Month: January 2022

The Ugly Rainbow of Consumerism pt 1 – The Monk’s Podcast 29 with Shyamananda

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Shyamananda Das is a mentor, life coach, inspirational speaker, and a practicing monk for over 3 decades. MBA by education and well-known for his work to bring mindfulness into the mainstream of society. He is serving as a translator in one of the largest vedic-wisdom publishing house in the world and a current editor of the Indian edition of English language monthly magazine. He is a key leader of a vedic community which runs into several thousands and offers services such as mentoring, non-violent communication, conflict-resolution, and strengthening bonds.
He is the pioneer for a vast forum for providing ancient vedic wisdom resources for corporate excellence and also given many seminars on Stress Management, Work Life Balance, etc. at multiple professional organizations and universities across India.

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Emotional health and spiritual growth – The Monk’s Podcast 28 with Shyamananda

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Shyamananda Das is a mentor, life coach, inspirational speaker, and a practicing monk for over 3 decades. MBA by education and well-known for his work to bring mindfulness into the mainstream of society. He is serving as a translator in one of the largest vedic-wisdom publishing house in the world and a current editor of the Indian edition of English language monthly magazine. He is a key leader of a vedic community which runs into several thousands and offers services such as mentoring, non-violent communication, conflict-resolution, and strengthening bonds.
He is the pioneer for a vast forum for providing ancient vedic wisdom resources for corporate excellence and also given many seminars on Stress Management, Work Life Balance, etc. at multiple professional organizations and universities across India.

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Do devotees need to take care of their emotional health? – The Monk’s Podcast 27 with Mahatma Prabhu

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Mahatma Prabhu was born in Los Angeles, California in 1950. In 1969, at the age of 19, he first met Srila Prabhupada through The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, and then later that year met Srila Prabhupada personally in Los Angeles. In January of 1970 he moved into the temple in Berkeley, California and shortly after received first and second initiation.

He went on to do a variety of services including book distribution, sankirtan leader, temple president, college preaching, congregational development, and various educational projects. This has culminated in the work he does today developing workshops, social media, online courses and books both for devotees as well as the general public through his company Sattva [www.thesattvaway.com]. He practically shows the many ways that Krishna consciousness offers solutions to today’s challenges and writes and teaches in a way that resonates with devotees and people in general by helping them see life as a spiritual practice

Mahatma Prabhu is well known in ISKCON for his recorded and live music, most notably his recording of Brahma Samhita, but also for his workshops on such essential topics as Japa, Forgiveness, Humility, Vows and Marriage.

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Monasticism – Why and how – The Monk’s Podcast 26 with Shyamananda

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Shyamananda Das is a mentor, life coach, inspirational speaker, and a practicing monk for over 3 decades. MBA by education and well-known for his work to bring mindfulness into the mainstream of society. He is serving as a translator in one of the largest vedic-wisdom publishing house in the world and a current editor of the Indian edition of English language monthly magazine. He is a key leader of a vedic community which runs into several thousands and offers services such as mentoring, non-violent communication, conflict-resolution, and strengthening bonds.
He is the pioneer for a vast forum for providing ancient vedic wisdom resources for corporate excellence and also given many seminars on Stress Management, Work Life Balance, etc. at multiple professional organizations and universities across India.

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Secularism and bhakti – The Monk’s Podcast 25 with Bhakti Rasamrita Maharaj

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His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami completed his B.E. from M.S University Baroda, MBA from Bombay University & worked for some time in a multinational Bank. Inspired by the teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder acharya of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), he decided to dedicate his life for propagating the message of Bhagavad Gita and joined International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He was initiated by the spiritual name His Grace Devamrita Dasa. Since then he has served in many important projects and has preached the message of Bhagavad gita very widely, especially to the student community. He served as temple president in Mumbai, Belgaum and Vrindavan- which is the spiritual hub of world wide ISKCON temples. He has been preaching in many prestigious educational institutions all over India. Commemorating the hundredth birth anniversary of Srila Prabhupada in the year 1996, he travelled widely and conducted National level theistic debate competitions in various colleges and Universities across India and Nepal, covering 250 cities and over 5000 colleges. During this period, He inspired many people in different parts of India, to practice and preach the message of Bhagavad gita. In the month of March, 2010, honoring his dedication and devotion, He was awarded the order of Sannyasa (Renunciation) in ISKCON, with the title His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami. In his more than 30 years of dedicated devotional life in ISKCON, he has rendered several important services, preached in many countries of America, Europe and USSR, and continues to do so. Presently he is temple president of ISKCON Belgaum centre, where He is inspiring thousands of people to seriously practice the sublime teachings of the Bhagavad-gita, and is overseeing the development of a self- sufficient vedic eco village (Gokul Dham) in 450 acres of land near Belgaum.

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