{"id":78536,"date":"2019-09-21T21:29:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T19:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=78536"},"modified":"2019-09-28T16:43:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T14:43:00","slug":"new-book-living-the-wisdom-of-bhakti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=78536","title":{"rendered":"New book: Living the Wisdom of Bhakti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/SrT0O2H.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/hNaAFTG.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\" dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;word-spacing:1px\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><b><font color=\"#0000ff\"> <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">New book: Living the Wisdom of Bhakti <\/font><\/b><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\">&#8211; Now available as paperback on amazon:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Living-Wisdom-Bhakti-Spiritual-Practice\/dp\/1088671527\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=living+the+wisdom+of+bhakti&amp;qid=1566491481&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Living-Wisdom-Bhakti-Spiritual-Practice\/dp\/1088671527\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=living+the+wisdom+of+bhakti&amp;qid=1566491481&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\">&#8211; The kindle version of LWB is coming soon, in Sept. I can send link for that when I get it.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\">&#8211; Book summary&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><b>Aligning your Head and Heart&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><b>A Krsna conscious&nbsp;self-development guide<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px\">We see others doing something we consider wrong, and we want them to change. Yet when we recognize our own shortcomings, we\u2019re often reluctant to make improvements in ourselves.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px\">Living the Wisdom of Bhakti addresses this problem by facilitating honest and insightful introspection. Mahatma Prabhu gently pushes us to take a closer look at where we are and were we are going by asking questions that are sometimes difficult to face but profoundly rewarding to answer.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"arial, sans-serif\"><span><b><font color=\"#000000\">Testimonials &#8211;&nbsp;<\/font><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0)\">link:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mahatmadas.com\/book-testimonials\/\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/mahatmadas.com\/book-testimonials\/<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin:0px 0px 1.4em;padding:0px\"><font face=\"arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px\">&#8220;I was lucky to recently receive your book, Living the Wisdom of Bhakti<\/span>. Despite the fact that I don\u2019t have an extra minute during our summer festivals here in Poland, I just completed reading the entire book \u2013 in 3 days actually. What a pleasure it was to read!&nbsp; And&nbsp;<span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px\">what a treasure chest of wisdom<\/span>&nbsp;(the title is perfect ). I have already begun using various quotes and phrases from the book in my morning lectures and in emails to disciples, friends and well-wishers.&nbsp;<span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px\">I will be carrying this book around with me for a long time to come.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px 0px 1.4em;padding:0px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif\">Thank you once again for putting \u2018pen to paper.\u2019&nbsp; Your lectures are excellent, but your books are even more important because they go \u201chere, there and everywhere.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px\">You have a unique ability to capture and present the knowledge and wisdom of Vedic scriptures in such a way as to make them appealing and useful for people in modern times.<\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif\">&nbsp;Please keep churning out this wisdom as it really is a practical guide for spiritual seekers; not only devotees, but those who are just beginning to inquire about spiritual life.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px\">Indradyumna Swami<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span><font face=\"arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\">\u201cThis is a real Bhakti spiritual self-help book, something that is greatly needed in the devotee community. I also find it valuable as a practical reference for my own teaching and counselling.\u201d <b>Guru Prasada Swami<\/b><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><font face=\"arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><font face=\"arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\">\u201cIn Living the Wisdom of Bhakti, Mahatma Prabhu reveals his expertise by addressing our daily challenges through insighful analysis and problem solving strategies that address the core of our problems.\u201d <b>Gunagrahi Dasa Goswami<\/b><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><font face=\"arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\"><span>\u201cMahatma Prabhu shows us how to align our lives with what we believe. You\u2019ll find this book a unique adventure into the core of your heart. Be ready to be changed in a profound and powerful way.\u201d <b>Mahadevi Dasi<\/b><\/span><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mahatmadas.com\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/mahatmadas.com<\/a> &#8211; all info on his website&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><font color=\"#0000ff\"> <\/font><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0)\"><\/p>\n<p><p><b><strong>3 Bhakti Education courses<\/strong><\/b> &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktieducation.teachable.com\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/bhaktieducation.teachable.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\">&#8211; Forgiveness intensive course:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktieducation.teachable.com\/p\/transformation-through-forgiveness\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/bhaktieducation.teachable.com\/p\/transformation-through-forgiveness<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\">&#8211; Forgiveness foundational course &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktieducation.teachable.com\/p\/forgiveness-foundational-course\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/bhaktieducation.teachable.com\/p\/forgiveness-foundational-course<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\">&#8211; Self Esteem Course &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bhaktieducation.teachable.com\/p\/self-esteem-course\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/bhaktieducation.teachable.com\/p\/self-esteem-course<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\">^^ All Free&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\" dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><b>Biography:<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\">Mahatma Das has been serving ISKCON since 1969. He received first and second initiation in 1970 in Los Angeles, California. He has served as temple president and sankirtana leader in several temples and has been involved in congregational development and college preaching.<\/span><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\">He was co-director of the VIHE, Krishnafest and Bhagavat Life (in the development and facilitation of japa retreats).<\/span><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\">He now focuses on designing and conducting professionally organized workshops and retreats, both live and online, to assist devotees and non-devotees in their spiritual growth, through his company Sattva (visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahatmadas.com\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.mahatmadas.com<\/a>. He also counsels devotees and non-devotees, travels half the year, and writes books. He posts a daily video on Facebook. He accepted the service of initiating spiritual master in 2013.<\/span><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\">Mahatma Das is well known for his beautiful bhajans and kirtans, both live and recorded (especially for his recording of the Brahma-Samhita) and is most appreciated for helping devotees practically apply Krsna consciousness in their lives.<\/span><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\">He presently resides in both Alachua, Florida and Mayapur, India with his wife Jahnava and their daughter Syama-mandali.<\/span><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\">He does several online courses weekly on Facebook, and these courses are housed on his YouTube channel and on Soundcloud (you can link to these and his other sites from <a href=\"http:\/\/mahatmadas.com\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mahatmadas.com<\/a> and also sign up there to receive online class notifications). You can also order his books and sign up for online courses on his website.<\/span><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\">To connect with Mahatma Das, visit:<\/span><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mahatmadas.com\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mahatmadas.com<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/HGMahatmaDas\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">facebook.com\/HGMahatmaDas<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mahatmadas\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twitter.com\/mahatmadas<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/user\/Mahatmadasa\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youtube.com\/user\/Mahatmadasa<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mahatma-das\" target=\"_blank\" moz-do-not-send=\"true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">soundcloud.com\/mahatma-das<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:&quot;Amazon Ember&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/SrT0O2H.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Sri Radha dd: Mahatma Das has been serving ISKCON since 1969. He received first and second initiation in 1970 in Los Angeles, California. He has served as temple president and sankirtana leader in several temples and has been involved in congregational development and college preaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-message-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78536","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=78536"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78721,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78536\/revisions\/78721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}