Gita Life: Bringing the Gita to Life
Thu, Jun 13
|Bhakti School NYC
Join us on a 10-session hybrid course on mastering the Bhagavad-gita with Sankirtan-priya Das.
Time & Location
Jun 13, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT – Jun 30, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT
Bhakti School NYC, 305 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA
Guests
About the event
Course Schedule
Thursday, June 13: Introduction & Chapter 1
Friday, June 14: Chapter 2 & Chapter 3
Saturday, June 15: Chapter 4 & Chapter 5
Sunday, June 16: Chapter 6 & Chapter 7
Friday, June 21: Chapter 8 & Chapter 9
Saturday, June 22: Chapter 10 & Chapter 11
Sunday, June 23: Chapter 12 & Chapter 13
Friday, June 28: Chapter 14 & Chapter 17
Saturday, June 29: Chapter 15 & Chapter 16
Sunday, June 30: Chapter 18 & Q&A
Course Timings
Weekday Classes: 6PM - 8PM
Weekend classes: 10AM - 1PM
Course Material
All the course material willl be available for downlaod every week after two or three days.
Questions/Inquirires
All questions, concerns and inquirires will be addressed in the WhatsApp group or during the mid-week sessions.
Course Fee
This course is free, but donations are appreciated.
About the Facilitator
One of the newest members of the Bhaktivedanta Manor monastery having only joined in 2017, Sankirtan-Priya left his career in the City of London within the Financial Services industry, to swap suits for robes and sleep on the floor at the Bhaktivedanta Manor.
Born in a small village in North Tanzania with no running water or electricity, Sankirtan Priya’s early childhood was steeped in the culture of Bhakti. Every evening the villagers would gather around as his Grandma would recite amazing stories from the ancient Vedic epic, the Ramayana.
Then at 15, he moved to England with little grasp of the English language and entered a new culture altogether. But with a good head and hard work, he soon attained qualifications in computing and joined an IT consultancy company as a project manager.
In 1990, he received his first Bhagavad Gita on a night out in the west end. And his connection to his Bhakti roots immediately got revived. The presence of the Bhagavad Gita in his life helped to anchor him through various personal stresses like losing his father and looking after several family member simultaneously afflicted with various mental and physical illnesses.
Now after 18 years of experience in the corporate working world and finally leaving the ‘rat race’, Sankirtan-Priya brings to the School of Bhakti his own unique style of administration and structured approach in creating an organisation that can provide much needed spiritual sustenance for society.
He also leads a Bhakti Vriksha sector in the North West London region, conducted at Bhaktivedanta Manor and is a mentor to several devotees.