| | | Denver Temple Weekly Bulletin
Vol 3: Issue 04 January 28, 2010 Denver Devotee heads to Haiti to help with relief effort | 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 January 29 to February 04: Please note: any of these events are open to the public - please join us if you can. Jan 29, Friday-Purnima (full moon) Appearance day of Sri Narottama Dasa Thakura, great devotee of Lord Caitanya who was a song writer and great kirtaniya.
Sri Krsna Madhura Utsava-celebration of Lord Krsna's pastimes  Feb. 3, Wednesday-Appearance day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Thakura , the spiritual master of Srila Prabhupada . Feb. 3, Wednesday (continued) - Sri Purusottama Dasa Thakura-disappearance day; a great devotee of Lord Nityananda. Special Notice to All Congregation Members: Please be advised that there will be no Deity Darshan during the follow dates/times: Monday Feb 1 - after 9am Friday Feb 5 - after 12:30pm The Deities are being painted and we apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you! | 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 2.71 vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān
pumāḿś carati niḥspṛhaḥ
nirmamo nirahańkāraḥ
sa śāntim adhigacchati SYNONYMS
vihāya - giving up; kāmān - material desires for sense gratification; yaḥ - who; sarvān - all; pumān - a person; carati - lives; niḥspṛhaḥ - desireless; nirmamaḥ - without a sense of proprietorship; nirahańkāraḥ - without false ego; saḥ - he; śāntim - perfect peace; adhigacchati - attains.
TRANSLATION
A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego - he alone can attain real peace.
PURPORT
To become desireless means not to desire anything for sense gratification. In other words, desire for becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious is actually desirelessness. To understand one's actual position as the eternal servitor of Kṛṣṇa, without falsely claiming this material body to be oneself and without falsely claiming proprietorship over anything in the world, is the perfect stage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. One who is situated in this perfect stage knows that because Kṛṣṇa is the proprietor of everything, everything must be used for the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa. Arjuna did not want to fight for his own sense satisfaction, but when he became fully Kṛṣṇa conscious he fought because Kṛṣṇa wanted him to fight. For himself there was no desire to fight, but for Kṛṣṇa the same Arjuna fought to his best ability. Real desirelessness is desire for the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa, not an artificial attempt to abolish desires. The living entity cannot be desireless or senseless, but he does have to change the quality of the desires. A materially desireless person certainly knows that everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa (īśāvāsyam idaḿ sarvam), and therefore he does not falsely claim proprietorship over anything. This transcendental knowledge is based on self-realization - namely, knowing perfectly well that every living entity is an eternal part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa in spiritual identity, and that the eternal position of the living entity is therefore never on the level of Kṛṣṇa or greater than Him. This understanding of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the basic principle of real peace.
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Srila Prabhupada - surrounded by his Disciples in the early days - New York
Srila Prabhupada - "I want that each and everyone of my centers should be fully stocked with books." Letter to Satsvarupa, 04 November 1970 Denver Weekly Preaching Report: This week the Denver Devotees distributed over 355 of Srila Prabhupada's books to the public. Last Thursday, a group of 12 students from the University of the Nations visited the temple for an introductory class of Krsna consciousness, with questions and answers, and a wonderful prasad feast cooked by Sri Raga das. The group was especially inquisitive and appreciative to discuss the teachings of the Bhagavad-Gita. All the students liked the prasad, and enjoyed second and third servings!
Mother Nidra, Tusta Krsna das, and Bhakta Peter made visits to the Auraria college campus, where they distributed books and met with students, speaking with them about sanatan-dharma. They are in the process of organizing a bhakti-yoga club on campus.
| 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 for our Feast Sponsors for Sunday January 24:
1. Krishna dasa and family
2. Satpal and Neeru Gandhi for birthdays of their daughter Megha and niece Triveni
3. Paritosh Singh on the occasion of his engagement
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Community News Briefs: Denver Devotee heads to Haiti to help with relief effort: Pranabalava Prabhu a long time Denver Devotee is getting ready to leave town to join the ISKCON International Food For Life Project in helping with distributing prashadam to earthquake victims in Haiti. for more information - 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 - click here | | | | | | | | | | |
