Sacinandana Swami set the mood of the course with his seminar on the Theology of the Holy Name, based on the book Harinama Chintamani by Vaishnava saint Bhaktivinode Thakur. In it, he covered the secrets of attentive chanting, how to move past offensive chanting, how to enter into a r

An inspiring event took place on April 30th, as the Radhadesh community witnessed five college students receive initiated from Kadamba Kanana Swami. He spoke of the importance of the vows and performed the fire sacrifice. Eight other devotees joined the students, including one seventy

The building where the campers stayed has been quiet for a few weeks now: the rooms cleaned, the sheets washed. But the memories of the campers and their impact on the community will not be swept away. Many of the participants (and mentors) had other plans for the summer, other ideas

The drastic change in climate for some, from desert sun to a breezy valley, is not the only change experienced by the participants at the Radhadesh Summer camp after their arrival at the chateau in the Belgian Ardennes from the bustling cities of Dubai, Toronto, and Moscow. The unique

Tell us something about your devotional life. I came in contact with devotees in 1977, when I was fourteen years old. Soon after, I started to regularly chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra and study Srila Prabhupada’s books. I went to live in the ISKCON temple in Barcelona when I

Bhaktivedanta College has offered a Bhakti Sastri course since 2003. Bhakti Sastri is taught for four months, from February to June, and covers Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is, The Nectar of Instruction, The Nectar of Devotion and Sri Isopanisad. Two of these courses i

What do you like about Bhaktivedanta College? It is a great opportunity for devotees to take advantage of the vast experience of many senior devotees and also to learn how to build bridges with the world. The classes give a lot of information about different views held by people in th