18th – 24th of July 2016
(the 17th of July as arrival day)
at Almviks gard farm and village community, Sweden
Saturday, 23rd of July – Holy Name Day –
a whole day dedicated to kirtan;
24th of July – Maha Harinam in Stockholm!
Welcome!
The process of Krishna consciousness brings about a very dynamic and ongoing transformation – a transformation of our life and ourselves. Spiritual life is ever increasing – there are always new insights to gain and new discoveries to make.
Lord Chaitanya compares a devotee to an expert gardener, who cultivates the Bhakti Lata with care and attention throughout his entire life to one day harvest the fruit of pure love to Krishna. For our Bhakti Lata to grow healthy and strong it is of the greatest importance to regularly turn towards sources of nourishment and fresh inspiration in order to deepen our faith in the process of devotional service. It is like the fertilizer, which the expert gardener regularly adds to the soil.
And a source of such nourishment and inspiration is provided by the Bhakti Sangam Festival, where devotees come together and develop relationships on the basis of hearing Krishna Katha from advanced Sadhus, and chant the Holy Name together.
In CC, Madhya 3, 203 Srila Prabhupada is giving us the direct instruction to conduct such festivals:
“If one has the proper means and wealth, he should occasionally invite the devotees of Lord Caitanya who are engaged in preaching all over the world and hold a festival at home simply by distributing prasadam and talking about Krishna during the day and holding congregational chanting for at least three hours in the evening. This procedure must be adopted in all centers of the Krishna consciousness movement.”
Please join us for this joyful event and help us to fulfill Srila Prabhupada’s instruction in this regard. Thus we will always be enlivened to chant the Holy Name, hear Krishna Katha and remember the Lord while cooperating with each other in harmony and devotion.
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