Monday 8 October 2012

Sunday, October 7th, 2012

Agenda

Brighton, Ontario
 
What does a walking monk speak about with his fellow colleagues, both family and renunciants?
 
At our annual retreat, on this second day, our topics and presentations were as follows (times, topics, presenters)
 
8:30-9:15 - Welcome/Introductions/Reading and Messages - myself
9:15-10:45 - Bridging the Gap! Bhakti Lounge - Mangal Arti
10:45 - 11:00 - Break
11:00 - 11:20 - Brahmacarya (monk) Ecstasy - Nitai Rama
11:30 - 11:45 - Little Temple on the Prairie - Vrinda devi
11:45 - 12:45 - Hit the Streets! Book Distribution - Radha Mohan
12:45 - 1:45 - Lunch
1:45 - 2:25 - Temple Bliss: Why would I want to be anywhere else? - Indresh Batra
2:25 - 3:00 - En Chant (Vancouver) - Caitanya Hari
3:00 - 3:30 - Break
3:30 - 4:15 - Succession Planing: Enlivening and engaging our youth - Keshava Sharma
4:15 - 4:30 - Protecting our Children (Montreal) - Sumati
4:30 - 4:45 - The LIttle Temple that Could Be (Scarborough) - Bhakti Yoga
4:45 - 5:00 - Canadian Archives - Radha Krishna dasi
5:00 - 5:15 - Fertile Grounds: University Outreach - Rashi Singh
5:15 - 5:30 - Vaisnavi Sanga: Ladies Only! - Sukhayanti dasi
5:30 - 6:30 - The Next 100 Years: Vision for ISKCON Canada - ALL
6:30 - 7:00 - Evening Yoga (optional) - Deva Datta
7:30 - Dinner
 
The above is a lot of material to cover. The presentations were excellent. There were dreams, but mostly action - plan possibles. The Hundred Year Vision was dreamy which stretched for miles and miles but unfortunately time did not permit any miles under my feet!
 
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