July 13: Guru Purnima 1-Day Retreat

Guru Purnima 2022:
1-day Retreat & Celebration Day

Wednesday, July 13th, 2022
12:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. PDT

$90 livestreaming via Facebook/Zoom — all events

$20 Fire homa only (attend)
$50 Sponsor the fire homa

“Welcome to Guru Purnima! Let’s enjoy the clarity and divinity and dignity. That’s our goal.”
– Sri Kaleshwar, Guru Purnima, 2010

UCBK is pleased to be celebrating the incredibly auspicious time of Guru Purnima (the full moon of the Guru) with a full day of events.

We’ll be using the power of the five elements to share the blessing & power of this sacred time:

- maha abishek (holy bath) of Shirdi Baba murthi
- flower abishek of Baba murthi
- arathi (flame ceremony)
- fire homa (ceremony) of healing & upliftment
- group meditation & bhajans (sacred song)

What is Guru Purnima and why does it matter? - Alx’ essay is a thorough, helpful explanation.

We will be observing this powerful day with a whole series of healing, blessing events — live-streamed from UCBK’s special satellite center in East San Diego, home of the UCBK Shirdi Baba murthi (living statue).

Using the Five Elements of nature in a purposed, and divine, way, we will do traditional practices (from India) to bring the energy of the gurus as strongly as possible, to bless, heal, uplift, and support everyone who attends, either in person or online.

The day will start with a maha abishek (holy bath) of the Shirdi Baba living statue there, using the water element, plus sacred substances like rosewater, milk, ash, and more.

Then we will go to the fire — doing a high-powered special Guru Purnima homa, to expand on the blessings for everyone & bring the divine energy, strongly.

Finally, we will have a lovely meditation time together, and possibly sing bhajans together in the energy.

It will be a beautiful divine day! We are so looking forward to seeing everyone come together online in the energy of the gurus, to receive the highest blessings on this auspicious full moon.

Come prepared to have your heart melted, your soul uplifted, and your consciousness expanded as we share the blessing, together, of this powerful day!

EVERYONE is welcome to attend online (we are keeping in-person attendance to a minimum out of caution with COVID19), from anywhere in the world — whether you’ve ever experienced anything in this spiritual tradition before, or this is your first time!

**NOTE: All sessions will be recorded — if you are unable to attend all events live, you can catch the recordings afterwards.

Guru Purnima
1-day Retreat & Celebration Schedule
All times PDT

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Maha Abishek (Holy Bath) & Arathi to Baba Statue

1:30 p.m. PDT Lunch break

2:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Special Guru Purnima Fire Homa

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Bhajans & Group Meditation

To get a taste of these powerful ceremonies, you can see an abishek of the Baba murthi & a special fire homa from Shiva Rathri 2022 in these videos from the UCBK YouTube channel.
(& please subscribe to our channel, too!)

ABISHEK VIDEO

FIRE HOMA VIDEO

What is Guru Purnima & how can you get the most out of it?