{"id":117489,"date":"2026-03-05T08:11:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=117489"},"modified":"2026-03-05T08:11:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:11:23","slug":"hertsmere-community-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=117489","title":{"rendered":"Hertsmere Community Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Radha Mohan Das<\/p>\n<figure class=\"cmsmasters_img_wrap\">\n  <a\n    class=\"cmsmasters_img_link\"\n    rel=\"ilightbox[cmsmasters_open_post_img_69a88020a8b1f]\"\n    title=\"Hertsmere Community Conference\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.krishnatemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/main-pic-for-Herts-article.jpg\"\n  ><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\"\n      decoding=\"async\"\n      title=\"main pic for Herts article\"\n      alt=\"Hertsmere Community Conference\"\n      class=\"wp-post-image\"\n      src=\"https:\/\/www.krishnatemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/main-pic-for-Herts-article-860x575.jpg\"\n      height=\"575\"\n      width=\"860\"\n    \/><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_post_content entry-content\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n    Temple President Her Grace Visakha dasi was invited to join a panel of<br \/>\n    representatives at a Hertsmere Community Conference, in the Wyllyotts<br \/>\n    Theatre, Potters Bar.\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n    The Community Conference brought together a wide range of delegates, from<br \/>\n    all sections of Hertsmere\u2019s community to collectively learn, network and<br \/>\n    explore opportunities for collaboration. They discussed how to collectively<br \/>\n    come together to build a more cohesive community. It was chaired by the<br \/>\n    Leader of Hertsmere Council, Cllr Jeremy Newmark.\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n    Commenting on local faith issues, Visakha dasi quoted the Gaudiya Vaishnava<br \/>\n    Acharya, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur:\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n    \u201cWhen I see the churches, mosques and temples of other faiths, I think:<br \/>\n    \u2018They are also worshiping my Lord \u2014 but in a different way.\u2019 Because of<br \/>\n    this, I feel great love and reverence for them.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n    Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur also expressed a broader principle in his<br \/>\n    writings, that a sincere devotee should honour all genuine religious paths<br \/>\n    that cultivate love of God, while remaining firmly devoted to their own<br \/>\n    tradition.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\"\n      sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\"\n      srcset=\"\n        https:\/\/www.krishnatemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Srila-Bhaktivinoda-Thakura-264x300.jpg 264w,\n        https:\/\/www.krishnatemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Srila-Bhaktivinoda-Thakura.jpg         482w\n      \"\n      height=\"255\"\n      width=\"224\"\n      alt=\"\"\n      src=\"https:\/\/www.krishnatemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Srila-Bhaktivinoda-Thakura-264x300.jpg\"\n      class=\"wp-image-29124 aligncenter\"\n      decoding=\"async\"\n    \/>\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n    <strong><em>Srila Bhaktivinoda&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n    <b><i>Thakur<\/i><\/b><br \/>\n    (1838 \u2013 1914)\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\"\n      decoding=\"async\"\n      title=\"main pic for Herts article\"\n      alt=\"Hertsmere Community Conference\"\n      class=\"wp-post-image\"\n      src=\"https:\/\/www.krishnatemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/main-pic-for-Herts-article-860x575.jpg\"\n      height=\"575\"\n      width=\"860\"\n    \/>By Radha Mohan Das Temple President Her Grace Visakha dasi was invited to join a panel of representatives at a Hertsmere Community Conference, in the Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar. The Community Conference brought together a wide range of delegates, from all sections of Hertsmere\u2019s community to collectively learn, network and explore opportunities for collaboration. They<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117490,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117489\/revisions\/117490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}