HARINAM SANKIRTAN
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On a blustery Friday evening, a few families scuttle together bringing with them home-cooked food in familiar foil trays. Children try excitedly to break free from their seatbelts in wild anticipation of meeting their friends. The hosts are immersed in a quick makeover from a week-long work routine to a weekend retreat.
The children are taken downstairs where treasured coloring books and crayons await their masterful artistry. The adults gather in the family room above as the man in the saffron robes begins to slowly raise the tempo of his kartals and rhythmic chanting. It reaches a crescendo that leaves the guests crying for more and the hosts intermittently glancing around the windows to check if the neighbors are not being disturbed.
The class begins. Verse after verse from the ancient and timeless text of the Bhagavad-gita are recited, notated, discussed, and internalized. Everyone feels charged with a new perspective to life. There is a greater appreciation for everything one has received with a firmer understanding of the Source and His infinite opulences. The little ones appear almost magically with glee and a feeling of accomplishment as they run toward their parents with brightly colored pictures of the Lord in His pastimes. That’s also the signal for a sumptuous prasadam that is beckoning.
This was more than twenty years ago.
Starting with a humble few, the families and their eagerness led to the establishment of the Radha Shyamasundara Temple, ISKCON Naperville under the purview of the parent organization founded by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabupada. In a short time the few families grew to a congregation of 15-20 families, to what we are today. We continue to serve the community regardless of nationality, caste, or religion with the undeterred focus of education in the science of Krishna consciousness. We are committed to serving your spiritual needs and encourage you to visit us in person.
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Our exclusive experiences blend wellness and beauty, to harmonize the body and the mind
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Our exclusive experiences blend wellness and beauty, to harmonize the body and the mind
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Our exclusive experiences blend wellness and beauty, to harmonize the body and the mind
Sanny Sanchez
Our exclusive experiences blend wellness and beauty, to harmonize the body and the mind
Sanny Sanchez
Our exclusive experiences blend wellness and beauty, to harmonize the body and the mind
Claudia Aria
Our exclusive experiences blend wellness and beauty, to harmonize the body and the mind
Lena Courntey
Our exclusive experiences blend wellness and beauty, to harmonize the body and the mind
Sanny Sanchez
Our exclusive experiences blend wellness and beauty, to harmonize the body and the mind
The transcendental vibration of harinam-sankirtan is imported from the spiritual world.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Harinam-sankirtana is not complete without traditional Indian musical instruments, such as the mridanga and kartalas. The resulting melody is not just pleasing to the ear, but soothing to the soul. No wonder people “off the streets” spontaneously join in on the dancing and singing.
Our goal is simply to sing the glories of the Lord, and invite anybody interested to take part in this joyful experience of connecting with the divine through the sound vibration.
The transcendental vibration of harinam-sankirtan is imported from the spiritual world.
Lord Caitanya propagated chanting of the Holy Name as the most effective means of self-realization in today’s age. Harinama Sankirtana, or congregational chanting of the Holy Name in public, is a continuation of His practice about 500 years ago in India, where he compassionately distributed the Holy Name to one and all, without reservation.
Following in His footsteps, ISKCON Minnesota tall over the world regularly engage in outdoor harinam-sankirtan. In fact, devotees in brightly colored dresses singing and dancing to the tune of the Holy Name through the streets have become a trademark of the “Hare-Krishnas.”
Every quarter between May and September each year, ISKCON Minnesota goes on an outdoor harinam-sankirtan, singing:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Harinam-sankirtana is not complete with traditional Indian musical instruments, such as the mridanga and kartalas. The resulting melody is not just pleasing to the ear, but soothing to the soul. No wonder people “off the streets” spontaneously join in on the dancing and singing!
Our goal is simply to sing the glories of the Lord, and invite anybody interested to take part in this joyful experience of connecting with the divine through the sound vibration.
ISKCON Minnesota also facilitates the distribution of books on ancient Vedic wisdom through its regular book distribution drives. Our books cater to those that are newer to Krishna Consciousness as well as to those that are already practicing Bhakti-yoga.
To inquire about our next harinam-sankirtan or learn more about our books or book distribution drives, please write to:
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