2024 Swami Padmanabha

Join Swami Padmanabha and friends on a thought-provoking journey as they delve into the far-reaching consequences and implications associated not only with our conception of God, but also with what we do with that conception. For instance, although the goal of our practice is love of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we can remain very impersonal in our relationship with the Divine, our selves, each other and the world—and even in the name of personalism.

Do we act as if we believed that God is the Sweet Absolute, the friend to all? Or do we overlay our unresolved traumas and misconceptions over that and end up fearing him; fearing that he will withdraw his love or punish us in some way if we aren’t “good,” that we will be punished and pushed away by him for our imperfections in spite of our sincerity? Do we pray as if he is not already knowing us; as if he is not already taking care of us; as if he is not already loving us. How does certainty of our conceptions add a layer of complexity to opening our hearts to the way Krishna shows up as our life.

You are invited to explore these and other vital considerations, not in a mood of condemning or blaming, but with enthusiasm to sincerely reflect and be introspective so we can make the necessary adjustments in our angle of vision and grow toward our fullest potential— beginning with the awareness of our conceptions, how they shape our world, and then how to become free from the limiting effects we create.

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RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

Join Swami Padmanabha as he highlights the glorious contributions of Srila Jiva Goswami. Celebrating the disappearance of great personalities offers very unique opportunities to deepen our relationships with them and develop a very special and relishable kind of union—one that is found in separation only.

Each of the Six Goswamis had a very unique contribution to the creation of the sampradaya, being the empowered masterminds capable of taking the enormity and power of Mahaprabhu’s gifts and making them accessible to a wider group of recipients. We are here today because of their contributions. As the Tattva-acarya of the Gaudiya Sampradaya, Jiva Goswami was responsible for establishing the philosophical foundation of the Sampradaya.

Tune-in as the importance of Srila Jiva Goswami’s literary contribution of the Sat Sandarvhas is shared.

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RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

Join Swami Padmanabha and his friends in New Zealand as they explore the ripple effect of fully accepting that we are each unconditionally loved by God, as well as the effects on one’s life and spiritual progress if such acknowledgement is not the basis of one’s relationship with him.

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RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.

Join Swami Padmanabha and his friends in New Zealand as he speaks about life’s evolution into its potential which can be constricted and thwarted by certainty, tribal or institutional concerns of fitting-in rather than belonging. Sometimes when we become complacent or stagnant, a catastrophe comes knocking on our door to shake us out of the concrete we have embedded ourselves in. This does not come as a punishment but as a gift, grace, in response to our desire for a relationship with God. He removes things from our life to make room to receive God’s presence more deeply—to develop deep trust and faith in God’s dancing in our life and to acknowledge and accept his invitation to that dance. We have to trust that he is doing his part, and we have to do ours. And our part is to commit to our potential; not what we are now but what we can be in our fullest relation to each other, the world, and the center to all relation—God.

▶ WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/live/-1KwBQRItgA

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RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.