RESIDENTIAL COURSE: All Saints for Peace
We live in a time marked by division, fear, and conflict—both inner and outer. Yet every great transformation always originates from a shifting consciousness.
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It is something fundamentally different from peace commonly understood merely as the ‘absence of conflict’.
On the occasion of All Saints’ Day, when we celebrate the Saints and Masters who have illuminated humanity's path through their lives and continue to bless us with their presence, we invite you to experience an intense weekend dedicated to peace.
It will be a special moment where people from diverse spiritual paths will unite in a single purpose: to harness the power of prayer, meditation, and devotion to bring greater peace into human consciousness.
Paramhansa Yogananda taught that peace is the first experience we touch in meditation, serving as the foundation upon which we can receive God as joy, love, and power.
The program unfolds across two days of profound inspiration and intense spiritual practice:
Day 1: Inspiration, Listening, & Dialogue — A symposium featuring speakers from various spiritual traditions who will share their experience and vision on awakening peace as a living consciousness capable of transforming society.
Day 2: Immersion in Practice — Together, we will generate vibrations of peace to flood the world with this deeply needed quality. From dawn to dusk, we will engage in continuous practices: guided meditations, devotional chanting, mantras, prayers, energy healing exercises, periods of silence, ceremonies, and other profound experiences designed not only to help us feel peace within our hearts, but also to radiate it out into the world.
Over these two days, our goal is to co-create a powerful field of consciousness where everyone feels part of something greater: a spiritual family that, transcending individual background traditions, recognizes the underlying unity connecting us all.
When we attune to peace, we place ourselves on the same wavelength as the Christ Consciousness—the divine force that unites, heals, and transforms the world.
Join us!
Asha Nayaswami studied for over forty years with Swami Kriyananda, a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda. She has dedicated her life to bringing spiritual understanding to others through teaching, counseling, and writing. To that end, her lectures in the United States and around the world, letters to spiritual seekers, and her other writings are available on his website: ashajoy.com.
Swami Bankhandi Maharaj:
Indian monk and authentic yogi reminiscent of India's ancient sages. He lives in a forest ashram high in the Himalayan mountains, welcoming pilgrims and devotees year-round. At 107 years old, he continues to travel to share the wisdom and spiritual consciousness developed over a long life dedicated to contemplation and communion with the Divine. His experience brings to the symposium the voice of an ancient tradition that sees inner realization as the foundation of all genuine transformation.
Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein:
Rabbi, scholar, and founder of the Elijah Interfaith Institute in Jerusalem, he is an international leading figure in interreligious dialogue. For many years, he has brought together leaders and masters from diverse religions, creating opportunities for encounter, friendship, and mutual understanding. His extensive experience in interfaith dialogue offers valuable insight into how different spiritual traditions can recognize one another, collaborate, and build peace together.
Swami Joythimayananda:
Spiritual teacher, Vaidya, and master of Yoga and Ayurveda, he is the founder of the Joytinat Ashram in Italy. For many years, he has been dedicated to transmitting the ancient wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda, placing harmony between body, mind, soul, nature, and the Divine at the center. His path offers a vision of peace rooted in self-knowledge and integral transformation.
Buddhist Monks from the Pomaia Community:
Hailing from the Tibetan Buddhist community of Pomaia (affiliated with the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute), they represent a thousand-year-old tradition founded on meditation, compassion, and understanding the mind. Buddhism offers a profound contribution to understanding the inner roots of conflict and the processes through which the mind can be trained in awareness, compassion, and peace.
Fra Pietro Maranesi:
Capuchin friar, theologian, and author, he is one of the most authoritative contemporary scholars of Saint Francis and the Franciscan tradition. Through teaching and numerous publications, he explores core themes of the Franciscan experience such as fraternity, encounter, reconciliation, and relating to others. He brings to the symposium the perspective of a tradition that, through Saint Francis, continues to offer the world an extraordinarily relevant testimony of universal dialogue and brotherhood.
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The price per person, which includes the course, board, and lodging, has been increased by €50 per day per person to help us cover the expenses of the guest speakers, and is as follows
360 euros (180 euros per day)* in a single room,
300 euros (150 euros per day)* in a double room,
280 euros (140 euros per day)* in a 3- to 5-bed dormitory.
* Price of membership card not included (18€)
Additional option for the All Saints weekend program:
Maharaj Bankhandi will hold a satsang, kirtan, and darshan at Ananda in the Temple of Light on the morning of Friday, October 30, and the morning of Monday, November 2. If you wish to attend these events, please book at our reception.
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Friday
20:30 Program opening, orientation, and speaker presentations, followed by kirtan (devotional chanting).
Saturday
–Symposium: “Peace Arises from Consciousness”
07:00 – 08:45 Meditation and morning opening
11:00 – 13:30 & 15:30 – 17:30 “All Saints for Peace” Symposium:
- Talks by representatives of various spiritual traditions
- Q&A sessions
Dialogues & Testimonies on:
- Peace as a state of consciousness
- Transforming fear and conflict
- Everyone's role in bringing peace to the world
- Living dynamic peace in an era of conflict
- Spirituality's contribution to the future of humanity
- Unity beyond religious differences
- Closing moment: Shared common prayer for world peace
– Day of Practice: “Becoming Instruments of Peace”
07:00 – 19:00 A day spent in contemplation and, whenever possible, silence.
Throughout the day, we will alternate:
- Guided meditations
- Devotional chanting and peace mantras
- Prayers for peace
- Energy healing practices for the world
- An hour dedicated to chanting Om
- Fire ceremony
- Light ceremony
- Periods of silence
- Final blessing ceremony and sending Om to the world
Additional option for the All Saints weekend program:
Maharaj Bankhandi will hold a satsang, kirtan, and darshan at Ananda in the Temple of Light on the morning of Friday, October 30, and the morning of Monday, November 2. If you wish to attend these events, please book at our reception.
Services
360 euros (180 euros per day)* in a single room,
300 euros (150 euros per day)* in a double room,
280 euros (140 euros per day)* in a 3- to 5-bed dormitory.
* Price of membership card not included (18€)
* Price of membership card not included (18€)
We will offer you:
- full board on the evening of arrival to lunch on the day of departure
- all meditations and guided sadhana
- Ananda Yoga classes
- the course and materials (if any)
- the essentials for your practice: meditation cushions, yoga mats, Aum-board
- kirtan and other evening programs
Accommodation: information and prices
Cost table
Attention: During the Covid-19 period the prices below are no longer applicable. The correct all-inclusive price for each course can be found on its individual page.
| Single room with bathroom | € 72.00 |
| Single without bathroom | € 61.00 |
| Double room with bathroom | € 56.00 |
| Double without bathroom | € 48.00 |
| Triple room with bathroom | € 48.00 |
| Triple without bathroom | € 41.00 |
| Dormitory (4-5 beds) | € 36.00 |
Note: To the price of lodging and food, you have to add the price of the seminar, that includes all activities: Energization Exercises Lessons, yoga and meditation and evening activities (on most evenings).
Payments can be made in cash, by Eurocheck, credit card (MasterCard and Visa), Bancomat. We can’t accept cash over 1000.00 euros.
Opportunity
Next time you come to Ananda, sign up for the program Yoga in Action to get a taste of community service and receive a discount on the cost of the course. You can choose the option Yoga in Action for any course where this program is available and you can continue with this option as long as you wish. Your service project might change each day.
When we learn to serve with the right attitude, this is a spiritual practice and is called Karma Yoga. The daily practice of Karma Yoga is a joyful and practical spiritual discipline that will benefit every aspect of your life.
At Ananda, there are two levels of the Yoga in Action option:
Yoga in Action Level 1
75€/course of 5 days
With Level 1, you will serve for a period of one and a half hours. This experience gives you a chance to contribute to the beautiful atmosphere of Ananda.
Yoga in Action Level 2
35€/course of 5 days
Yoga in Action Level 2 is only available if you have had prior experience of the Yoga in Action Level 1 option, or any of the Community Living Programs. With Level 2, you will serve for a period of three hours, split into two periods of daily service.
How to Register for This Program
In the page of the course you want to participate to, you will find, if available, the special price of the course with Yoga in action level 1 and 2. When you sign-up on the website or call or write us to book the course, just indicate that you wish to participate to the Yoga in Action Level 1 or 2 program. It’s that easy. Once you arrive at Ananda you will need also to complete a Yoga in Action Form and return it to our reception office.
How to book
You may make your reservation directly here on the website or by phone (+39 0742 813620) or email ([email protected]). Your booking needs to be confirmed by our reception office. For courses held online, there is no need to indicate the details of your stay (date of arrival, departure…).
For courses held at our center in Assisi, please indicate your arrival and departure dates and times, the program you wish to attend, your preferred accommodation, your address, phone and email. If you need to modify your reservation, please inform us at least one week in advance.
Our reception office is open from:
Monday to Saturday 9:30-1:30pm, 2:30-5:30pm
Sunday 9:30-11:30am, 2:30-5:30pm
For on-site courses, the programmes start on the evening of the day indicated.
If you cannot arrive during office hours, please let us know in advance.
Please contact us to check what translations are available. Courses, both on-site and online, may be cancelled if there are fewer than five participants.
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