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APRIL, 2014

APRIL 2014

Sri Sri Radha Rasabihariji APPEARANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS OF THE MOST MERCIFUL LORD CAITANYA

One of the most merciful events of the year – Gaura Purnima was celebrated on 16 March 2014. Gaura Purnima is the

appearance day of Lord Caitanya, an incarnation of Lord Krishna, who appeared 500 years ago, as His own worshiper. A

wide variety of events were lined up to celebrate the festival, which began with mangala-arati and was followed by

Shobha yatra to Juhu Koliwada garden, which was recently adopted by ISKCON Juhu. HH Badrinarayan Goswami gave

a detailed slideshow presentation on ‘World of Hare Krishna’ in the temple hall, which showcased the several milestones

in the history of the Hare Krishna movement and extraordinary achievements of devotees. Besides a week long

Gaura-katha (narration of the pastimes of Lord Caitanya) preceding Gaura Purnima, several discourse were held

throughout the day in the temple hall and Auditorium to explain the glories of Lord Caitanya as described in Caitanya-

caritamrita and Caitanya Bhagavat. A drama depicting the merciful nature of Lord Caitanya, in this troubled age of

Kali-yuga, helped the audience to easily understand why Lord Caitanya emphasized chanting of the holy names Hare

Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare as the best means

to attain love of God. The maha-abhishek of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai in the evening was another opportunity to soak in the

mercy of the Lord, by watching the Deities being showered in sacred substances with chants of Hare Krishna maha

mantra enveloping the entire temple hall. While devotees fasted till dusk, almost all visitors to the temple treated them-

selves to sabudana kitchari and kadhi prasada which was served out hot and in unlimited quantities, by the Food for Life

department. A delicious Ekadasi feast also awaited devotees after the main evening (sandhya) arati in the temple hall.

RAMAKATHA, 4 to 8 April : In Mandapam Hall from 7 – 9 pm followed by prasada. Ramkatha on 6 April at 12:30pm in Mandapam Hall.

BOAT FESTIVAL, 6 April : In Temple courtyard 6:30 - 9.00 pm.

RAMNAVAMI, 8 April : Shobha yatra at Juhu Beach at 6:15am , GuruPuja and Sringar Darshan at 7:30am, Maha-abhishek & Arati at 11:30 am, Gaura Arati 7:00pm, Kalash abhishek at 7:00pm. Life Patrons are requested to bring their cards for special darshan & prasada from 4pm onwards.

Chanting of the

Hare Krishna

mantra is the

easiest process of

meditation in this age.

As soon as one chants

the Hare Krishna

mantra, he sees the

forms of Krishna,

Rama and Their

energies, and that is

the perfect stage of

trance. One should not

artificially try to see

the form of the Lord

while chanting

Hare Krishna, but

when the chanting

is performed offense-

lessly the Lord will

automatically reveal

Himself to the view of

the chanter. The

chanter, therefore, has

to concentrate on

hearing the vibration,

and without extra

endeavour on his part,

the Lord will

automatically appear.

Srimad Bhagvatam 4.8.53

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APRIL 2014

Vaishnava

Calendar

15 Tuesday Beginning of Salagrama and Tulasi Jala Dana

11 Friday Kamada Ekadashi Breakfast 12/04/14

06:24- 10:34 am

12 Saturday Damanaka Ropana Dvadasi

08 Tuesday Rama Navami

25 Friday Varuthini Ekadashi Breakfast 26/04/14

06:14 – 10:29 am

LORD KRISHNA & YOU

SERVING THE SERVANT OF THE LORD The name Hanuman brings to mind images of service, undying love, simplicity and deep devotion to anyone who hears his name. Hanuman is one of the central characters of Ramayana where he displayed his valor, strength and courage in service of Lord Ramachandra. An outstanding quality of Hanuman which endears him to millions is his unwavering devotion towards his master Lord Rama. Despite Hanuman having had a form of a monkey and displaying monkey like qualities such as fickleness and restlessness, he dovetailed these qualities in service of the Lord. Sometimes Hanuman is worshipped by many as independent from Lord Rama but he repeatedly identifies himself as the service of Lord Rama and showers unlimited praise upon Him throughout Ramayan. Hanuman is a symbol of an ideal servant of the Lord who has no desire, save and except to render unconditional service. Thus, his appearance day (on 15 April) serves as a perfect occasion to pray to him for sincere devotional service where the greatest happiness of the devotee is in being the servant of Lord and in abandoning any desire to enjoy with the Lord or independent of Him. Being pleased with this unflinching devotion, Lord Rama blessed Hanuman to stay in this world as long as His glories are sung. As mentioned in Mahabharata, Hanuman still continue to exist in Himalayan mountains constantly chanting the name of Sri Sri Sita Rama.

29 Tuesday Appearance Day of Sri Gadadhara Pandita

14 Monday Hanuman Jayanti

HH Badrinarayan Goswami, GBC member, visited

ISKCON Juhu from 7 - 18 March. He shared his vast

knowledge and deep spiritual insights, through his Srimad

Bhagavatam discourses, seminar on Parallel Lines of

Authority and personal interactions with devotees. He

recently accepted the renounced (sannyas) order of life in

Mayapur, West Bengal and ISKCON Juhu was the first

temple he visited as sannyasis.

On request of the local MLA Shri Ashokbau Jadhav, the

management at ISKCON Juhu recently accepted the

responsibility for maintenance and caretaking of a garden

located at Juhu Koliwada, Santacruz (W). To mark the

honor, devotees brought in Deities of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai

at this garden during early hours of Gaura Purnima on 16

March and performed congregation chanting of Hare

Krishna mantra.

The entire community of devotees

at ISKCON Juhu congregated to-

gether to honor the Jagannath Misra

feast, which is traditionally held the

day after the appearance of Lord

Caitanya, which fell on 17 March

this year. This is one of the few

times in the year when all members

of the community gather to honor

prasada together.

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The Sunday medical camp at Nilachal

Dham farm, completed two years of

service to residents of Talasari and

nearby villages in March 2014. Besides

general diagnosis, specialist from vari-

ous medical fields visit the farm eve-

ry Sunday morning to treat the villagers

who find it physically and financially

challenging to visit the nearby city for

treatment.

Bhaktivedanta Youth Club organized

the Inspirio Youth Festival with the

theme ‘Being Human’ on 30 March at

ISKCON Auditorium. The program

included a lecture title ‘Being Human’

by Kamal Locana Das, drama, mantra

rock show and delicious prasada for

all. Inspirio Youth Festival aims to

inspire youth to include spirituality as

an integral part of their life.

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA

KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE

HARE RAMA HARE RAMA

RAMA RAMA HARE HARE