{"id":24934,"date":"2016-03-01T13:22:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T12:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=24934"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:22:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T12:22:27","slug":"preaching-program-at-sagar-institute-of-research-technology-collage-bhopal-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=24934","title":{"rendered":"Preaching program at Sagar Institute of Research &#038; Technology collage, Bhopal, India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-IX1D6JjNxkE\/VtWI-CFAqaI\/AAAAAAAAaI0\/34VS4eC1PMQ\/s0\/chrome_2016-03-01_13-19-58.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, 15th February 2016, HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaja addressed approximately 600 students and congregational members at Sagar Institute of Research &#038; Technology collage, Bhopal (India). HH Bhakti Prema Swami Maharaj also accompanied Maharaj in this program.<\/p>\n<p>Maharaja was enthusiastically greeted by the audience and after Maharaja arrived, a drama named \u201cLive from Ahobilam\u201d was performed. Thereafter, Guru Maharaja started the program with a very wonderful prayer. Maharaja began the class and described the glories of Sri Narsimhadeva and Prahalada Maharaja. He also glorified the actors for their wonderful acting skills and presentations.<\/p>\n<p>In the class Maharaja focused on the concept of devotion where he also discussed the philosophy of scriptures depicting the transmigration of the souls from one body to another and the cycle of birth and death. Maharaja said that the best way of understanding the Lord is by directing ourselves on the track that is illuminated by \u201cBhagavad Gita As It Is\u201d. He said that \u201cthe best way to understand the taste of pudding is by tasting it\u201d. Similarly, the best way to understand devotion is by practicing it. He also said that Krishna and Arjuna had the conversation to cultivate the instruction of devotion within his devotees. Maharaja said that the best way to understand any person is asking him directly, similarly to know the Lord, you need to read His book of instructions \u201cBhagavad Gita As It Is\u201d. Maharaja gave the conclusion in Hindi Tro accommodate the Hindi speaking audience.<\/p>\n<p>Maharaja also answered several questions asked by the students, which was followed by an ecstatic kirtan led by Him. Many students joined Maharaja on stage dancing in the kirtan with Maharaja. In this way the program was concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, 16th February 2016, Maharaja gave Srimad Bhagvatam class at ISKCON Bhopal temple. HH Bhakti Prema Swami accompanied Maharaja. After that Maharaja visited \u201cTranscendental classes\u201d, a coaching institute opened by the local ISKCON youth forum devotees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-v51_KHLQ96Q\/VtWJQg52dVI\/AAAAAAAAaI4\/zbJCs-qqIp8\/s0\/firefox_2016-03-01_13-21-23.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\"\/><strong>By bhakticharuswami.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> In the class Maharaja focused on the concept of devotion where he also discussed the philosophy of scriptures depicting the transmigration of the souls from one body to another and the cycle of birth and death. Maharaja said that the best way of understanding the Lord is by directing ourselves on the track that is illuminated by \u201cBhagavad Gita As It Is\u201d. He said that \u201cthe best way to understand the taste of pudding is by tasting it\u201d. Similarly, the best way to understand devotion is by practicing it. He also said that Krishna and Arjuna had the conversation to cultivate the instruction of devotion within his devotees. Maharaja said that the best way to understand any person is asking him directly, similarly to know the Lord, you need to read His book of instructions \u201cBhagavad Gita As It Is\u201d. Maharaja gave the conclusion in Hindi Tro accommodate the Hindi speaking audience.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24934","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=24934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24936,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24934\/revisions\/24936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}