Category: Spirituality for modern time

Taking bhakti wisdom into the management world – The Monk’s Podcast 56 with Bhakti Vasudeva Maharaj

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ABOUT BHAKTI VASUDEVA SWAMI
A spiritual leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Monk: H.H. Bhakti Vasudeva Swami has spent over thirty years as a monk in full-time service of propagating the message of Krishna Consciousness. Bhakti Vasudeva Swami joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Lagos, Nigeria in 1984 and was initiated by His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami in 1986. He steered many projects in the early days of the movement in West Africa under the order of his guru. Namely, in only a few months after his initiation, he became a member of the management committee, and later, the president of Lagos State chapter of ISKCON. In 1990, Bhakti Vasudeva Swami served as regional secretary for Nigeria and the West African sub-region. In February 2009, he received sannyasa initiation (renounced order of life) from His Holiness Jayapataka Swami in Mayapur India. Since then, he has been traveling all over the globe preaching the sublime message of love and devotion to Krishna. He possesses the unique ability to preach to intellectuals by presenting the Vedic philosophy in a way easily digestible by his audience.
http://bhaktivasudevaswami.com/bhakti…
email: bvs.bts8@gmail.com

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Does love exist in the material world? – The Monk’s Podcast 55 with Garuda Prabhu

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Garuda Das Kavirāja is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Christopher Newport University, Virginia and Director of Studies in Religion. He is also Distinguished Research and Teaching Faculty at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. He lectures around the world on his translation of the Bhagavad Gītā, on the philosophy of Yoga, as well as on the teachings of the Krishna Bhakti tradition. When he is not lecturing, he guides, counsels, and mentors students on living the life of the heart or bhakti. https://garudadas.com/bio/

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How we can outgrow our cultish image? – The Monk’s Podcast 46 with Anuttama Prabhu

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Anuttama Dasa joined the ISKCON Governing Body Commission (GBC) in 2000 and served as its Chairman in 2014-2015. Today his zonal assignments include Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Illinois, Missouri, and co-GBC in West Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania. He enacts his leadership goals globally by teaching seminars including: “ISKCON’s Leadership and Management,” “ISKCON Communications Course,” “The Guru Seminar,” and the “ISKCON Disciples Course,” all of which he helped co-author with teams of other senior Vaishnavas.

Besides his GBC duties, Anuttama has served as ISKCON’s International Director of Communications for twenty years. He is a regular contributor and senior editor for ISKCON News and has authored articles for the ISKCON Communications Journal and several interfaith publications outside of ISKCON. Anuttama has been interviewed by multiple media outlets including BBC, Fox News, ABC, Larry King Live, and the Washington Post.
From: https://gbc.iskcon.org/anuttama-dasa/

ISKCON Resolve provides a neutral, confidential and informal conflict resolution services for members of ISKCON. www.iskconresolve.org

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