Ashram

Ashram ( English spelling, dt according to Duden the Ashram, Sanskrit, mn, आश्रम, çrama ) referred to in the Indian languages ​​a similar convent meditation center (religious hostel). The meaning of the word is "place of the effort".

Thus, the ashrams, the term of the four stages of life is related in Hinduism. These are: the Brahma Carin ( students), the Grihastha ( steward ), the Vanaprastha ( in the forest solitude Back Drawing ) and the Sannyasin ( enlightenment -seekers ). The location of the third stage of life, the Walderemitage in which the father retired with his wife to prepare themselves by study and meditation on Moksha ( unity with Brahman and liberation from the cycle of rebirth ( samsara ) ), was called Ashram.

The spiritual director and leader of an ashram called guru. In addition, there are other " full-time ", the yogis who give lectures, bhajans, mantras and recite prayers.

Known Ashram

• In Agra, the Ashram of Radhasoami Satsangi
• Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad (also Harijan Ashram ), former residence of Mahatma Gandhi
• Established in Amritapuri, Mata Amritanandamayi of
• Founded in Coimbatore, the Isha Yoga Center, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev of
• In Kurisumala ( Kottayam District, Kerala ), a Christian Ashram
• Called in and at Mount Abu, Rajasthan, North India, the main center of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, members and guests Madhuban
• Founded in Pondicherry Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Aurobindo and Mira Alfassa
• Founded in Pune ( Maharashtra ), Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh by
• Rishikesh ( Uttarakhand ), founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, known by the stay of the Beatles in 1968
• Ramana Ashram in Tiruvannamalai of, caused by Ramana Maharshi