| | | Denver Temple Weekly Bulletin
Vol 2: Issue 44 October 29, 2009 Special Notice regarding the use of white sugar
| |
Baby Krsna stealing the butter that the Gopis kept hanging
from the rafters in their storerooms
Hear the Damodarastakam Prayers
| 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: | HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE | Upcoming Holy Days and Temple Events for the week of October 23 to Oct 29: November 1, Sunday-Disappearance day of Sri Bhugarbha Goswami, a dsciple of Sri Gadadhara Pandit and intimate friend of Sri Lokanatha Goswami; they were the first and most senior devotees of Lord Caitanya to settle in Vrndavana; they tried to uncover the lost holy places of Radha-Govinda.
Disappearance day of Sri Kasisvara Pandita, disciple of Sri Isvara Puri. He was sent to Jagannatha Puri to humbly serve Lord Caitanya.
November 2, Monday-Purnima (full moon)
Sri Krsna Rasayatra, when Lord Krsna danced rasa dance with the gopis of Vrndavana.
Tulasi-Saligrama Vivaha (marriage)
Sri Nimbarkacarya's Appearance day-Acarya of the Kumaras" sampradaya, who preached Krsna consciousness about 300 years before Lord Caitanya
Last day of Bhisma Pancaka-time of performing austerities in honor of Grandfather Bhisma
Last day of Kartika
Last day of Caturmasya
November 3, Tuesday-Katayani-vrata, when the gopis worshipped Goddess Katayani to have Krsna as their husband
Special Notice to All Congregation Members:
The Temple would like to kindly thank all congregation members for all of the wonderful offerings of foodstuffs(bhoga) to the Deities over the past year. Through the medium of this newsletter, Temple management has humbly decided to inform the congregation that it is no longer able to accept certain foodstuffs for offering to the Deities. As a start, the first item to be included in this list is white sugar. Most white sugar is not manufactured in the mode of goodness. Animal products are used in the manufactring process and therefore cannot be offered to Deities. The official statement:
"We are no longer using white sugar in our offerings to
Lord Krsna. The refining and processing methods for white
sugar use chemical or synthetic flocculants, clarifying
agents and filters including bleaches or bone
char (made of cows' bones.) As a recommended alternative,
raw, unbleached, and less processed/refined
sugars such as turbinado, raw sugar, gur
or jaggery, and sucanat, are preferred."
Thank you very much:
Temple Managament
| JAI-SRI-KRSNA-CAITANYA PRABHU-NITYANANDA SRI-ADVAITA GADDHARA SRIVASADI-GAUR-BHAKTA-VRINDA | | Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 2.58
yada sam´harate cayam´
kurmo 'nganiva sarvasah
indriyanindriyarthebhyas
tasya prajña pratisthita
SYNONYMS
yada - when; sam´harate - winds up; ca - also; ayam - he; kurmah - tortoise; angani - limbs; iva - like; sarvasah - altogether; indriyani - senses; indriya-arthebhyah - from the sense objects; tasya - his; prajña - consciousness; pratisthita - fixed.
TRANSLATION
One who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draws its limbs within the shell, is firmly fixed in perfect consciousness.
PURPORT
The test of a yogi, devotee, or self-realized soul is that he is able to control the senses according to his plan. Most people, however, are servants of the senses and are thus directed by the dictation of the senses. That is the answer to the question as to how the yogi is situated. The senses are compared to venomous serpents. They want to act very loosely and without restriction. The yogi, or the devotee, must be very strong to control the serpents - like a snake charmer. He never allows them to act independently. There are many injunctions in the revealed scriptures; some of them are do-not's, and some of them are do's. Unless one is able to follow the do's and the do-not's, restricting oneself from sense enjoyment, it is not possible to be firmly fixed in Krsna consciousness. The best example, set herein, is the tortoise. The tortoise can at any moment wind up his senses and exhibit them again at any time for particular purposes. Similarly, the senses of the Krsna conscious persons are used only for some particular purpose in the service of the Lord and are withdrawn otherwise. Arjuna is being taught here to use his senses for the service of the Lord, instead of for his own satisfaction. Keeping the senses always in the service of the Lord is the example set by the analogy of the tortoise, who keeps the senses within.
| | HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE | 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 |
Thanks to our Sunday Feast Sponsors:
Thanks for our Sunday Feast Sponsors for October 25, 2009:
1. Krishna dasa and family
2. Narinder and Kusum Mohan in the memory of their father Shri Ramji Dass Mohan
| Sponsorship Central: Dear Friends of Lord Krsna:
Sponsorship Central is a new feature of the Temple Weekly Bulletin which allows you to directly connect with the Temple and participtate in the process of spreading Krsna Consciousness to the Denver Metropolitan Area. There are many different ways to become involved and this new section will provide you with guidelines ranging from actually performing devotional service (karma yoga) to financially supporting the Temple. As you may not know, maintaining and operating the Denver Temple is a huge financial undertaking which also requires the support of many devotees performing long hours of devotional service. In the past we have been able to succeed with the generous help of those congregational members who have stepped forward and donated their time, energy and financial backing. Once again, we would like to extend an an invitation to those congregation members who are interested in becoming more involved with performing Krsna Seva at the Temple and getting the Mercy of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Govinda. Helping The Denver Temple Devotees continue with their preaching efforts and spreading Krsna Consciousness in these troubled times is surely a worthy undertaking! If you are interested in helping at the Denver Temple and ultimately perfecting your life as a human being, we strongly urge you to step forward and sign up! 
The Denver Temple Truly Needs Your Support! | | HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE | | LA LIVE- The Los Angeles Temple live on the internet
My Sweet Lord - Mayapur Deity slide show Here comes the Sun, George Harrison dedication to Prabhupada - click here View satellite photos of the landbridge between India and Sri Lanka - click here
| | | | | | | | | | |
Devotees Vaishnavas | Dandavat pranams - All glories to Srila Prabhupada | Dandavat pranams | Santos Católicos | El Mundo del ANTIGUO EGIPTO | Archivo Cervantes | Neale Donald Walsch | Sivananda Yoga | SWAMIS | Hari Katha
