at Unity Church, Tulsa 9 & 10 Apr - NSP at Sherton Four Points 11 Apr - Healer's initiation program at the Hindu Temple
St. Louis, Missouri
12 Apr - 'Patanjali - Scientist Extraordinaire!' discourse at Meramec Student Center 13 Apr - 'Yoga - the Integrated Science for the Mind, Body and Spirit' discourse at Busch Student Center 14 Apr - 'Yoga - eight points to ponder' discourse at Fontbonne University 15 Apr - 'Mind is the minefield' discourse at Mahatma Gandhi Center 16 & 17 Apr - NSP at Days Inn 18 Apr - Healer's initiation program at Hindu Temple of St. Louis
Dayton and Columbus, Ohio
19 Apr - 'Fall in to Rise' discourse at First Presbyterian Church 20 Apr - 'Master - the Master Surgeon' discourse at Magsig Middle School 21 Apr - 'Master! The Zen Stick' discourse at Radisson Hotel Convention Center 22 Apr - 'God.com' discourse at Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel 23 & 24 Apr - NSP at Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel 25 Apr - Healer's initiation program at Dublin
New Jersey, New York
27 Apr - 'From Buddhu to Buddha' discourse at Temple Emmanuel 28 Apr - 'Outsmart your opponents' discourse at Manalapan Library 29 Apr - 'Emotional Intelligence' discourse at Princeton Center for Yoga and Health Montgomery Professional Center 30 Apr and 1 May - NSP at Ramada Limited South Plainfield 2 May - Healer's initiation program at Marlboro
West Coast
3 to 11 May - Teacher's training at Krishnalaya 15 to 19 May - Conference with AAPI - American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin at Houston
Return to India 23 May to 7 Jun - Trip to the Himalayas with a group of disciples
Back in USA 21 to 29 Jun - Teachers' training at Seattle
South America BRAZIL
Paramahamsa lands in Brazil and delivers a series of discourses with a Portuguese translator on board.
6 Jul - 'Auto-Cura Através da Meditação' (Healing through meditation) discourse at Núcleo Cultural Shakti 7 Jul - 'Meditação-Caminho para Auto-Cura' (Meditation - a path to healing) discourse at Samyama 8 Jul afternoon-'Os Benefícios da Auto-Cura pela Meditação' (The benefits of healing through meditation) discourse at Casa da Cultura Universidade Estácio de Sá 8 Jul evening - 'Arte da Auto-Cura através da Meditação' (The art of healing by meditation) discourse at Espaço Nirvana 9 & 10 Jul - Life Bliss Program (LBP level 1) at Técnicas para equilíbrio de energias e auto-cura 11 Jul - Healer's initiation program
MALAYSIA
14 Jul - 'Dhyana Shakti' discourse in Tamil at Sri Selva Vinayagar Alayam, Klang 15 Jul - 'Bliss is your birthright claim it!' Discourse at University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Ikram 16 & 17 Jul - ASP at Gold Course Hotel, Klang 18 Jul - Healer's initiation program, Klang
End of world tour. Return to India
Programs in India Jul to Sep 2005
21 Jul - Guru Poornima celebrations at Bangalore ashram. Thanksgiving to the lineage of Masters with fire rituals, free food distribution and public darshan. In the evening, various initiations follow. Paramahamsa does the traditional puja to all the Nithya Spiritual Healers.
28 to 31Jul - Nithyananda Spurana Program (NSP) in Tamil at Salem 2 & 3 Aug - Return to Bangalore ashram for Healer's initiation. The participants of the NSP program in Salem follow through to Bangalore ashram to get initiated into becoming healers 4 to 7 Aug - NSP in English at Bangalore ashram 8 & 9 Aug - Healer's initiation program in English at Bangalore ashram 11 to 18 Aug - Teachers' training at Bangalore ashram 27 Aug to 4 Sep - Yet another training program for teachers
Start of next world tour
Los Angeles
3 Sep - Grand inauguration of LA ashram in Los Angeles. A small group of disciples join hands in bliss and move into the ashram to carry forth the mission to the West 3 Sep evening - Discourse on 'Principles of ashram living' at the CHEC building, San Gabriel 4 to 21 Sep - Talks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita at the Malibu Hindu Temple at Los Angeles 24 & 25 Sep - First ever Arogya Spurana Program conducted by Paramahamsa at Los Angeles
Vancouver, Canada
28 Sep - 'Bring spirit into matter' discourse at Thurga Temple, Burnaby 29 Sep - 'You are infiniti, wake up!' discourse at Capilano college 29 Sep - Evening satsang at Masonic Hall 30 Sep - Leadership lessons from the Himalayas at Waldorf School 30 Sep - 'Being in bliss' discourse at Center for Spiritual Living 1 & 2 Oct - NSP
Back in Los Angeles
15 & 15 Oct - NSP at Los Angeles 22 & 23 Oct - First ever advanced healer's initiation program in Los Angeles
Guadeloupe, French West Indies
28 Oct - arrival at Guadeloupe. Received with great joy and celebration. A 3-day series of talks on the significance of meditation follows:
29 Oct - 'La Voie de la Méditation le depart' at Salle Toussaint-Louverture, Centre des Arts et de la Culture de Pointe-à-Pitre
30 Oct - 'La voie de la méditation le parcours' discourse at Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, Goyave
31 Oct - 'La voie de la méditation l'arrivée' discourse at Le Jardin d'Eau, Blonzac, Goyave
End of world tour. Return to India
7 Nov - Bangalore ashram welcomes Paramahamsa 10 to 12 Nov - through an explosive 3-day discourse series, Ashtavakra Gita is delivered in Bangalore city. The discourse titles are: 'Enlightenment it's possible!', 'Enlightenment guaranteed!!' and 'Enlightenment - Have it!!!' On the concluding day of the Ashtavakra Gita series, news arrives that Paramahamsa' father has attained maha samadhi (passing away in clear consciousness). Paramahamsa finishes the discourse, gives darshan to the thousands waiting, and departs with the entire group of disciples to Tiruvannamalai (hometown), to perform the final ceremony of his father - Sri Nithya Arunachalananda. Paramahamsa declares that his beloved father had attained enlightenment in his last few moments and then left the body.
12 Nov is declared as Mahaparinirvana Day - a day to celebrate souls that attained enlightenment before departing by the grace of the Master.
16 Nov - Ananda Ula - tour of Tamilnadu commences. A series of discourses and satsangs happen in several places in Tamilnadu 1 to 4 Dec - International Spiritual Conference at Salem. Roles and responsibilities of common man, women, and youth are discussed with a panel of people 15 Dec to 1 Jan 2006 - Nithyanandam - Enlightenment Intensive meditation program. People gather from all over the world for the program. 25 Dec - Paramahamsa's birthstar celebrations (as per the Vedic calendar) happen in Tiruvannamalai 22 Dec - Ananda Brahmotsav - Paramahamsa's 28th Jayanti (birthday) celebrations start. Culmination on 1 Jan 2007 on Paramahamsa's birthday.