Join Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu's Sunday Morning Study of Srimad Bhagavatam 11th Canto.
Ravindra Svarupa Dasa (born William H. Deadwyler, III) is a religious leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (also known as the Hare Krishnas or ISKCON). He was initiated by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1971. He has been a member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission since 1987, Chairman of that Commission's North American GBC Continental Committee, is the president of ISKCON of Philadelphia, and an ISKCON Guru.
He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Religion from Temple University and a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. He has written extensively on Vaishnava philosophy and used his education to further the discourse of Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology within the context of ISKCON. He is the author of Encounter with the Lord of the Universe: Collected Essays 1978-1983 (Washington, DC: Gita Nagari Press, 1984). He also is featured on Shelter's Attaining the Supreme, where he gives a lecture on a hidden track.
Publications include "The Devotee and the Deity: Living a Personalistic Theology," in Gods of Flesh, Gods of Stone: The Embodiment of Divinity in India, ed. Joanne Punzo Waghorne and Norman Cutler. (Anima Publications, 1985). * "Cleaning House and Cleaning Hearts: Reform and Renewal in ISKCON," in The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant ed. Edwin Bryant and Maria Ekstrand. (Columbia University Press, 2004).
Ravindra Svarupa Conference Call Classes take place every Sunday morning at 10:30 AM Philadelphia time. See below for local time.
Current Time in Hawaii
Instructions on how to call into the conference:
1) Dial 1-570-310-0170.
2) When connected, you will be asked for an access code – enter the
code 16108#.
3) You will hear a recording that will ask you to announce yourself –
you can ignore this if you'd like or you can announce yourself.
4) If you have any questions or comments to offer during the Q&A session
(after the main portion of the class) press "*6" to unmute your phone –
this will allow everyone to hear you.
After your question, please mute your phone again by pressing "*6" again--
this will eliminate any background noise coming from your phone,
which can be distracting to the speaker.
5) After the class is over, simply hang-up your phone.
A few additional points:
->Usually people dial-in using their cell phones as most service plans
are free calls on weekends. If using a cell phone, do not use the
speaker phone option on the instrument as it causes static noise in
the conference. In case you have a weak signal, disconnect and dial-in
from an area where the signal is stronger – any person connected with
weak-signal affects the entire conference.
->If questions or comments arise during the week regarding the
material covered in class or the class structure, you are more than
welcome to send your questions or comments to rsd.sanga@gmail.com
This email account will be frequently checked and Ravindra Svarupa
Prabhu will answer any questions that are sent to this address within
the week. Please remember, however, to send your inquiries to rsd.sanga@gmail.com.
