In this presentation, Dr. Chetna Kang (Chiti Sakti Devi) speaks on “Getting Through Grief with Devotion.”Chiti Sakti Devi is a consultant psychiatrist, with over 20 years of experience in advances in mental health with Krishna consciousness. She broadcasts for BBC radio on mental health, wellbeing and spirituality with over 200 million listeners. She is a disciple […]
presented by Rukmini Walker —- Last Sunday, Rukmini gave a special presentation to the ISKCON Toronto community on Creating Sacred Space as We Shelter in Place. To watch this timely and inspiring talk, please click on this link or the video image below.
~Presented by Rukmini Walker On November 22, 2020, Rukmini Walker gave this online talk speaking on the Value of Eagerness for the Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education. To listen to this inspiring discussion, please click on this link or on the video image below.
~presented by Brajarani Devi Dasi During the November Urban Devi Sanga, Brajarani Devi Dasi gave a special talk on Sacred Travel. She shared her personal travel stories with listeners, taking them on a virtual journey to sacred lands from their homes. Her travel-log took virtual travelers to the Holy City of Vrindavan, the Ganges, Govardhan Hill and other sacred sites. To listen in […]
~a talk with Rukmini Walker On November 21, 2020, Kirtan Vancouver hosted a special sanga with Rukmini Walker called Finding Shelter in Challenging Times. To watch this timely talk, please click here. We hope you find this discussion inspiring.
Last Friday, our extraordinary god-sister, Krsnanandini Devi ended her sojourn in this temporary material world. My husband, Anuttama and I spoke to her over facetime on the phone just a few days before she departed. She was effulgently shining like an angel about to enter the spiritual world. She was joyous, fearless and fixed in ardent enthusiasm […]
~ presented by Rambhoru Devi Dasi Autumn is a time to pause, check-in, and do the hard work of letting go as we anticipate who we are becoming as spiritual beings having a human experience. In this workshop, Rambhoru Dasi shares insights on life-cycle stages, rallying our resources, and being generative at the end of life. […]
~presented by Rukmini Devi Dasi Bhakti Yoga is the soul’s journey inward, seeking sacred love. As we move into Autumn, we seek a shifting of energy, feel a need to let go of what’s external and gather our power deeper within ourselves. What are the foundational roots of a personal Bhakti practice? How can we […]
~a special talk with Anangamanjari devi dasi Last Sunday’s Urban Devi sanga featured special guest, Anangamanjari Devi Dasi who spoke on Transcendence Beyond Religion. Anangamanjari devi dasi has dedicated her life to the theological teachings of the Vedas and their spiritual practices for over 50 years under the guidance of her spiritual teacher, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta […]
Union with God, Separation from God Vaisnava Christian Dialogue, September 25, 2020 ~presented by Rukmini Walker Om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri gurave namah In this paper, I’d like to ask you to visualize a continuum of consciousness. In the negative numbers, we exist in duality, focused on our own body, mind, and […]
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Urban Devi is a community of women who gather to explore and excavate their identities as urban women living the spiritual life. An urban devi is in the world, but not of the world. She acts in the world to uplift, and shift the consciousness of those around her to a higher place of Bhakti, or love in action.