Vasu Jon Seskevich: The English Hanuman Chalisa (Sacred Community Retreat 2025)

In this satsang from the 2025 Sacred Community Retreat, Vasu Jon Seskevich teaches the essence of Hanuman, sings the Hanuman Chalisa in English, and shares stories of his time with Ram Dass. This year's retreat is August 13-16th, and Vasu will be joining a "wisdom panel" with Dassima from Hanuman Maui to share lessons learned from their lifetime of spiritual practice and friendship with Ram Dass.   Learn more about this year’s Sacred Community Retreat in British Columbia. (https://ellipsoid-red-zdmp.squarespac...) Jon Vasu Seskevich, a retired Registered Nurse, is a pioneering health professional in holistic healing, mind-body approaches and palliative care. He helped create Duke University Hospital's Stress Management Consult Team in 1989. In his clinical practice, he participated in NIH funded Mantra Meditation research and also had more than 40,000 hospital inpatient consults and taught hundreds of classes with staff. These skills and tools began and were nurtured by his ongoing friendship and mentorship with Ram Dass from 1975-2019. Learn more at: https://jonvasu.com/  The Sacred Community Podcast is an inter-spiritual hub of the universal teachings, “Love, Service, Remembrance, and Truth.” Home to Sacred Community Project interviews, live workshop recordings, dharma talks, and meditations, each episode is carefully curated to ensure its alignment with SCP values (https://sacredcommunityproject.org/va...) . Sacred Community Project works to lower the barriers of access to contemplative and devotional practices through free, donation-based, and affordable offerings, spiritual support, and prison outreach. Learn more and make a tax-deductible donation at: https://sacredcommunityproject.org   Related Credits and Links Podcast Host: Lakshmi Abrol Producer: Sitaram Dass SCP Logo: Beverly Hsu (https://www.beverlyhsu.com/) Podcast Intro Music: Carl Golembeski