Bhakti Academy Class of 2018
Kalakantha Das: This fall, the seven-member staff at the Bhakti Academy at the Krishna House (ISKCON of Gainesville, Florida, USA), has been blessed with one of its best classes in its ten-year history, with eleven new bhaktas and seven new bhaktins taking part in the fall semester along with four young adults from devotee families. This diverse group has established tight Vaishnava friendships, all of them living in an ISKCON ashram in the West for the first time.
In addition to regular morning kirtans and classes, most of the students are working toward their bhakti sastri degrees and taking the ISKCON disciples course. (Devotees in the Krishna House community include disciples of fifteen different ISKCON gurus). This fall the students are enjoying prasadam and book distribution and especially epic harinama Sankirtan parties. They invite other students from the nearby University of Florida for twice weekly public classes at Krishna House as well as special events such as the vegan Thanksgiving dinner that attracted two hundred guests.
Several Krishna House residents are finishing their college degrees, including Rupachandra Prabhu, above (fourth from the left on the back row), who was just awarded his PhD in Religious Studies.
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