what to expect

  • teachings and guidance by Krishna Kshetra Swami, a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada and spiritual teacher in the bhakti tradition
  • interactive discussion
  • immersive experience of the Caitanya Caritamrita 
  • association with other practitioners
  • inspiration in your practice of Krishna Consciousness
  • enlivening kirtan
  • delicious prasadam

1-Day Retreat with Krishna Kshetra Swami

Reading and Living the Caitanya Caritāmṛta: (Re-)Entering the World of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Life and Teachings

presenter – Krishna Kshetra Swami

dates – saturday, october 14th

times – 9:00am – 6:30pm

admission – We are pleased to offer this community event as a service to you in your spiritual journey.  To help cover basic expenses and support our presenter, we invite participants to leave a donation according to their means. If you would like to support, please click the donate button below.

location – the Bhakti Center Temple room

for any questions, please contact Champakalata at Champaka@bhakticenter.org 

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In this one-day retreat/seminar, we will journey into and through Krsna das Kaviraja Goswami’s rich elaboration of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s life and teachings with the aim of exploring it from various angles of vision. Together we will consider ways of navigating this quite long literary devotional work, discuss some important key passages along with how the Caitanya Caritamrta (CC) can help us progress in our individual and collective spiritual journeys. The aim is to facilitate having a fresh look at our tradition’s, specifically Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava’s, most important scriptural edifice to pursue Śrīla Prabhupāda’s recommendation to read and discuss devotional literature “from all angles of vision.” 

Some specific questions we will discuss include: 

  • How does the CC relate with other biographies of Caitanya Mahāprabhu? What are various ways to read the CC? 
  • Why is there so much reference to prasādam in the CC? How does Kṛṣṇadāsa help us to appreciate the community of Vaiṣṇavas? 
  • Is logic and argument necessary to fathom the depth of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy? 

Please set aside this day and join us for a varied and engaging immersion in the Caitanya Caritamṛta! 

Schedule for the day:

9:00AM – 12:30PM Morning Sessions

12:30PM – 2:00PM Lunch 

2:00PM – 5:30PM Afternoon Sessions

5:30PM – 6:30PM Kirtan 

6:30PM Dinner

Krishna Kshetra Swami is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He has served as a missionary, temple priest, and counselor for bhakti-yoga practitioners since 1972.  In 1995 he compiled and published Pancaratra-pradipa, a manual for Caitanya Vaishnava temple worship. In 2004 he received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Oxford (St. Cross College) for his dissertation on Caitanya Vaishnava worship.

Krishna Kshetra Swami is now a Research Fellow of the Oxford Center for Hindu Studies. Amidst academic work he also travels extensively teaching about spiritual life as comprehended in the Vaishnava devotional (bhakti) tradition coming from Sri Caitanya.