The best way to shorten your path to being Adi Da's devotee is to have the experience of living, practicing and serving with other devotees on retreat in His Sanctuary. During His Lifetime,
Adi Da created and empowered a unique sacred circumstance for devotees and retreatants that He named, the Man of Radical Understanding,
or MORU.
Located two-and-a-half hours north of the Bay Area, MORU is nestled on the vast sprawling acreage of Adi Da's Hermitage Sanctuary, the Mountain of Attention. The site of MORU is filled with the unique sacred history of Adi Da - Adi Da staged His theatrical work The Mummery here; this is also the site of the Sacred Camel Gardens, a place where humans can commune and meditate with Adi Da's beloved Bactrian Camels. Located at MORU is a beautiful little meditation hall, that Adi Da personally empowered in His Lifetime, and is Adi Da's only empowered meditation hall that is available to the public all year round.
Retreatants are invited to drop out of their worldly lives, and make the pilgrimage to our once-a-month retreats, which begin on a Friday evening and end the following Sunday evening.
Retreats will be conducted by experienced devotees who lived and studied with Adi Da in His lifetime, and will include a full program of study, meditation, chanting, service, yoga, vegan/raw meals, and living in the Guru's Company 24/7.
We are hoping to resume retreats at the Man of Radical Understanding in 2016, date to be determined.
Adi Da created and empowered a unique sacred circumstance for devotees and retreatants that He named, the Man of Radical Understanding,
or MORU.
Located two-and-a-half hours north of the Bay Area, MORU is nestled on the vast sprawling acreage of Adi Da's Hermitage Sanctuary, the Mountain of Attention. The site of MORU is filled with the unique sacred history of Adi Da - Adi Da staged His theatrical work The Mummery here; this is also the site of the Sacred Camel Gardens, a place where humans can commune and meditate with Adi Da's beloved Bactrian Camels. Located at MORU is a beautiful little meditation hall, that Adi Da personally empowered in His Lifetime, and is Adi Da's only empowered meditation hall that is available to the public all year round.
Retreatants are invited to drop out of their worldly lives, and make the pilgrimage to our once-a-month retreats, which begin on a Friday evening and end the following Sunday evening.
Retreats will be conducted by experienced devotees who lived and studied with Adi Da in His lifetime, and will include a full program of study, meditation, chanting, service, yoga, vegan/raw meals, and living in the Guru's Company 24/7.
We are hoping to resume retreats at the Man of Radical Understanding in 2016, date to be determined.
MORU Retreat Center and Meditation Hall
The Meditation Hall
Approach to Man of Radical Understanding Retreat Center
