By Kulavati Krishnapriya Devi Dasi
Chant Now, an initiative of ISKCON Online, is expanding its reach with innovative digital strategies designed to spread Krishna consciousness worldwide. Recently, we interviewed Vrajendra Kumar Das, who is in charge of the Spanish edition of Chant Now. He shared insights about some significant activities of the Chant Now program.
“We have begun by promoting a webinar called ‘The 5 Steps of Spiritual Awakening’ through Facebook,” he said. “Every month, this attracts approximately 800 new people interested in spiritual awakening. From this, we bring them into the Bhakti Vriksha system, where we can care for people throughout Latin America virtually.”
Over the last eight months of online events, the Chant Now team has generated a database of Facebook subscribers totaling more than 7,500 individuals.Out of these, over 2,800 have actively participated in the webinars.
After attending a webinar, participants are invited to connect in WhatsApp groups and join online meetings held five days a week. These meetings are designed for new members in Krishna consciousness and introduce the initial levels of the bhakti steps system. All the Bhakti Vriksha modules from the Congregational Development Ministry have been translated. They are being made into videos to facilitate group leaders’ online use.
Currently, 12 prospective servant leaders (leaders of online Bhakti Vriksha groups) have been cultivated from their initial bhakti stage through this program. Vrajendra added, “There is a community of about 25 new people chanting rounds and committed to the process of Krishna consciousness in ISKCON. They are building a network of Bhakti Vriksha leaders in Latin America. They have most recently started working with the Bhakti community in Argentina. This community is now taking care of people recruited from Facebook in Chile and Argentina, where the usual schedules have been too late. Now, there are more than 98 members of online groups, with 45 actively participating.”
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