SAMADHI HERMITAGE
Meditation Retreat Center
and
MEDITATION CAVE

Tapasyalaya [Sanskrit] means "place of retreat for yoga and meditation". In its strict sense, the root "tapasya" refers to deep meditation and various austerities used by yogis for self-purification to acheive enlightenment and liberation. A solitary place is usually sought out for such an undisturbed meditation retreat.

The Samadhi Hermitage Retreat Center, and the Samadhi Meditation Cave, are located in mountainous foothills of New Mexico, to provide opportunity for a meditation retreat in the style of tapasya...not austere, but as a place of retreat for superb stillness, solitude, yoga, meditation
and refreshment of one's life...with undisturbed continuity ... just like a monk, Sadhu, Himalayan yogi, etc.

 Fruit trees, grapes,  vegetable and flower gardens, and cactus are interspersed with areas for sitting, walking, meditation & yoga...all to provide sanctity, serenity, natural beauty, organic food,
and mindfulness (the cactus). There is a flagstone yoga deck tucked among the giant cactus outside the cave; and behind us, a beautiful secluded canyon for walks and sitting.

Throughout history, saints, sages and yogis have gone to the mountains, the caves and the deserts for their meditation retreat.

The deserts of northern New Mexico are high-elevation, within and surrounded by mountains,
thus providing a superb climate (moderate in all seasons), clean air, stillness, beauty, and
an incredible sense of personal expansion due to the expansive vistas.
One truly expands as far as they can see...literally and figuratively.

When one is in a Meditation Cave they are within the womb of Mother Earth;
when one exits the cave for whatever reason, there can be an wonderful sensation of newness,
of "being a visitor" to the external world, and of temporariness to our precious presence on this planet earth.
Dwelling in our inner self, as one does in the cave, becomes a very viable sensation when we step out of the cave.

A meditative and spiritual retreat in New Mexico can be a life-affecting departure from the norms of one's material and physical world.
The Samadhi Hermitage Retreat Center, is like an oasis amongst the greater oasis of New Mexico;
and certainly a nice taste of India and the spiritual gifts India has provided and dwelled in for centuries.
Photos of various saints are found throughout the Hermitage...gazing in their eyes is a meditation in itself.

In addition to the Samadhi Meditation Cave, we are now building a 2nd Meditation Cave ... Arunachala Cave.
Both are constructed from stones collected on local hillsides, from the canyon behind us,
and from the hole we dug in order to build the caves.
We expect the Arunachala Cave (click to see some stunning photos) to be completed by fall or winter of 2011.

One More Nice Treat!!

Ananda and the Samadhi Hermitage are now building a small ashram in India .. Samadhi  Hermitage - India .. in the village of Ellora, a place of Ancient Spiritual Caves carved into a volcanic hillside near to Aurangabad (Maharashtra).

Part of this endeavor is called Advaita Ananda Samadhi Ashram. This is the Ashram home of the Tambe family, which we are supporting, and the idea is not only a home for them (which we built), but also a place where non-Indian visitors can have an "Indian Family experience". It is only a 5 minute walk from our "Family Ashram" home to the Hermitage; and another 5-10 minute walk to the famous Ellora Caves.

At the Samadhi  Hermitage - India we are building internal walls, and other places, from old volcanic stone blocks, to give a real ancient temple/cave-like sensation. There will be two guest rooms on the lower level, overlooking Ellora's very small "Ganga" River, with a small satsang hall outside those two rooms for yoga practice, classes, etc. A meditation cave, made with large old stone blocks in the style of old India temples, will be partially sunken below ground level in the garden.

telephone: (505-473-3560)

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