Retreats with Pravrajikas of Sri Sarada Math, India

Pravrajika Divyanandaprana Mataji talks on "Bhakti" at BTCCGL, W. Lafayette, IN, USA on July 30,2019.

Science of Focus by Pravrajika Divyanandaprana Mataji.

"Holy Mother on Spiritual Life". presented by Pravrajika Bhavaniprana, President, Sri Sarada Math, Guntur, India

Sri Sarada Math was founded in 1954 and is now the largest independent self administered women's monastic order in the world. Its purpose is to help individuals work out their own liberation and also to train them to serve the world in accordance with the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, and Swami Vivekananda. This is done through religious, cultural, educational and charitable activities, mainly among women and children. Headquarters are located in the Kolkata, India suburb of Dakshineswar, a little to the north of the famous Dakshineswar Kali Temple. Sri Sarada Math has centers throughout India and one in Sri Lanka and another in Australia.

Sri Sarada Math

In the letters of Swami Vivekananda during his lecture tours in the West, ... he prophesied that the wave of spiritual influence that arose from the advent of Sri Ramakrishna and Holy Mother would inundate the world for many centuries to come and the lives of people especially all aspects of the lives of women would see unprecedented advancement. (Swami Vivekananda's Dream, Sri Sarada Math. 2005.)

A pravrajika is a woman sannyasini or monastic who has taken her final vows in the Indian tradition. Pravrajika is a Sanskrit word which literally means "a wandering religious mendicant" or "one who has left the ways of the world". As the Pravrajikas of Sri Sarada Math, India, travel to Europe and the Americas, our members and friends have requested retreats as well as informal opportunities for holy company to deepen our spiritual understanding. We have also visited Pravrajikas in India and Europe to take advantage of their spiritual guidance. Retreats in the United States which included our members are the following:

Retreats with Pravrajikas Bhavaniprana and Divyananadaprana

Revered Pravrajika Bhavaniprana, the President of Sri Sarada Math and the Ramakrishna Sarada Mission, Guntur, India and Pravrajika Divyanandaprana of the Sri Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi, and Editor of Samvit: Knowledge that Leads to Enlightenment, made a pilgrimage to Thousand Island Park from July 18th to 22nd, 2019. They read from Swami Vivekananda’s Inspired Talks with other pilgrims while sitting on Vivekananda Landing along the St. Lawrence River; meditated in the shrine at Vivekananda Cottage; walked to the tree under which Swamiji experienced nirvikalpa samadhi; and imbibed the spiritual atmosphere tangible everywhere. The pilgrimage was sponsored by the Sri Sarada Society of New York through the generosity of Joan Shack, Caroline Williams, Bhrama Mandalapu and other devotees.

Ganges Retreat in Illinois, July, 2019

Retreats with Pravrajika Vivekaprana

Pravrajika Vivekaprana is a senior pravrajika of Sri Sarada Math. She spoke at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1993 and has traveled and taught widely throughout Europe, India, South America, and the United States. Vivekaprana helped establish the Ramakrishna Sarada Mission and Nivedita School in Delhi. She is currently in charge of the Retreat Center of the Ramakrishna Sarada Mission in the Himalayas at Pangot. Many of her talks have been published in the journal Samvit: Knowledge that Leads to Enlightenment and the Understanding Vedanta Lecture Series.

Retreats with Pravrajika Satchitprana

Pravrajika Satchitprana is a senior sannyasini of Sri Sarada Math. She travels extensively throughout India, South America, Europe, and North America to conduct retreats and give lectures.

Retreats with Pravrajikas Satchitprana and Prabuddhaprana

Pravrajika Prabuddhaprana is American-born and a senior sannyasini of Sri Sarada Math. She has authored a number of books including Tantine: the Life of Josephine MacLeod, Friend of Swami Vivekananda; and Saint Sara: The Life of Sara Chapman Bull, the American Mother of Swami Vivekananda.

Retreats with Pravrajika Amalaprana

Pravrajika Amalaprana is the current General Secretary of Sri Sarada Math, Dakshineswar. She spoke at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1993 and subsequently toured the United States and returned again in 1997. She has traveled widely throughout India, Europe, South Africa, and North America. She served as the Principal of the Girl's College, Vivekananda Vidya Bhavan in Dum Dum, Kolkata before moving to Sri Sarada Math headquarters.