Invitation for Yoga of the Heart event on Sept 15 at Mountain View

Dear Esteemed Devotees,

Hope this meets you all very well. It is our pleasure to extend this invitation for a special event on Saturday,Sep 15 at ISV's new temple in Mountain View. Please find the details of the event below. 

Indian Classical dance, melodious chants, a delicious vegetarian dinner and an enlivening talk by renowned spiritual leader and author "Radhanath Swami" on "Yoga of the Heart"- The art of finding fulfillment within, where he will share his incredible journey as a young seeker from a suburb in Chicago to a renowned spiritual guide through near death encounters, apprenticeships with advanced yogis and years of travel along the pilgrim's path. The Journey Home documents his odyssey as a penniless hitch-hiker though Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and finally India. There he lived as a wandering ascetic, first amongst the forest dwelling Himalayan yogis and later amongst a wide variety of gurus and spiritual practitioners throughout India and Nepal. Ultimately, he was led to the holy town of Vrindavan, where he found his path amongst the Bhakti-yogis.

In Vrindavan he found the teacher he was searching for in A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and representative of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (the Krishna-bhakti tradition stemming from the 16th century mystic avatar Sri Chaitanya). In choosing Bhaktivedanta Swami, as his guru, Radhanath Swami felt compelled to shear his matted locks and reenter Western society with a mission to share the sacred wisdom he had received. This return exemplifies the form of devotional yoga which is at the heart of Radhanath Swami's teachings, a spiritual practice expressed as tangible action meant to bring about personal fulfillment and benefit the world.

At the the age of 31 he took the monastic vows of a Vaishnava sanyassin and became known as Radhanath Swami.

Today Radhanath Swami travels regularly throughout India, Europe and North America, sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga. He resides much of the year at the Radha Gopinath Ashram in Chowpatty, Mumbai. For the past twenty-five years he has guided the community's development and has directed a number of acclaimed social action projects including Midday Meals, which daily serves more than 260,000 plates of sanctified vegetarian food to the children of the slums of Mumbai. He has also worked to establish missionary hospitals and eye camps, eco-friendly farms, schools and ashrams, an orphanage, and a number of emergency relief programs throughout India.

 

Event:                Yoga of the Heart

When:               Saturday, Sept 15^th, 5:30 – 8:00pm

Where:              1965 Latham Street Mountain View CA 94040

RSVP:                siliconvalley@radhanathswami.com or http://www.yogaoftheheart.us/#!register/csgz

PS : We request you all to register for the event for us to plan better to serve you.

 

With sincere gratitude

Vishakha Lila dasi

 

 

 

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