Articles tagged as Poetry

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  Wounded Hearts

  A poem written by Gaurangi Dasi in New Mayapur, France in 2005.

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  Life, Death & What’s In-between

  "I am Yours now, so please, take me / where you will, teach me about / eternity and other things of / consequence..."

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  While Battling Chronic Illness, Devotee Wins Prestigious Literary Prize

  Awarded by the University Centre Grimsby, this annual competition receives thousands of entries from writers around the world. Janavi Held is one of 25 writers whose poems were chosen for worldwide publication in the annual Hammond House poetry anthology.

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  School of Love

  A poem based on chapter "​Transforming Lust into Love” from the book The Spiritual Warrior by Bhakti Tirtha Swami.

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  New Book Celebrates Today’s Women in the Bhakti Tradition

  A new book is being released this summer featuring the individual voices of 108 women in the Bhakti tradition. Over the last three years, Krishna Kanta Dasi—founder of the Vaishnavi Voices Poetry Project—has been collecting the poetry of vaishnavis, or female practitioners of bhakti, from all over the world to produce Bhakti Blossoms: A Collection of Contemporary Vaishnavi Poetry.

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  A Project Dedicated to Honoring the Voices of Vaishnavis

  A new book is being produced that calls for the participation of women poets in the Bhakti tradition. The Vaishnavi Voices Poetry Project is drawing in women devotees from all over the world, who are uniting together to represent and offer a tribute to the spiritual sentiments of contemporary vaishnavis, or women practitioners of bhakti yoga.

• How I Came to Writing: Visakha Dasi

  Visakha Dasi has been a prolific author with her essays and books being widely appreciated by the Bhakti community and the Secular community as well. Her presentation of the timeless teachings of her Guru Srila Prabhupada in the Bhakti Tradition has been steady and deeply touching for many hearts. How did she start this service of writing? What keeps her inspired? What encouragement did she receive from Srila Prabhupada for this service? Watch this video to know more! For more such videos log onto http://www.bhaktiwomen.org/?q=content/BhaktiWomenShakti

• Secular Society (Inspirational Spoken Word Poem Video)

  Poetry and video by Gaura Klein. http://www.gaurakaruna.com

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  ISKCON Youth Honored for Literary Contributions

  KidSpirit, an online magazine that encourages teens to write about topics like faith and spirituality, is featuring some of its best young writers at the non-profit’s 2014 award ceremony in New York City on November 9. Nimai Agarwal is a member of the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. chapters of ISKCON. His parents Lokadaksha das and Vidarbha Suta dasi are active in local college and book distribution programs. 

• Journey of The Heart - Book Release Announcement

  Book trailer for our new book, 'Journey of The Heart: An Anthology of Spiritual Poetry by Women', edited by Catherine Ghosh and published by Balboa Press, 2014. Available online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Balboa Press. Click this link for procuring a copy of the book: http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Heart-Anthology-Spiritual-Poetry/dp/1452517827/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407700803&sr=8-1&keywords=Catherine+Ghosh

• The Song of God - A poetic rendition of Bhagavd Gita

  A dramatic presentation by the Bhaktivedanta Players of the Bhaktivedanta Manor, UK.

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  Golden Moon Poetry Contest
  On behalf of the BBT, the Bhakti Writer Community is sponsoring a poetry competition.