“The material world is full of embarrassing and irritating situations, and unless one is inclined to be very much forgiving, he will become infected by a vindictive mentality, which spoils one’s spiritual consciousness.” - Srila Prabhupada.

How badly do we want to hold on to our resentment? Please join us for a liberating seminar where we will explore the art of forgiveness. Many of us live with the scars and wounds of past hurt and the resentment that this generates. This often impacts on our lives, creating anger, lack of enthusiasm to serve, distrust, and a host of other barriers to our  spiritual progress and  general well being.

This seminar will help us to release these negative emotions that we may be holding onto due to those past experiences. We will explore the price we pay when we do not forgive and learn how forgiveness can be one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves. Forgiveness is like an elixir that can rejuvenate our lives, if we allow it to take effect. We can come out of the forgiveness process renewed and re-energized.

Furthermore, discovering new attitudes and perceptions in relation to this subject can transform our future by helping us to deal with such challenges in a far more progressive way. Lets be clear: forgiveness does not mean that we turn ourselves into a punching bag so that others can continuously throw blows at us.

In this seminar, we will

• Look at what forgiveness actually is, and expose the misconceptions about forgiveness
• Understand how not forgiving others can and does impact upon us
• Look at statements from the scriptures on the topic of forgiveness and its importance for spiritual progress
• Learn to view forgiveness in a way that makes it easier to forgive
• Gain a deeper perception of our past which can help us to let go of resentment
• Learn about the karmic laws related to criticism and blame
• Understand how to know when we have actually forgiven someone

Course Date: Sunday, May 27
Time: 9:30am – 1:30pm
Venue: Manor Theatre
Course Fee: £10 

If you have a child who is or will be turning 5 in the academic year 2013-2014 and would like further information please contact:
Padma dasi
Headteacher
01923851000 ext 241
bvmanorschool@gmail.com

Join us in this inspiring experience. The Japa Workshop offers more than just some help for you to improve your practice of chanting. It aims at improving your relationship with Radha and Krishna in Their most merciful forms of the Holy Name.

What can you expect from a Japa Workshop?

• New insights and techniques in relation to chanting the Holy Name
• A stronger commitment to offenseless chanting of the Holy Name
• Breakthrough experiences in chanting the Holy Name
• The opportunity to learn how to expand the boundaries of your spiritual life so that you can have deeper and more rewarding spiritual realizations.
• Alter bad japa habits and learn tools to improve your chanting that you can immediately apply and you will increase your attraction to chanting making your chanting more of an “l get to chant’ experience rather than “l have to chant’ chore.

In short, you can really increase your Krishna Consciousness. It is a weekend to work on one thing only: your relationship with the Holy Name!

Course Date: Sunday, May 20
Time: 9:30am – 1:30pm
Venue: Metropolitan Police Sports Ground  Aldenham Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire WD23 2TR
Course Fee: £10

The class size will be limited. Please make sure that you book ahead by emailing cvs@krishnatemple.com or calling 01923851010. Please note that on the day we will give priority to those who’ve booked ahead.

This seminar discusses the glories of attentive chanting, giving knowledge on the worship of the ragatmika devotees of Vraja. To correctly discuss the path of raganuga-sadhana we must learn to avoid the ten offenses, thus, following the teachings of Sri Harinama Cintamani. This seminar gives knowledge on the most common type of nama-aparadha called pramada (inattention).

Appealing to both newcomers and mature devotees, it will cover the following topics:-

• the love of the Vrajavasis
• the importance of avoiding the ten offenses
• the sleep pattern, and how this affects chanting
• the three types of pramada raganuga-sadhana

Course Date: Sunday, May 20
Time: 3pm – 7pm
Venue: Manor Preacher’s Lounge

Saranagati means that a person has a desire to do something for Krishna. And as long as this desire does not appear, and the willingness to sacrifice does not appear, a person cannot truly consider himself a devotee.

Bhakti, or love of God, begins with Saranagati (surrender) unto Him, and as Saranagati develops in us our feelings for Krishna become more and more alive.

Time: 7:30am

Venue: Bhaktivedanta Manor Temple Room

Date: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th May

Bhakti Vijnana Goswami was born in Tashkent, former Soviet Union. He took to spiritual life in 1980, during a difficult time during the communist era in the former Soviet Union. He is a disciple of Radhanath Swami and resides primarily in Moscow, Russia, working tirelessly towards the building of a monumental temple there.

Since 1997 Bhakti Vijnana Goswami has acted as a member of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission and since 2005 has served as one of the initiating gurus of ISKCON.

In 2010 the Council for Public Awards of the Russian Federation awarded Bhakti Vijnana Goswami a medal “for professional and business reputation” third degree, “for his contribution in strengthening Russian-Indian friendly relations, and for his contribution to the popularization of the spiritual-cultural literary heritage of India.”

Time: 7.30pm

Where: Bhaktivedanta Manor

His Holiness Bhakti Vijnana Gowami and His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami will be giving inspirational presentations on Krishna Consiousness.

Bhakti Vijnana Goswami was born in Tashkent, former Soviet Union. He took to spiritual life in 1980, during a difficult time during the communist era in the former Soviet Union. He is a disciple of Radhanath Swami and resides primarily in Moscow, Russia, working tirelessly towards the building of a monumental temple there.

Since 1997 Bhakti Vijnana Goswami has acted as a member of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission and since 2005 has served as one of the initiating gurus of ISKCON. His zonal responsibilities include Georgia (CIS) and Israel. He serves as co-zonal secretary for Eastern and Western Siberia, Northwest CIS, Ural Region, Moscow, Southern, Central Region, CIS, Golden Ring, Armenia, Far East and also co-GBC for North and South Korea.

In 2010 the Council for Public Awards of the Russian Federation awarded Bhakti Vijnana Goswami a medal “for professional and business reputation” third degree, “for his contribution in strengthening Russian-Indian friendly relations, and for his contribution to the popularization of the spiritual-cultural literary heritage of India.”

Bhakti Rasamrita Swami served as temple president in Mumbai, Belgaum and Vrindavan- which is the spiritual hub of world wide ISKCON temples. He has been preaching in many prestigious educational institutions all over India. Commemorating the hundredth birth anniversary of Srila Prabhupada in the year 1996, he travelled widely and conducted National level theistic debate competitions in various colleges and Universities across India and Nepal, covering 250 cities and over 5000 colleges.

In the month of March, 2010, honoring his dedication and devotion, He was awarded the order of Sannyasa (Renunciation) in ISKCON, with the title His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami. In his more than 23 years of dedicated devotional life in ISKCON, he has rendered several important services, preached in many countries of America, Europe and USSR, and continues to do so. Presently he is temple president of ISKCON Belgaum centre and is overseeing the development of a “self- sufficient vedic eco village” (Gokul Dham) in 450 acres of land nearby.

Discover and implement the knowledge, wisdom and practice from the Vedic scriptures and ayurvedic health care.  A parent makes the best teacher and preacher for a child. How can you accomplish this goal?

Recognize that teaching and preaching to your child is not an event, but a lifestyle. There must be a period of preparation and cultivation before the joy of the harvest. The role of parents is to cultivate the heart of the child to bear spiritual fruit. This course is also very helpful to those who are starting a family.

Course Date: Sunday, June 10
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm
Venue: TBA
Course Fee: £10

The class size will be limited. Please make sure that you book ahead by emailing cvs@krishnatemple.com or calling 01923851010.

It was premiered in the UK at Bhaktivedanta Manor’s Theatre on 3rd May.

The film documents the story of Keshava Madhava Das, a Finnish tram driver and a disciple, and Radhanath Swami.

With unprecedented access, LEAP charts the progress of Keshava over two years as he faces the challenges of reconciling his personal life. At the same time, the relationship of the Guru to his aspiring disciple is explored, as well as the Guru’s own personal and spiritual concerns.

By following the spiritual paths of Keshava and Radhanath Swami, we gain remarkable insight into one of the world’s most fascinating religions.

“It is an excellent film,” said Radha Mohan das, Communications Secretary of Bhaktivedanta Manor after viewing the premier of the film in Helsinki, “The camera work is creative, the footage is amazing and it’s great promotional material for ISKCON in general.”
Director: Jouko Aaltonen (Helsinki) Award winning documentary film maker
Assistant Director: Graham Dwyer (London) Editor
with R.J. Cole of “The Hare Krishna Movement: Forty Years of Chant and
Change” (I.B. Tauris 2007)
For more information about ‘Leap’, and to view it, contact contact:
Maarit Mononen: maarit.mononen@illume.fi
Or go to the film website: www.Leapthefilm.com

Devotees representing the field of Communications from across Europe gave presentations on the latest achievements and discussed related issues in their countries.  Gauri das, Srutidharma das, Pranabandhu das and Radha Mohan das represented Bhaktivedanta Manor, giving reports of the history of the development of the Manor and sharing more recent news and breakthroughs.

Attendees also had the opportunity to visit the new ISKCON premises in Brussels, which is just a 5 minute drive from the European Union buildings. The new ISKCON centre also houses the offices of the Hindu Forum of Europe, of which Mahaprabhu das is the General Secretary.