Saubanj
Himalayan space for spiritual quests
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Practices
From meditation to yoga, spiritual teaching to silent retreats, deep immersions, spiritual dialogue, healing, discussions, Sau Banj seeks to support spiritual activity via enquiry that is genuine, respectful, with reverence for Mother Earth, the Himalayas, Kumaoni flora, fauna ,traditional, sustainable ways of living with nature and her sacred spaces.
Saubanj Dialogues
The dialogues provide archival content that is at the heart of the Sau Banj endeavour – opening pathways of spiritual exploration, dialogue and profound engagements between experienced spiritual practitioners and teachers, fostered with veneration for the universe and nature to investigate our purpose and role on Earth and it’s preservation. They cover both scholarship and practice, exploring spirituality, religion, philosophy, ontology, mythology, spiritual literature and other arts. Underpinned with reverence and mutual respect, the dialogues seek to ever expand the big questions of human existence and consciousness.
Completed Events
The Saubanj Dialogues 2024
The 2024 dialogues held at Saubanj Sitla, saw deep and profound discussions covering soul consciousness, sadhana, mythology, the relationships between seekers and gurus, the mysteries of the dhuni and samadhi, aghori and nath yogi traditions, and finally the layered beauty and meanings of ancient 12th century devotional poetry. Many of these dialogues have now been archived and can be seen the video sections below. Watch this space for more uploads of the dialogue archives..
The Participants of Saubanj Dialogues 2024 who graced Sau banj, with their deep and varied spiritual experience, knowledge and scholarship were:
1. Manish Maheshwari:
Founder, Centre for Shaiva Studies & Tattva Heritage Foundation
2. Dr Roxanne Kamayani Gupta:
Author; Professor-Comparative Religious Studies; Kriya Yoga and Sri Vidya initiate
3. Rajive McMullen:
Author of award-winning, The Nath Yogis; Asst Professor; Nath initiate
4. Romola Butalia:
Author; Practitioner & Teacher in the traditions of Himalayan Yogis.
5. Dr. Gil Ben-Herut:
Author; Professor-Religious Studies
6. Sunita Pant Bansal:
Author; Mythologist
Upcoming Events
The Aesthetics of Devotion - Manifestations of the Divine and Sacred. Summer and Autumn 2025
The Saubanj Dialogues are curated and run by invitation only, with advanced spiritual practitioners and scholar participants.
Please write to richapuranesh@gmail.com for any further information.
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We seek to further spiritual and philosophical dialogues with openness and respect for every practitioner's perspective and scholarship. We neither endorse nor cancel any space of faith, scholarship and practice but welcome all viewpoints that are genuine and centred around the universality of mankind.
FAQs
What Sau Banj is not. It is not a corporate effort. It’s an idea that emerged out of a dream for an environment built to sustain higher possibilities than just the people who built it. It’s a place with an ambition to conserve energies, thought streams and traditions that harmonise humans,nature and the universe in one unit. The aim to preserve and protect the rapidly vanishing spiritual, natural and cultural heritage of India, Kumaon and the Himalayas.
It is a space for spiritual residencies and retreats, accessed by invite only.
Accommodation can be recommended at village homestays and hotels. Very limited stay on request, at the privately owned home.
Vegetarian homecooked fare during retreats and spiritual events. No television or cable. Basic internet only for emergencies.
Photography permissible only for birds, flora and natural documentation.
Please write to saubanjkumaon@gmail.com, richapuranesh@gmail.com
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