{"id":3691,"date":"2007-06-10T08:54:24","date_gmt":"2007-06-10T07:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3691"},"modified":"2007-08-14T10:16:27","modified_gmt":"2007-08-14T09:16:27","slug":"japa-retreats-in-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=3691","title":{"rendered":"Japa Retreats in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Divyambara Dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Facilitated by Narayani Dasi, Mahatma Das, and Bada Haridas<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhagavatlife.com\/index.html\"><img src='http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/U4v45ed1.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Japa Retreat was the most powerful and important event in my spiritual life since my initiation 30 years ago. It is a great example of ISKCON at its best.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Hari Kirtana Das<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was an incredible experience for me, unmatched in this lifetime.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Jaya Radhe Shyam Dasi<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Japa Retreat was and continues to be one of the most meaningful and impacting events of my life.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Rasa Acharya (gurukuli)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to admit that I went to this retreat feeling like one big mind, but left feeling all heart.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Jivanausadhi Dasi<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been chanting the maha-mantra for over thirty years, but this retreat has finally shown me how to chant.  I have a new found appreciation for the Holy Name and His devotees.<br \/>\n<em>Krsnadasa Kaviraja Das<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a truly transformational experience. I\u2019m feeling very inspired and sharing the feeling with all my friends.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Gauravani Das (gurukuli)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jap7ua.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\" \/><strong>By Divyambara Dasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Take a break away from your busy and challenging life and dedicate 5 days to attentive chanting in the association of like-minded devotees, in picturesque natural surroundings. This retreat serves to offer one the space and inspiration to take their personal chanting deeper.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691","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=3691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}