Ananda Marga European Retreats

Spring Retreat 2010 Abano Terme ITALY

With great pleasure, we invite all margiis and spiritual aspirants to our annual Spring Retreat 2010. It will be held at Abano Terme near Hotel San Marco, a few kilometres from Padova and a short journey from Verona and Venice. The hotel is an old monastery built in 1500, which has been renovated to create an ambience of spacious comfort.

This year's central theme is "Visions of Hope", inspired by a quote of Baba's which underlines the importance of staying together in spiritual company during challenging times.

We look forward in coming together with you in the verdant landscape at the feet of the Euganei hills, in the welcoming countryside of Monteortone (Abano Terme), renowned for its thermal baths. Here, the beauty of the natural environment encourages introspection and will help us to experience a wonderful spiritual retreat which, as Baba says, can be a source of joy, new vitality and hope for the future.

We look forward to seeing you all,

The organizing committee

When people become tired and uninspired, when they can no longer look towards the future with hope, when their colourful dreams are shattered, at that time the sweetness of a festival brings new joy and vigour in life. Thus in individual and collective life, the importance of festivals is tremendous.. One should always remember that festivals should be such that all can take part in them without any ostentatious display of wealth, and with an upsurge of their life force. And these festivals should be conducted in such a way that people take part in them from a spontaneous inner urge. I hope that you will make such arrangements so that all are attracted towards your festivals which will be more and more charming - and this will bring about your collective welfare.

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti