Harinam Arts Relocation & Bhakti-yoga Retreat Preannouncement

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>"Bhaktisiddhartha Dasanudas"

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>Harinam Arts Relocation &; Bhakti-yoga Retreat Preannouncement >Date:

Thu, 27 Jun 2002 20:26:29 -1000 > >Dear Devotees and Friends, > >Hare Krsna!

All blessings and good wishes to you! > >By the grace of Lord Krsna, many

amazing and wonderful things have been >happening. I'd love to share the good

news with all of you. I'll try to >be brief, but this is really exciting news!

> >First, I have relocated the Harinam Arts studio and office to Oahu. I'm >on

the Windward side in the village of Hau'ula, and the scenery and >environment

are very beautiful. I always did like the ocean, and in Hilo >there was no good

place to swim. Here, a good swimming spot is only half >a block away! > >An

amazing meeting > >Dr. Ramananda Swami MaharajRecently I had the good fortune

to meet Dr. >Ramananda Swami Maharaja, a very nice sannyasi from the Laksmi

>sampradaya, by playing at a recording session for his new CD, World >Peace

Tour. He is a disciple of Sri Anandamayi Ma, a very saintly >Bengali devotee

and guru who lived very close to Srila Prabhupada in >Vrndavan. Indeed,

Anandamayi Ma often would cook for Srila Prabhupada, >and serve him prasadam

with her own hand. > >Ramananda Swami had the good fortune to be born in

Pondicherri, India, >and associated with many great Vaisnava devotees of the

Lord, including >Srila Prabhupada, in Vrndavan in the early 60s. This means he

met Srila >Prabhupada before any of his American disciples! > >Ramananda Swami

has many good qualities, including great devotion to the >Holy Names of Lord

Krsna. He is an expert musician, a published writer >and an enthusiastic

preacher. He has been a sannyasi since the age of >16, over 25 years! So we can

understand that he is extremely fortunate. > >Those who know me remember that I

have been looking for a preaching >partner for many years. Although there are

so many nice devotees, >somehow or other the time has not been right for us to

work together. >Well, I am happy to say that Ramananda Swami and I see

eye-to-eye and >agree, if not on everything, at least on the most important

things. We >have become great friends, and are planning a major preaching

program >pooling the spiritual resources of both of our great Vaisnava

>sampradayas. > >Cooperative preaching programs > >We know that Srila

Prabhupada wanted devotees from all the Vaisnava >sampradayas to work together

to spread Krsna consciousness by the >chanting of the Holy Names. So far, there

has not been much practical >work to satisfy Srila Prabhupada's broad-minded and

open-hearted desire. >Ramananda Swami and I aim to do something about that. >

>I'm not ready to release the details just yet, but just wait... this

>unprecedented partnership is definitely going to surcharge the whole

>preaching field with transcendental bliss! It is totally Krsna's >arrangement

and the mercy of our gurus that we are working together. > >We will be holding

Bhakti-yoga Retreats on Oahu aimed at beginning >students. If you are curious

to learn how to practice bhakti-yoga at >home, this is your chance! Or if you

devotees have some friends that you >have always wanted to expose to the real

practices of bhakti with senior >devotees in a safe and caring environment,

refer them to us. This >retreat will be a heart-opening, life-changing

experience for the >participants! > >In a few days we will launch a new

website,

>www.iloveyoga.net. The site will provide complete details about the >retreats.

It should be up in a week or so. Don't worry, I'll remind you. >I'll also send

details on the retreats as soon as they are available! > >And of course, I

haven't forgotten about the Mantra-rock Transcendental >Raves. In fact, we'll

be using them to promote the Bhakti-yoga Retreats! > > >So my life is about to

get verrrrry interesting... and spiritual! > >I am ever desiring the kind mercy

of Guru and Gauranga upon all my dear >friends and the devotees. > >Best always,

> >Bhaktisiddhartha DasanudasBhaktisiddhartha Dasanudas > >www.iloveyoga.net

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