The Bhakti Yoga Conference 2026 will convene next week as a free, global online gathering bringing together over 30 scholars, spiritual teachers, and practitioners from around the world to explore one central theme: “Sacred Community: Devotion Practiced Together.”
The conference will be framed by opening and closing events hosted at Harvard Divinity School and the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, respectively. “The Harvard opening and Oxford closing create a meaningful arc for the conference — bringing scholarship and lived devotion into dialogue,” said Conference founder Rasananda Das.
Now in its second year, the conference is a response to a contemporary climate in which many experience fragmentation, isolation, or spiritual disconnection. Framed around the question, “How does devotion create communities that uplift, heal, and transform the human heart?” the gathering will emphasize dialogue, lived experience, and practical insight rather than theory alone. Participants are invited to explore devotion not as a solitary pursuit, but as a shared path that cultivates belonging, relationships, and sacred community in modern life.
Throughout the conference, participants will hear from senior ISKCON devotees, scholars of bhakti traditions, and teachers and practitioners serving communities worldwide. Together, they will explore themes such as living bhakti in daily life, spiritual friendship and mentorship, the lived experience of sangha, and bhakti as an embodied practice. Rather than presenting bhakti solely as theory, the conference emphasizes the lived experiences of devotional life in contemporary contexts.
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