"The Vedanta sutra states, athato brahma jijnasa. This means that the most important activity for a soul, in the human form, is to enquire about spiritual life, brahma jijnasa. Every civilized society must provide for this to take place. In the advanced Vedic society, ample attention was given to cater to the spiritual aspects of life. With time, society has become practically ignorant of this need. And spirituality has come to the level of just blind rituals and sentiments. The ISKCON temple provides much more for the soul than those rituals. ISKCON temples are centers of spiritual learning through Godly association, centers where a visitor is inspired to learn about spiritual life. One can receive practical guidance in his spiritual life from those who are already on the path of spiritual advancement. Although the senses of the visitors may be bogged down by absorption in material endeavor, they can be purified and enlivened by coming in touch with the Supreme Lord in various ways and experience happiness. This temple, ISKCON Bangalore provides such transcendental experiences as seeing the beautiful form of the Lord, participation in hearing and singing His qualities and pastimes, tasting nectarean prasadam and engaging in serving the Lord in various ways. Thus, step-by-step, they will realize the reality of their own spiritual identity and learn to cater to its needs."
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Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa
Governing Body Commissioner - ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples
President and Governing Council Member, ISKCON Bangalore Society
Temple President, ISKCON Sri Radha Krishna Mandir, Bangalore
Chairman, The Akshaya Patra Foundation
Managing Trustee, Hare Krishna Movement
Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa (former name Madhusudan S) was born in 1956 in Trivandrum, India. As a pre-degree student, he was selected by the National Science Talent search program of the country. He completed his B.Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT-Mumbai in the year 1980. During his days in IIT, he became interested in the books of Srila Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of ISKCON. While he was doing his M.Tech course in IIT-Mumbai in 1981, he dedicated himself to the service of humanity by becoming a full-time member of ISKCON.
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Website: http://www.madhupanditdasa.info/
Sri Chanchalapathi Dasa
Governing Body Commissioner - ISKCON Bangalore Group of Temples
Vice President and Governing Council Member, ISKCON Bangalore Society
Temple Vice President, ISKCON Sri Radha Krishna Mandir, Bangalore
Vice Chairman, The Akshaya Patra Foundation
Trustee, Hare Krishna Movement
Sri Chanchalapathi Dasa (former name S Chandrashekar), was born in 1963 in Bangalore, India. While an undergraduate student in PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, he became interested in the message and mission of Srila Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of ISKCON. Later he joined the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for the Masters program in Electrical Communication Engineering. In 1984 he became a full-time dedicated member of ISKCON, Bangalore and soon became the Vice President. He has been involved in the implementation of the various programs of ISKCON, Bangalore as well as the Akshaya Patra program.
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Website: http://chanchalapathidasa.info/
