By Kulavati Krishnapriya Devi Dasi
Pranada Comtois, the award-winning author of the Bhakti Trilogy, will be conducting an online seminar titled “Basking in the Rays of the Benediction Moon: 7 Keys to Experiencing the Full Potency of the Hare Krishna Mantra.” This seminar will focus on Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Siksastakam and offer valuable guidance for devotees seeking to enhance their chanting practice. The seminar is scheduled to take place on consecutive Thursdays from January 9 to January 30, 2025, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm EST, hosted on Zoom.
As the title suggests, the seminar will explore seven transformative effects of chanting and provide a deeper understanding of the transcendental qualities that accompany chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra.
In a recent interview with ISKCON News, Pranada shared her deep connection to the subject, saying, “Personally, I am moved by Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s novel insight about how the stages of chanting that Sri Caitanya describes in his Siksastakam correlate to Sri Rupa Goswami’s delineation of the stages of development of pure love of God. This is absolutely brilliant and reveals a deep illumination on both contributions, and we’ll consider this deeply. Our chanting will be enlivened by exploring the correlation between the glories of chanting the maha-mantra and the stages of development of prema, pure love for Krishna.”
This four-part seminar is the second in Pranada’s “Growing Bhakti” series, which aims to address the need for people who have some familiarity with bhakti, or Gaudiya Vaishnavism, and are at a stage where they are taking up a practice. It follows her first seminar, which was in three parts and titled “The Month of Kartika: Its Significance, Glories, and Observances.”
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/award-winning-author-pranada-comtois-launches-online-bhakti-seminar/
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