About Dhyanavana
A Historical Note About DHYANAVANA
The Church in India today is buoyant with life and vibrant with
activity. The presence of so many young men and women accepting God’s
call to be consecrated priests and committed religious is a sure sign of
its vitality. The world today is eagerly looking for authentic paradigms
of Christian holiness, and the universal Church today depends someway on
the Indian Church for convinced, qualified and committed religious for
witnessing and furthering of Christ’s worldwide mission.
The need of the hour, then, is to empower our religious in their
spiritual life, complementing and building upon what they have received
in their formation. They must be able to face the onslaught of the
globalization of standards, the secularization of culture, manipulation
of religions, exaltation of individual liberty, irrelevancy of
institutions, consumerism as happiness and hedonistic body culture as an
immediate goal of life. Only then will their life become a harmonious
blend of the human, Christian and the spiritual elements. Only such an
integrated person can find enough courage to live the demands of the
religious commitment today and be effective in the ministry, while at
the same time finding personal meaning and fulfillment.
Keeping this in mind, and being true to our calling in the Church to
live and promote authentic Christian holiness, as well as inheriting the
rich spiritual heritage from St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross
and St. Thérèse of Lisieux, we the Carmelites of the West-Indian
Province, since 1994, have been offering this possibility for the Indian
Church at our Dhyanavana International Institute of Spirituality in
Mysore. Ever since, Dhyanavana has been hosting many of long and
short-term courses, retreats, seminars, etc. for priests, religious and
the laity.
Dhyanavana is recognized by Teresianum, the Pontifical Faculty of
Spirituality, Rome, and is administered by a team consisting of three
members namely: Director, Administrator and Dean. Besides, there are on
the faculty over forty highly qualified and experienced professors.
DHYANAVANA
Dhyanavana, which in Sanskrit means a ‘meditation-garden’ or better ‘the
context of God experience’, is esthetically and artistically designed to
offer a healthy atmosphere and conducive facilities for the spiritual
formation and renewal programme. Since 1997, this institute has been
conducting the long-term diploma course of nine-months and other
short-term courses throughout the year, attended so far by over 5000
religious men and women from India and abroad.
Access to Dhyanavana:
Dhyanavana is right within the city of Mysore. It is situated
in R.S.
Naidu Nagar in III stage of Kesare beyond Rajendra Nagar and is about 5
kilometers from the suburban bus-stand and from the railway station. It
is easily accessible as it almost touches the ring road on the
northeastern side of the city, close to Bangalore gate, immediately next
to the famous shrine of Infant Jesus at Pushpa Ashram. The numbers of
bus routes by which Dhya navana is accessible are 178, 178A, 178B, 178C,
178D, T3. These busses start from the city bus-stand and pass by the
sub-urban bus-stand on their way to Dhyanavana. There are buses also
from the railway station to city bus-stand. Arrivals from Bangalore by
road may alight at the ‘Columbia Asia Hospital’ (Ring Road), which is
about a kilometer from Dhyanavana.
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DHYANAVANA,
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPIRITUALITY
(Affiliated to the Pontifical Institute of
Spirituality ‘Teresianum’, Rome)
Address: Rev. Dr. Dominic Vas OCD, Director DHYANAVANA, R.S. Naidu Nagar,
Mysore - 570 007, Karnataka State, India
Telephone: 0821 – 2492623; Mobile Number: 90086
03388
E-mail: dhyanavana@gmail.com / dhyanavana@yahoo.co.in / dhyanavana@rediffmail.com
Website: www.dhyanavana.com
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2014 DHYANAVANA.
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