| | | Denver Temple Weekly Bulletin
Vol 2: Issue 46 November 12, 2009 Pujas and Samskaras | |
Maha Vishnu standing in the Causal Ocean
| 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 November 13 to November 20: November 13, Friday-Disappearance day of Sri Kaliya Krsnadasa, great devotee of Lord Nityananda. He is a cowherd boy in Lord Krsna's pastimes.
November 14, Saturday-Disappearance day of Sri Saranga Thakura, devotee of Lord Caitanya; he did especially devotional Deity worship; he is a sakhi in Radha-Krsna lila.
November 16, Monday-Amavasya (new moon)
Vrscika Sankranti (Sun entersScorpio)
Up-coming November Events for Gita Jayanti:
 1. November 27, Friday-devotees at the temple will recite the entire Bhagavad-Gita from 9am-6pm; come and join in.
2. November 28, Saturday-Gita Jayanti program
3. November 29, Sunday-Children's Gita Jayanti in temple from 12 noon-4pm (cancelled)
| JAI-SRI-KRSNA-CAITANYA PRABHU-NITYANANDA SRI-ADVAITA GADDHARA SRIVASADI-GAUR-BHAKTA-VRINDA | | Bhagavadgita Verse of the Week: Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 2.60
yatato hy api kaunteya
puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ
indriyāṇi pramāthīni
haranti prasabhaḿ manaḥ SYNONYMS yatataḥ - while endeavoring; hi - certainly; api - in spite of; kaunteya - O son of Kuntī; puruṣasya - of a man; vipaścitaḥ - full of discriminating knowledge; indriyāṇi - the senses; pramāthīni - agitating; haranti - throw; prasabham - by force; manaḥ - the mind.
TRANSLATION
The senses are so strong and impetuous, O Arjuna, that they forcibly carry away the mind even of a man of discrimination who is endeavoring to control them. PURPORT There are many learned sages, philosophers and transcendentalists who try to conquer the senses, but in spite of their endeavors, even the greatest of them sometimes fall victim to material sense enjoyment due to the agitated mind. Even Viśvāmitra, a great sage and perfect yogī, was misled by Menakā into sex enjoyment, although the yogī was endeavoring for sense control with severe types of penance and yoga practice. And, of course, there are so many similar instances in the history of the world. Therefore, it is very difficult to control the mind and senses without being fully Kṛṣṇa conscious. Without engaging the mind in Kṛṣṇa, one cannot cease such material engagements. A practical example is given by Śrī Yāmunācārya, a great saint and devotee, who says:
yad-avadhi mama cetaḥ kṛṣṇa-pādāravinde
nava-nava-rasa-dhāmany udyataḿ rantum āsīt
tad-avadhi bata nārī-sańgame smaryamāne
bhavati mukha-vikāraḥ suṣṭhu niṣṭhīvanaḿ ca
"Since my mind has been engaged in the service of the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and I have been enjoying an ever new transcendental humor, whenever I think of sex life with a woman, my face at once turns from it, and I spit at the thought."
Kṛṣṇa consciousness is such a transcendentally nice thing that automatically material enjoyment becomes distasteful. It is as if a hungry man had satisfied his hunger by a sufficient quantity of nutritious eatables. Mahārāja Ambarīṣa also conquered a great yogī, Durvāsā Muni, simply because his mind was engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness (sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-pādāravindayor vacāḿsi vaikuṇṭha-guṇānuvarṇane).
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Srila Prabhupada listening to a question | 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 | Deity Seva Sponsorship Program
| | Thanks to our Sunday Feast Sponsors: Sunday Feast Sponsors for November 8,2009: 1. Krishna dasa and family
2. Elizabeth Hawkins in Loving memory of her father Jairam Lutchman and uncle Mangroo Lutchman
Thanks also for temple donation given by Senthil Muthusamy | | HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE | | Here comes the Sun, George Harrison dedication to Prabhupada - click here View satellite photos of the landbridge between India and Sri Lanka - click here
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