Bhakti voice in Buddhist silence
Few bhakti-lineage singers are invited into Buddhist meditation hold; the temple keeps inviting Vasudev Baba back. The format weaves the two streams in real time — meditative silence as the substrate, kirtan as the singing voice that arrives inside that silence rather than displacing it. Nature hiking and the holy hot springs are the body-care that supports both. The collective satsang at the close lets the practice settle into shared speech. The retreats have become a nourishing, rebalancing rhythm in the year for locals and long-resident expats; the temple discourages international travelers from flying in for them.