Thank you heartfully!

Jan 14, 2016 / Goodbye Gustav!

Dear friends and companions,

We are deeply touched and grateful for the last few weeks and the farewell ceremony with Gustav in the Reinhards forest. Besides all the intangibility with which we all are confronted, such a radiant love energy has opened up which connects us all and can give us an idea of what awaits us all when the time is ripe for it…

Sharings: Gustav's Christmas Message (Dec 19th, 2015)

Jan 03, 2016 / Goodbye Gustav!

Dear Friends,

On Dec 19th, 2015 Gustav Vigneshwara sent out a Christmas Message to all Friends of Shiva Sai Mandir Music. If you did not receive this message, you can read it here…

Burial & Memorial Gathering in Kassel

Jan 02, 2016 / Goodbye Gustav!

Dear Friends,

Sankirtanacharia Gustav Vigneshwara will be buried on Jan 7th, 2015 at 3 pm in the “FriedWald” (literally ‘PeaceForest’) in the midst of beautiful Reinhard Forest underneath ‘his’ tree…

How to say Thank You

Dec 31, 2015 / Goodbye Gustav!

Gustav is the best friend we’ve ever had. He was a brother. When Eric told his mother this, she took his hand, smiled proudly and replied, “Many people have told me that.”

He died on Christmas day, a full moon. With his death, we’re appreciating our friendship over the years as we never could before. The poet, Whyte, observes that over the years, a close friendship will always reveal the shadow in the other as much as ourselves. To remain friends we must know the other and their difficulties… and encourage the best in them… thus subtly discouraging what makes them smaller, less generous, less of themselves…

Goodbye Gustav!

Dec 26, 2015 / Goodbye Gustav!

Dear Friends,

Our beloved friend, husband, dad, teacher and brother Gustav Vigneshwara left his body on Christmas day, Dec 25th, 2015 at 3.38 pm MET in Kassel, Germany. He was surrounded by family and friends, immersed in bhajans and love…