GURU RAM DAS GURDWARA
Gurdwara Services & Offerings
We welcome all to participate in our services and offerings, ensuring they remain accessible to everyone.
- Three times per month Gurdwara Services and sacred kirtan (chanting).
- 2 Sunday’s a month and 1st Friday of the month ( find the shedule below)
- Live Streaming of Gurdwara services via our website, enabling virtual participation worldwide.
- Langar: community Meals and Events.
- Gurdwara is open for public and sat sangat – anytime for their visit
Join us twice a month on Sundays and 1st Friday for Gurdwara, as we celebrate our weekly Sikh religious service. The word Gurdwara literally means the Guru’s Door, and the Guru for Sikhs is the poetry of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture which has a central place in our worship service.
On special celebrations and Gurpurbs, we have extended kirtan. Please join us as we sing God’s praises and listen to words of devotion.
The Gurdwara is a meditative environment where you can bow your head and sit in the peace of the Guru’s vibration. We strive to make this an inspiring experience for children and encourage them to participate in the kirtan and some of the Seva.
We are blessed to have many inspiring and devoted ragis play Gurbani kirtan each week, and you will hear both the more traditional kirtan instruments, such as the harmonium and tabla, as well as Western instruments, like the guitar and violin. To encourage participation and deepen attendees’ experience of the Shabad Guru, we project our Shabads in Gurmukhi and English, as well as offer the English translation following the Gurmukhi reading of the Hukam.
Please join us in the Gurdwara. All are welcome; no prior experience in Gurdwara is necessary. In the Gurdwara everyone takes off their shoes and covers their head. We have headscarves available.
Gurdwara Schedule
**The schedule can change
Our community
began in Boston in the early 70s. People gathered in homes and church basements in Cambridge and Dorchester to practice yoga, explore spirituality, and personal transformation. In time, we decided to leave the city and create a spiritual village in Millis on Village Street. Our hope then, as it is now, was that we could create a place for people to connect with the earth, with each other, and with their spiritual disciplines, in a deep and meaningful way.
Intentional Community
The people who live and work at the Ashram are at the core of our community. Many of our neighbors have lived at the Ashram in the past and regularly participate in programs at the Gurdwara and Yoga Center. People move to the Ashram to participate in the life of the community, its rhythms & celebrations, to deepen their spiritual practice, and to help build its programs and maintain the grounds.
The Ashram itself consists of some 20 acres of land with various construction styles reflecting its past as a rural retreat. Ashram members living on the grounds live in a cabin, in private garden-style apartments, and in our New England camp-style apartment building, all complete with modern amenities. Community activities include group sadhana, kirtan (spiritual music), Kundalini & Hatha yoga classes at our yoga center, and the opportunity to serve and contribute to the work of the Ashram.
Located in a quiet country setting, the Ashram is a peaceful refuge to call home and we believe ideal for personal retreats, weekend workshops, and yoga teacher training getaways, as well as weekly Sikh Gurdwara services and community meals.
