I am certain that through the consistent practice of Agnihotra at sunrise and sunset, along with additional fire rituals such as the Tryambakam Homa in school classrooms, we can:
1) reduce drug use,
2) reduce aggression among students,
3) reduce indifference towards teachers,
4) enhance their ability to learn and improve their self-esteem,
5) improve their emotional well-being, which suffers due to the absence of many of the children's parents (for work-related reasons), through digital games, etc.,
6) and foster a greater level of interaction, communication, mutual understanding,
7) respect, and love among students and teachers in today’s classrooms.

 
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March through June 2026
Mechigangi, Nepal
By Bernd Frank (Baba Bernd)

     In May 2025, I traveled to Nepal and gave several lectures on Homa Farming to an audience of more than 300 farmers and others interested in this topic, at the Agni-ashram in Salakpur Ilam District, near the Indian border with

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     The blessing of the water was that it rained 28 times outside the monsoon season. The residents of Mechigangi and the surrounding areas could not remember it ever having rained so much. However, it rained only within a radius of 3 to 7 km; sometimes it rained for just 30 to 40 minutes, but other times it rained for entire nights. And this rain was exactly what the corn needed.

Seed Preparation and Planting:
    
   The corn kernels for test plots 1 and 3 were soaked overnight in buckets containing a mixture of water, Agnihotra ash, manure, and cow urine to accelerate germination.
The corn seeds were planted at a depth of approximately 2 to 3 cm in sandy soil, spaced appropriately, at temperatures of around 30° Celsius or higher.

Photos from April 17: first photo, plot 1, where the plants are 80 cm tall after 6 weeks—center, plot 2, with plants 60 cm tall after 5½ weeks—on the right, plot 3 with plants 140 cm tall after 4 weeks.

Homa seeds for future plantings.

"HOMA FARMING - HEALTHY & ABUNDANT FOOD FOR EVERYONE."

PESTICIDES CAUSE 400 MILLION FARMER POISONING CASES A YEAR, study finds

By Marta Iraola Iribarren, Septembre 7, 2026
 
       Nearly half the world's farmers get poisoned with pesticides annually, while global pesticide use continues to rise, a study finds. Between 402 and 433 million cases of acute pesticide poisoning occur among farmers and farmworkers worldwide every year.
With a global farming population of approximately 934 million, researchers estimate that around 46% of farmers are affected each year.
They also warn that, despite two decades of international efforts to address the harms of pesticide use, global annual consumption has doubled since 1990, reaching 3.8 million tonnes in 2023.
 
Human poisoning by pesticides has long been seen as a severe public health problem. Despite global efforts to reduce pesticide

Photos on this page:

Healing Gatherings with Agnihotra, teachings, and talks about the Fivefold Path, ...
to live a more conscious, joyful, and fulfilling life.

“All people need to be told now about Agnihotra. If they are not interested then that is their worry but it is our duty to deliver to the world this message. Agnihotra can save lives.”
 
-Master Shree Vasant-

“Now we do more Yajnya,
particularly in the densely
populated areas where pollution problems are paramount.”

-Master Shree Vasant-

“Try to incorporate fifteen minutes Yoga exercises daily.
Until then do as best as you can. The body requires certain amount of exercise for proper balance and digestion.”
 
-Master Shree Vasant-

“As the world becomes more difficult and pressures become great due to pollution everyone suffers.
Suffering becomes less when one turns the mind in the direction of love.
Through Yajnya (Homa), Agnihotra (the basic Homa tuned to the biorhythms of sunrise/sunset) and principles of 'Love thy neighbour' one can overcome and rise above these same pressures.
Do all this with utmost sincerity and now is the time you will rise much higher, much quicker than ever before.”
 
-Master Shree Vasant-

“Now everywhere you go, do Yajnya and Agnihotra. Do it openly and those who are ready to receive this ancient healing technique will come to you. No need to go out and knock on doors. People are drawn to the fire. Let it be in that manner. We are not recruiting people. This is not a group seeking members.
Agnihotra is a process through which spiritual growth is heightened but Agnihotra is not just for this. Whole planet can benefit from its miraculous effects.”
 
-Master Shree Vasant-

“We are living in a very difficult world. There is much pressure and strain from every direction. Everyone is searching for cures for this and that.
Let us not be shy. Go forward with Agnihotra.”
 
-Master Shree Vasant-

“If you are to be given light, that is any person, it can come wherever you are.
Always there is something seemingly more important to do but actually first Yajnya, then all else falls into place.”
 
-Master Shree Vasant-

Photos, first row: Mrs. Helga, happy and grateful to be able to practice Agnihotra.
Photos above and below: In Boudry, located in French-speaking Switzerland, Baba Bernd from Heiligenberg, Germany, led a two-day seminar attended by 41 people to learn Agnihotra, Vyahruti, and Tryambakam Homa.

Photos above: At the 'Sarvam Shakti' Foundation in New Delhi, the girls receiving support are between 7 and 15 years old. In these photos, you can see Ms. Nehha Bhatnagar, the founder, with the girls performing a 25-minute Tryambakam Homa for the victims of the earthquake in Colombia and the disasters in Nepal and Tibet. They sent vibrations of peace to all the people and also to all the animals in these regions.
(Please also see the article on Sarvam Shakti in Bangalore in Homa Newsletter 243 & 244.)

“Bring your wisdom, as it has been given to you, to the children and youth around the world who are in dire need of peace, direction, protection, and Light.
You can guide them, you the elders, the ones who carry the flame of Love wherever you go, wherever you move.

Remember the younger ones.
They need you now.”

-Master Shree Vasant-

108-Pyramid Event in Mysore, Karnataka, India (Photos this page):
'Shree Avadhootha Charitalbe Trust', in collaboration with the 'Smart Ladies Club'
of KR Nagara, with special thanks to Dr. Chandana and Mrs. Smitha.

“Agnihotra has such a good immediate effect on children. They stand to gain so much by it. They are less concentrated than adults, and therefore it is easier to see the effect of Agnihotra on a child. In that way they are like plants, more simple than some of us.”
 
-Master Shree Vasant-

The Serenity Prayer of Alcoholics Anonymous says:
      “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference”.
 
So, as we are all striving for ultimate perfection, changing things takes on immense importance—for if we were already perfect, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” would have been our de facto Mantra.

Let’s look for a moment at the playing field we inhabit. Life is immeasurably painful for billions, moderately so for billions, and rather easy and enjoyable for the upper 1%—a number embarrassingly close to much, much less than 1% of the 8.3 billion souls living on our planet.

This INCOME INEQUALITY may be causal or symptomatic, but in the cauldron of challenges and changes facing us all, along with Climate Change, inept, evil politicians and the cluelessness of the masses, and enough wars to keep weapons manufacturers in business till eternity, a scary picture has been and continues to be painted.

We blessed with the tools of Agnihotra and Fivefold Path not only can effect great change, but at the same time, a glorious win/win situation unfolds in which teacher and student both gain.

Armed with our ’slogans,’
* The only way out is in
* Train the mind to react always with Love
* Fill all the spheres with Love
* Love THY neighbour as thyself
* How can I help, how can I serve?
we can live for another day comforted and buoyed by the Grace that has lightened our load for decades.
 
We can thus tell all willing to listen, KEEP THE CHANGE…YOU CAN!

 ¿Have you ever stopped to watch the dance of a flame?
 
I invite you to do so.
 
Sit in front of the fire and allow yourself to observe. At first, it will seem as if nothing extraordinary is happening. However, if you stay long enough, you’ll begin to discover a perfect choreography.
 
It all begins with an almost sacred precision. The embers slowly embrace what is to be transformed. The fire finds its place, gathers strength, and begins to unfold. Then the flames appear, dancing with grace and freedom. They rise, recede, grow, diminish, and constantly change shape. Nothing remains static, and yet everything responds to an invisible order.
 
Ancient traditions spoke of the salamanders of fire—those elemental spirits that inhabit the flames and seem to dance in a language the mind does not understand, but which the soul recognizes.
 
As I watch this dance, I am always reminded of one of the fundamental principles of the Fivefold Path: Karma , the law of cause and effect.
 
Karma is often interpreted as punishment or reward, but in reality, it is much simpler and deeper. Karma is balance. It is the natural intelligence of the universe returning to every action its corresponding consequence.
 
Just as no flame arises without an initial spark, no experience appears without a cause that precedes it.
Every thought, every word, and every action are seeds that, sooner or later, will find the right soil to flourish.
 
Fire shows us this constantly.
 
The intensity of the flame depends on the fuel it receives.
 
Its duration depends on how it is fed.
 
Its heat depends on what we give it.

There is nothing arbitrary about this.
 
In the same way, life responds to the energy we set in motion. What we sow in the external and internal worlds returns to us transformed into experiences, encounters,

 lessons, and opportunities for growth.
 
Nothing is coincidental.
 
Nothing happens completely by chance.
 
We are active participants in this dance.
 
Every decision alters the movement of the flames.
 
Every act of love generates a frequency.
 
Every judgment, every fear, every gesture of generosity or compassion leaves a mark on the invisible fabric of existence.
 
And yet, Karma does not seek to punish us. Like fire, it seeks to transform us.
 
It shows us what we need to understand.
 
It brings back to us what we have not yet integrated.
 
It offers us, time and again, the chance to choose differently.
 
Perhaps that is why contemplating fire can become such a profound practice. Because in it, we see our own lives reflected.
 
The flames rise and fall.
 
Some die out.
 
Others are reborn with renewed strength.
 
Everything moves.
 
Everything changes.
 
Everything dances.
 
And we dance with it.
 
The invitation is simple: observe what fuel you are feeding to your inner fire.
 
Observe what seeds you are sowing.

Observe what movements you are creating in your own dance.

Because Karma is nothing other than life’s loving response to what we set in motion.

And like the flames dancing before our eyes, every experience returns to remind us that we are, at the same time, the spark, the fire, and the dance.

   In the previous article, we saw that Love is what keeps Creation cohesive and coherent, and that the purpose of human life is to manifest the love residing within every human being.

With the model of coexistence and survival we have adopted over the last two hundred years, we are destroying Earth's biosphere—our habitat. Biodiversity among flora and fauna is declining; chemicals are killing microorganisms; the climate is becoming increasingly erratic, and temperatures are rising, triggering natural disasters, suffering, disease, and death, making life itself increasingly impossible. Socially, we face growing stress, violence, greed, lust, pride, envy, anger, dishonesty, and a lack of integrity among both leaders and the led.

We know that we need good food, clean air, and various other subtle energies to live and evolve. Master Vasant told us that "The Eternal Teaching is now being delivered through the atmosphere."

Prana is the vital energy that connects us to the cosmos and circulates through us. The Vedas tell us that the specific Prana required by both, us and our biosphere, is generated from cosmic Prana and its interaction with our atmosphere. Therefore, if we damage and degrade the quality and characteristics of the planet's atmosphere, the specific Prana we receive will lack the energies and information essential for those vital processes, and everything begins to deteriorate. The planet's energy cycles fall out of balance, leaving us without nourishment, peace, or happiness.

Food is produced through the combination of certain elements—microorganisms, plants, animals, and specific Prana—which together shape matter and create the organic compounds that nourish us.

Given the current situation, it is evident that a powerful antidote is needed to help restore the sanity and balance required for the life and happiness of all beings.

The antidote to counteract pollution is Homa Therapy, specifically Agnihotra. Through this process, we heal the atmosphere and once restored, that atmosphere heals our food and air, granting us the peace that allows us to glimpse our life's mission.

Homa Therapy is the solution for restoring the integrity of our atmosphere and habitat.
Secondly, it allows us to perceive our true nature and purpose.
Thirdly, it enables us to empirically grasp the meaning of "Loving one's neighbor as oneself."
And fourthly, by acting in accordance with that Eternal Teaching, we free ourselves from everything that we are not.

Thus, "Loving one's neighbor as oneself" is not an abstract concept. Our "neighbor" encompasses not only other human beings but everyone—and everything—that sustains our life. Our neighbors include microorganisms, plants, animals, and all beings that play a role in providing us with a habitat.

Master Vasant taught us that "Plants are constantly giving us Love." He also reminded us that "Human beings can serve nature through the practice of Agnihotra. Only humans, no other animals, can utter the Agnihotra Mantras. Therefore, it is man's duty to serve Nature and perform YAJNYA."

Spring is arriving in the Southern Hemisphere, a season when the rebirth of plant life is easily observed. We can readily see how plants—silently and anonymously—teach us how to live. Without making distinctions of any kind, they share with us food, aromas, flavors, shapes, colors, textures, shade, the soothing sounds of rustling leaves, balance, and beautiful landscapes. Indirectly, they invite us to emulate them and offer our own contribution.