Vinayalaya

Ignatius was a soldier who was wounded at Pamplona. He read lives of the saints because there was nothing else to read. Something happened. He went to Manresa and prayed for a year. He wrote down what happened in the form of exercises. The exercises have been given to roughly 500 years of Jesuits and their retreatants. They work — not in the way a machine works, but in the way a river works: given the right conditions, the water moves. The right conditions are silence, Scripture, a director, and the willingness to receive whatever comes. God does the rest.

Be still. The instruction is short and almost impossible in Bangalore. But Vinayalaya creates the conditions. The stillness is given — the schedule, the silence, the absence of phone and news and the relentless demands. In the stillness: the knowledge that you are God. Not a conclusion arrived at by argument but a presence known by stillness. Let the stillness be enough. Let the knowing begin. Amen.

A spacious oasis in the heart of bustling Malleswaram in Bangalore, the Vinayalaya MSFS Provincial House throws up pleasant surprises in terms of well-appointed rooms and equally well-kept surroundings. Set in acres of green foliage, you will be amazed that such places still exist in a metro.

Located in close proximity to shopping malls, restaurants, entertainment and sports facilities, you can access any point in Bangalore conveniently from here. Vinayalaya MSFS Provincial House has quick access to multiple modes of transport, such as metro, buses, local rail and long-distance trains. Next time you visit Bangalore, do try Vinayalaya — you will be surprised at the quality of rooms and the pleasant price tag they come with.