Florence, Sunday March 11th 2012 16.00
Cassa di Risparmio Auditorium - via Folco Portinari, Florence
Lecturer: Marco Ferrini (Matsyavatara das), Founder and President of Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta

“Accustom ourselves to Happiness” was the title of the conference that took place on March 11th at the public body Cassa di Risparmio Auditorium, in Florence. In this suggestive place one could breathe a sacral fragrance that reminded of the days when this room was originally used as the Hospital Chapel. A large organ was placed on the wall, at the back of the ancient abside and the masterpieces of art of the seventeenth century depicting images of Catholic saints, enriched the walls.

Ponsacco (PI), Saturday March 10th 2012 16.00
Bhaktivedanta Study Centre - via Gramsci 64 - 56038, Ponsacco (PI)
Lecturer: Marco Ferrini (Matsyavatara das), Founder and President of Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta

“Journey of the Soul” the conference held by Marco Ferrini (Matsyavatara das) on Saturday March 10th at Bhaktivedanta Study Centre, was an occasion to ponder and develop one's relation to the concept of death and dying process.  The theme was featured by symbolic images, historical and mythological narratives of the Greek-Latin and Indian Traditions: through these instruments, one could reconsider the event in a new light.

Everyone is in search of freedom and love, but very often our actions imprison us instead of making us free, and we suffer instead of loving. Love and freedom are the signs of triumph that shows we make realizations by listening and following the voice that we hear from within: the voice of consciousness.  The same voice resounds in the prisons, in the hospitals, in the innocent children’s hearts and in the life of tired elderly people, and it reminds us of the real purpose of life: to evolve in order to become aware of our divine nature and learn to love.

Marco Ferrini gave a Free Lecture at the Readers Club in Turin, on Saturday 18^th of December.

The subject of his lecture was: “The pursuit of harmony in relationships”.

Participants came in large numbers, about 200 people filled the large and beautiful eighteenth-century hall in a short time, at one of the most prestigious and aristocratic Turinese Palaces that hosted this event.

The theme of relationships was presented with a multisided perspective, deepened on the basis of wisdom and spirituality of Bhakti Yoga, the Immortal Divine Love.

Marco Ferrini gave a lecture about “Betrayal, Grudge and Forgiveness” at Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta in Ponsacco (Pisa) on December 2^nd and 9^th, 2010.

The third and last appointment on the occasion of this set of lessons will take place on Thursday, December 16^th.

Here below, you can find some of the arguments treated during the first lessons.

“Every time we betray another person, we betray ourselves. Other people’s errors help us in recognizing those errors present in ourselves”.