By Radhapriya
In 2008, devotees founded the Bhakti Academy in Gainesville, Florida. This live-in space facilitates students to learn and practice bhakti-yoga while in many cases continuing their university studies. Since its inception, over 250 students have attended the Academy and many have made a formal commitment to Krishna consciousness and are actively involved in ISKCON full-time or part-time in America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
Now, after months of planning and coordination, Bhakti Academy’s Kalakantha Das visited Toronto and conducted a review of the facilities, and green-lighted the launch for mid-May. The recent renovations conducted by ISKCON Toronto’s Building Improvement Committee played a large part in providing the capacity to add facilities for Bhakti Academy. “A couple of years back we planned to add new facilities, washrooms, devotee lounges, a prasadam facility and classrooms. At that time, we did not fully understand Krishna’s plan to send bright young men and women to get trained up in bhakti and make full use of these facilities”, said Indresh Das who is heading up the temple renovations and assisting in the launch of Toronto’s Bhakti Academy.
Brihat Mrdanga Das, from Houston, Texas, and a graduate of Bhakti Academy Gainesville will lead the Bhakti Academy program in Toronto. He will be joined by an assistant from Houston and the search is also on for someone to help with the women’s program.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/iskcon-toronto-launches-canadas-first-bhakti-academy/
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