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Vol 3: Issue 06 February 11, 2010 Gaur Purnima Festival - Feb 28th Update on Iskcon Food for Life relief effort in Haiti | | The Demigods appeal to Lord Vishnu on the shore of the ocean of milk. read about this pastime - Srimad Bhagavatam 10.1.17 to 10.1.22
| Pleaseforward this newsletter to a friend. To subscribe to this weekly email, please click here Update Profile/Email Address Please do not reply directly to this newsletter, please reply to this email address: | Upcoming Holy Days, Temple Events and Notices for the week of Feruary 12 to February 18: Please note: any of these events are open to the public - please join us if you can. Feb 12, Friday-Siva Ratri, celebrating pastimes of the greatest Vaisnava and Guna Avatara, Lord Siva, who is in charge of destruction of the universe; the husband of the materila energy personified, Mayadevi or Durgadevi. Stop by the Temple either for morning class or evening class - we will be reading aloud the pastimes of Lord Shiva.
Feb 3, Saturday-Amavasya (new moon); Kumbha Sankranti, Sun enters Aquarius
Feb 14, Sunday-Disappewarance day of Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji, the siksa guru of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Babaji Maharaja serves as Rasika Manjari in Lord Krsna's pastimes.
Disappearance day of Sri Rasikananda, great Gaudiya Vaisnava scholar and most beloved disciple of Sri Syamananda Prabhu.
Up-coming Major Event for February:
Gaura Purnima, the Appearance Day of Lord Caitanya, Sunday Feb 28 5pm; fasting until moonrise, celebration and feast at the Temple.
| HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE | | Bhagavadgita Verse of the Week: Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 3.1 - Karma Yoga arjuna uvāca
jyāyasī cet karmaṇas te
matā buddhir janārdana
tat kiḿ karmaṇi ghore māḿ
niyojayasi keśava
SYNONYMS
arjunaḥ uvāca - Arjuna said; jyāyasī - better; cet - if; karmaṇaḥ - than fruitive action; te - by You; matā - is considered; buddhiḥ - intelligence; janārdana - O Kṛṣṇa; tat - therefore; kim - why; karmaṇi - in action; ghore - ghastly; mām - me; niyojayasi - You are engaging; keśava - O Kṛṣṇa.
TRANSLATION
Arjuna said: O Janārdana, O Keśava, why do You want to engage me in this ghastly warfare, if You think that intelligence is better than fruitive work?
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa has very elaborately described the constitution of the soul in the previous chapter, with a view to delivering His intimate friend Arjuna from the ocean of material grief. And the path of realization has been recommended: buddhi-yoga, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Sometimes Kṛṣṇa consciousness is misunderstood to be inertia, and one with such a misunderstanding often withdraws to a secluded place to become fully Kṛṣṇa conscious by chanting the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa. But without being trained in the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, it is not advisable to chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa in a secluded place, where one may acquire only cheap adoration from the innocent public. Arjuna also thought of Kṛṣṇa consciousness or buddhi-yoga, or intelligence in spiritual advancement of knowledge, as something like retirement from active life and the practice of penance and austerity at a secluded place. In other words, he wanted to skillfully avoid the fighting by using Kṛṣṇa consciousness as an excuse. But as a sincere student, he placed the matter before his master and questioned Kṛṣṇa as to his best course of action. In answer, Lord Kṛṣṇa elaborately explained karma-yoga, or work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, in this Third Chapter.
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Srila Prabhupada - with disciples, a funny moment
Srila Prabhupada - "So go on with your organization for distribution of my books through press and other modern media and Krishna will certainly be pleased upon you. We can use everything, television, radio, movies, or whatever there may be - to tell about Krishna and outside of devotional service all these modern paraphanelia are just so much rubbish." Letter to Bhagavan, 24 November 1970 Denver Weekly Preaching Report: This week the Denver Devotees distributed over 392 of Srila Prabhupada's books to the public. | OM AJNANA-TIMIRANDHASYA JNANANAJANA-SALAKAYA CAKSUR UNMILITAM YENA TASMAI SRI-GURAVE NAMAH "I was born in the darkest of ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances to him. " | You are invited......: We would like to invite you, your family and your friends to attend this coming Sunday Feast at the Denver Hare Krsna Temple. Starting at 5:00 pm, be prepared for an ecstatic Krishna Kirtan, Transcendental Srimad Bhagavadgita lecture and free sumptuous vegetarian feast. We are located at 1400 Cherry Street in Denver, CO 80220. Map to the Temple Temple Daily Schedule | JAI-SRI-KRSNA-CAITANYA PRABHU-NITYANANDA SRI-ADVAITA GADADHARA SRIVASADI-GAUR-BHAKTA-VRINDA | | Thanks to our Sponsors: Thanks to our Sunday Feast Sponsors for Feb 7, 2010:
1. Krishna dasa and family
2. Chandra Chandramouli in memory of father
3. Asha Lameyer (Samisha's daughter) for her Grandmother
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Community News Briefs: Update on the Food for Life relief effort in Haiti: for more info about Iskcon Food for Life - click here If you have any announcements that you would like to post to this newsletter, such as marriages, births, deaths, graduations, etc. please send them to pcavana123@gmail.com. Please include photos if you like. | | HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE | | NEW: What's happening with Krsna Consciousness around the world: 4 new articles- click here | | | | | | | | | | |
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