Revati Prema Devi Dasi's Page

Name

Revati Prema Devi Dasi

Birthday

December 23, 1975

Current Address

Hans Schourups Gade 4, 5. sal
8000 Aarhus

Relationship Status

Married to Danesha Das

Guru

His Holiness Radhanath Swami

My Heroes

Srila Prabhupada, my spiritual master, Bhakti Tirtha Swami, George Harrison and many more.

How I joined / Became A Friend of ISKCON

I listened to George Harrison's music from around the age of 12, and was slowly introduced to Krishna consciousness through his music. I loved to sing "My Sweet Lord" and "Hear me Lord", and had a picture of Krishna and Arjuna on my wall. (Years later, when I finally accepted the philosophy wholeheartedly, it all seemed so familiar, as if it had been there the whole time...)

Later, a friend of mine bought "The Higher Taste" from a devotee in London, and when she gave it to me, it convinced me to become a vegetarian. Later I attended a school program, which convinced me that I want to know more about this, and then when I was old enough I travelled to India and Nepal as a backpacker. I learned a lot in India, both good and bad, but I became sure that I wanted to learn more.

Back from India I attended my first Sunday program in an ISKCON temple, and from then on I was sold... I loved the bhajan and kirtan, and kept coming back for more and more and more. A few months later I was doing service in the restaurant, and before I knew it I was chanting rounds :)

On my next visit to India (still a backpacker!) I visited Vrindavan and Mayapur, and promised to Srila Prabhupada (in his samadhi) that I will keep chanting for the rest of my life.

Interests

Devotional music, reading, dancing in kirtan :)

Countries Visited

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, England, Scotland, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Poland, USA, Egypt, Fiji, New Zealand, India, Nepal, Japan

ISKCON Temples Visited

The temples in the above mentioned countries... At least some of them!

Favorite Food

My all time favourite is kulfi, but it is a rare treat in Aarhus, so I eat ice cream instead. I also like other milk sweets, especially rasmalai, burfi and srikand.

My favourite subjis are mattar panir and palak panir, and I love a good dahl.

And of course my father's "klubbvelling", a traditional Norwegian speciality, made from milk and flour. (I don't think anyone else likes it, but it is a family thing...)

And Danesha wanted me to write that it should all be cooked by him, since Ajita wrote that his favourite food is Danesha's...!

Instruments I Play

Harmonium, piano, flute, a little guitar

Favorite Books

Many, hard to choose a few. But the first eye opening KC book was "Science of Self Realisation". It woke me up. The next one was "Endless Love" by Ravindra Svarupa prabhu, and I still love it!

I also have a long list of books by other authors, but it is hard to know where to begin. I used to read a LOT...

Favorite Music

I love devotional music. Kirtan and bhajans by Srila Prabhupada, BB Govinda Maharaja, Niranjana Maharaja, Aindra prabhu, my spiritual master etc. etc. I am also discovering a lot of young kirtan leaders, like e.g. Acyuta Gopi.

I also like Indian classical music (e.g. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Nikhil Banerjee, Ravi Shankar, Shivkumar Sharma), quawwali (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) and a lot of western classical music.

And the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Bel Canto

Favorite Movies

The Simple Temple

Favorite Vaisnava Songs

Mama Mana Mandire, Jaya Jaya Jagannatha, Doyal Nitai Caitanya, Sundara Lala, Krishna Jinaka Nama Hai, Gaura Arati.

Occupation

Student - working hard to finish my master's in education, while working a little part time in a consultancy company.