{"id":32002,"date":"2016-10-05T11:57:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T09:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=32002"},"modified":"2016-10-05T11:57:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T09:57:18","slug":"italian-parliament-hosts-iskcon-50-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=32002","title":{"rendered":"Italian Parliament Hosts ISKCON 50 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Parabhakti das<\/strong><\/p>\n

The conference was entitled \u201cFifty Years of the Krishna Consciousness Movement: Srila Prabhupada, Messenger of Peace and Spiritual Knowledge\u201d and it was held at the Chamber of Deputies, one of two houses in the Italian Parliament\u2019s bicameral legislature and a spot where all major political decisions are made.<\/p>\n

At least one hundred devotees of different ages and \u201cashramas\u201d or stages of life represented ISKCON at the conference, and the Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies introduced it. There were be speeches by Madhusevita Das, President of the ISKCON Italian Confederation, and Parabhakti dasa in the role of Italian Confederation Vice President and Communications Director.<\/p>\n

The event included also bhajans, a prasadam buffet, and a screening of the twenty-minute documentary film Hare Krishna: 50 Years of Service and Joy, which showcases ISKCON\u2019s many impressive contributions to the world.<\/p>\n

All Members of Parliament received Italian language editions of the ISKCON 50 magazine \u201cThe Hare Krishnas: Celebrating 50 Years\u201d in their mailboxes. The magazine is an easily accessible introduction to ISKCON and its founder, history, beliefs and works.<\/p>\n

There was a strong media presence at the conference, as it was considered to be a historic event for ISKCON Italy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Parliament remains the most prestigious place to celebrate an event, and this is the first time we\u2019ve done something directly related to our society there,\u201d Parabhakti said. \u201cI believe it will give us strong credit in the political, academic and cultural spheres. And in general, it will have a positive effect on public opinion that remains long after the conference is over.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"HareBy Parabhakti das<\/strong><\/p>\n

The conference was entitled \u201cFifty Years of the Krishna Consciousness Movement: Srila Prabhupada, Messenger of Peace and Spiritual Knowledge\u201d and it was held at the Chamber of Deputies, one of two houses in the Italian Parliament\u2019s bicameral legislature and a spot where all major political decisions are made. At least one hundred devotees of different ages and \u201cashramas\u201d or stages of life represented ISKCON at the conference, and the Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies introduced it. There were be speeches by Madhusevita Das, President of the ISKCON Italian Confederation, and Parabhakti dasa in the role of Italian Confederation Vice President and Communications Director. The event included also bhajans, a prasadam buffet, and a screening of the twenty-minute documentary film Hare Krishna: 50 Years of Service and Joy, which showcases ISKCON\u2019s many impressive contributions to the world. All Members of Parliament received Italian language editions of the ISKCON 50 magazine \u201cThe Hare Krishnas: Celebrating 50 Years\u201d in their mailboxes. The magazine is an easily accessible introduction to ISKCON and its founder, history, beliefs and works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iskcon-50","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32002","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=32002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32004,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32002\/revisions\/32004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}