An evening of Kirtan; Sacred Chants of Love and Grace!
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What better way to celebrate this day of love than in Kirtan Bliss raising our voices as an offering to the Divine Couple Sri Radhe Krishna.

Kirtan is mantra meditation as music. It is the most powerful means of meditation to invoke the inner beauty of one’s own identity in relation to the Supreme and reconnects us to that Love that dwells within each of us. The singing of mantras is accompanied by musical instruments, & the audience is encouraged to participate by singing, clapping and even dancing! Anyone can join in & joyfully sing along.

Stay in the Love and live from the Heart, for this is the compass that will guide us.

Join us for an evening inspired by Love:

5pm Kirtan Meditation to live music
6pm A spiritual talk on finding True Love & happiness
6.30 Sharing a delicious vegan/vegetarian dinner
7pm Kirtan ecstatic dance

contact via text for directions to our location in Anahola
808-551-6610


Namaste.
Radha dasi & Gopal das
www.bhaktiyogashack.com


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​The Yoga Shack is Born:
Congratulations -you have built the Yoga Shack! -Thanks to your kindness and generosity we have co-created the very first donation based Yoga Studio on Kauai! Although our official opening day will not be launching until March, we are giving you a sneak peek at where the magic will happen! As all projects always seem to cost more than what is first expected -so did this one- yet we have got the basic foundations in place and will be gradually adding to the Yoga Shack over the next few months; building an over hang to keep out the tropical rains when it's windy, putting in a stone path way to the bathroom, buying yoga mats, meditation cushions etc. We invite any one that would like to donate further to this project to contact us directly at MeditationKauai@gmail.com We are deeply touched by your ongoing support of making the Yoga Shack come to life and invite you to join us at our home on Kauai for our next Kirtan retreat! 

lovingly in your service , 
Radha dasi & Gopal das 
bhaktiyogashack.com

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JUST IN: Celine Dion's husband René Angélil has died at age 73 after a battle with cancer. Ironically early this week David Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, also died after a battle with cancer, he was 69. As we watch many famous people as well as our friends and family members slowly dropping off one by one all around us, it's a clear reminder of the power that inevitable time has over us. No matter how physically beautiful, rich or famous we may become during this lifetime, in the end we all face the same destiny- we all face death. In dying we are forced to leave this body and everything we have spent our whole lives working so hard to achieve behind. No matter how big and important we are, absolutely  no one can escape it , death comes to us all- no one gets out of here alive!


If you knew you were going to take a long journey tomorrow- wouldn’t you plan for it today?
The enlighten soul clearly recognizes the temporary nature of this body and the names and forms of this world connected with it. Seeing this life for what it is just one chapter in a big book- which will be over in the blink of an eye. Therefore  the wise don't waste their time and energy with building temporary material achievements and big bank accounts , but instead invest their life into building spiritual treasures of the heart - preparing for that onward journey that awaits us all.​ 

As the Great Saint Lord Jesus Christ taught:  “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21 Treasures in Heaven 19

Knowing who you are
Actually we can never really "die"- at the time of death the material body dies but you the spirit soul continue to exist. When we know who we really are, that the material body is not us, and that we are the eternal spirit soul temporarily residing within this body- we are immediately set free from the fear of death. In the ancient Yoga texts of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita  which was spoken by the Supreme Personality Of Godhead Sri Krishna over 5000 years ago to Arjuna, we can learn who we are, and become enlightened to the absolute truth of eternal nature of the soul. 

Sri Krishna says:
Bg 2.17 — That which pervades the entire body you should know to be indestructible. No one is able to destroy that imperishable soul.
Bg 2.22 — As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.
Bg 2.23 — The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind.
Bg 2.24 — This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, present everywhere, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same.
Bg 2.25 — It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body.


Seeing life as a spiritual preparation for death
When you know who you are, and you clearly understand your eternal nature- as a spirit soul, an individual spark of God- life then takes on a whole new meaning. Living a meaning full life is no longer about being rich, popular, or being highly educated or being externally beautiful or perfect- it is about being real, being humble, being kind, and living and acting on my true identity as a child of Krishna (God)

We are born alone and must die alone.
 When we know this truth and fully understand that our only eternal relationship is with Krishna The Supreme Soul we immediately choose to live this life differently than the common man, by living my life in such a way that every moment is wisely spent in spiritual pursuit of coming to know and love Krishna (God) once again. 

I can love you but God can love you deeper
The art of truly loving others: We can really love and care for others when we see them not as our own property, but as they are; children of Krishna (God). When we recognize that the only relationship that we and our loved ones can truly depend upon, is that eternal relationship with the Supreme Person- that Dear Friend residing within our Heart or hearts, who is always there for us to turn to in times of need -closer than their own breath.   By actively engaging in developing our individual personal loving relationship with the Supreme (God) at the end of this life at the time of death we can be liberated from this world of material suffering and go home back to Godhead.

I can love you but God can love you deeper
I can be a friend, but God can be your best friend.
I can hug you, but God can envelope you.
You can cry to me, but God can dry your tears.
I can hold your hand, but God can carry you. 
Try as I may I won't always be there-but God will never leave you.

Time is our most valuable possession, we can never get a year, month, week, hour, or minute back. So dear friends spend your time wisely -make every minute count, use your life-time for the benefit of spiritual pursuit coming to know and love Krishna once again.  Like swans, drinking only pure nectar of blossoming lotus, the liberated souls drink only from the spring of transcendental love. Mantra meditation and kirtan is the door to another world, the world of pure love, harmony and true happiness. This world is not a geographical place, it’s a state of consciousness. No need to try to get there by your own strength, you can travel on a safe ship of ancient mantras. We welcome you to join us at the Bhakti Yoga Shack on the island of Kauai to ride that wave of love. 

in your service ,

Radha & Gopal ,
BhaktiYogaShack 

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