| Wednesday, November 17th - Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 |
This Month Month of Kartik, Damodarastaka in the Temple Room at 8:00 p.m. every night until Sunday 11/21
This Week
Wednesday, November 17th: Utthana Ekadasi (fast from grains and beans). Break the fast the following morning between 7:00 - 8:57. Upcoming Tue, November 23rd - Tue, November 30th: His Holiness Gunagrahi Goswami visits Dallas Thursday, November 25th: TKG Academy Thanksgiving Fundraiser Thursday, December 16th: Gita Jayanti - The Advent of the Bhagavad Gita
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| | | | | | | | | From Srila Prabhupada: So from the Vedas you can get all kinds of knowledge, both material and spiritual. Therefore it is called Veda, knowledge. So in that tree of knowledge the ripened fruit is Srimad-Bhagavatam. Srimad-Bhagavatam is written by Vyasadeva after writing four Vedas and the eighteen Puranas, the 108 Upanisads, then Vedanta-sutra, and Mahabharata, in which Bhagavad-gita is set up. So after compiling all these Vedic literatures Vyasadeva was not satisfied. Then his spiritual master advised him to describe the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is Srimad-Bhagavatam. Bhagavat. Bhagavan. The word Bhagavat and... Bhagavata is also in relationship with Bhagavat or Bhagavan. So every sloka of Srimad-Bhagavatam is full of spiritual information. If we take advantage of this great Vedic literature, then we become fully aware of Bhagavan and the devotees of Bhagavan. Therefore it is named Bhagavatam. But this Bhagavatam has to be studied from the very beginning and take the lessons from live bhagavata. There are two kinds of Bhagavatam -- one, this grantha bhagavatam, and the other is a person bhagavatam. Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised that if you want to understand Bhagavatam, then you must approach a person whose life is Bhagavatam. He said, bhagavata para-giya bhagavata sthane, that "If we learn, listen, Srimad-Bhagavatam from the person bhagavatam, then it is very easy to understand the spiritual knowledge given in the Srimad-Bhagavatam." -- Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.5.1, Delhi, November 28, 1975 |
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His Holiness Gunagrahi das Goswami joined ISKCON in Buffalo, NY, in November of 1969 and was initiated by His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1971. He accepted the order of Sannyas in 1983. In 1997, he accepted leadership responsibilities in Argentina and Uruguay, and presently oversees those countries as Zonal Secretary. He travels widely in North and South America to counsel, teach, and present Krishna Consciousness. He is based at the ISKCON temple in Buenos Aires. The following is from his blog. FORGIVING IS A GREAT VIRTUE
Here is a very useful quote for all of us. SB 11.23.5 TRANSLATION
Once a certain sannyasi was insulted in many ways by impious men. However, with determination he remembered that he was suffering the fruit of his own previous karma. I will narrate to you his story and that which he spoke. PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments as follows. "Often those who give up the materialistic path and devote themselves to renunciation are attacked by impious persons. This analysis, however, is superficial, since the punishment is actually the cumulative result of one's past karma. Some renunciants show lack of tolerance when presented with the remnants of their previous sins and thus are forced to enter again onto the path of impious life. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore instructs that one should become as tolerant as a tree. If a neophyte on the path of devotional service to the Lord's pure devotees is attacked by envious persons, he must accept it as a consequence of his previous fruitive activities. One should be intelligent and avoid future unhappiness by rejecting the ethic of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. If one refuses to enter into enmity with envious men, they will automatically leave him alone." From this quote we can understand that if we become angry upon being insulted, we should know that our anger should be directed at the actual cause of the problem, and that cause is not the person who offended us. Nor is it Krsna, for that matter, who is sanctioning and enabling that person's actions. Rather, the cause is none other than our very selves. It is certainly not easy to see things in that way, especially when we are feeling the pain of another's words or actions and when we have been steeped in illusory thought patterns for a very long time. Thus, it takes training and purification to develop the proper vision, and we have, therefore, been given guru, sadhu, and sastra to saturate our conditioned consciousness with the truth. But, if we can come to the point of allowing ourselves to see that we are in fact to blame for our miseries, is there value in being angry with ourselves? And should we spend our time lamenting and thinking of ourselves in a negative way? Prabhupada does tell us it is indeed proper to feel shame for our past transgressions, but only up to a practical point. We should mainly focus on forgiving ourselves, just as we know how important it is to forgive others. We can then put aside our pain and self anger and have the strength go forward in our service with a posititve attitude and unburdened heart. Our false egos struggle against our putting all of the above into action, but there is no limit to the amount we can benefit by doing so. Forgiving is a great virtue that no true devotee can live without.
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 One day he picked up an unripe eggplant from the market and sat down at the base of a jhao tree at Baganbari. He cut the eggplant into pieces and dipped them into Ganges water and put a tulasi leaf on them. He offered them to his ishadevata [personal deity] and sang a song of offering: Bhaja Patita Uddharana, Sri Gaura Hari-"O Lord Caitanya, please accept the worship of this fallen soul." He then said to his Deity, "I don't know the right method of cooking this, but please eat a little of this food."
As soon as he said this, his voice became choked, and his body turned bright red and began to swell, while tears flowed from his eyes in streams, soaking his face and chest. Seeing these signs of love, Lalita-didi [a close friend] was amazed. When the transcendental emotions subsided nearly an hour later, he again sang a song. Putting his deity to sleep, he ate the unripe eggplant. His face showed expressions of great pleasure and happiness, more intense than one would make if tasting pancamrita [a sweet drink, considered a delicacy]."
-From Sri Sri Gaudiya Vaishnava Jivana, by Haridasa Dasa For full article - Divine Madness by Satyaraja Dasa |
Sunday, November 21st: Last Day of Kartik and Tulasi Shalagram Vivaha (Marriage) Sunday, November 21st will be the last day of Kartik, and we will celebrate the marriage of Tulasi and Shalagram. The ceremony will begin after Damodarastaka in the Tulasi house. |
Friday, October 22nd - Sunday, November 21st: Month of Kartik and Damodarastakam Prayers The month of Kartik will begin on Friday, October 22nd. We will celebrate every evening at 8:00 p.m. in the Temple Room by singing the Damodarastakam Prayers and offering ghee lamps. Everyone is invited to participate. |
Damodarastaka Procedure From Mother Candravali, head pujari of Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji: 1. When offering the ghee wicks it is only neccessary to circle 7 times around the Radha Damodara picture and then 7 times around Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji.
2.Those devotees (adults or children) who help with the achman cup & hand out ghee wicks should be freshly bathed and wearing devotional attire.
3. In past years as in this year, when there are many people offering ghee lamps at the sametime there are numerous near-accident, so please take into consideration the following:
a. Parents, please do not let children play around the sand containers where the candles are burning
b. Please be aware of the space around you. Not only are you offering a flame in your hand but everyone else around you is holding a fire in their hand.
Mother Candravali appreciates everyones help and cooperation during this auspicious ceremony. |
Sunday, November 21st: Class Series on Nectar of Instruction Continues It's not too late to join the class. It will be an 11-week series studying Rupa Goswami's Nectar of Instruction conducted by Nityananda Prabhu. One verse will be covered each week. The class will be held in the upstairs darshan room from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. For more information, please contact Nityananda at 214-448-3403. |
Thursday, November 25th: TKG Academy Thanksgiving Fundraiser TKG Academy will be hosting a grand Thanksgiving Feast on Thursday, November 25th. The menu will consist of curd bird and all the trimmings. The feast will begin at 1:00 p.m. and take place in the upstairs hall. Tickets are $5 for children 3-10, and $10 for those 10 and up. |
TKG Academy Website and Blog
TKG Academy's website is up and running, so please give it a look over. Here is the link to their blog, with academic and festival news, which is updated frequently. |
October Sankirtan Book Scores The following number of books were distributed by our Book Distribution Team in the month of October: Small: 262 Medium: 133 Big: 146 Maha Big: 128 TOTAL: 669 |
Nov 23 - 30th: H.H. Gunagrahi Goswami visits Dallas, along with his devotee Ajamil Prabhu Tentative program schedule will be as follows (addresses and other details to follow):
Wednesday, 11/24: Bhagavad Gita class in the Temple room, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, 11/26: Srimad Bhagavatam Study course at Bonthala's home Address:14695 Daneway Dr Frisco TX 75035 Saturday, 11/27: Home Program at SakshiGopal Prabhus home Address: 2401 Brycewood Ln Plano, TX 75025
Monday, 11/29: Home program at Megharupa & Abhimanu's |
Rice Cereal Squares 1/2 cup sugar or fructose 1/2 cup light corn syrup 2 tablespoons butter or margarine 3/4 cup peanut butter 4 cups puffed rice cereal Heat up the sugar, corn syrup and butter or margarine in a big pot and stir often. When it starts to boil, add the peanut butter and cook until everything is fully melted together. Add the puffed rice cereal, and mix a gain. Pour into a greased quare glass dish and put into the fridge until it cools and sets. Cut into squares, offer to Krishna and enjoy! |
| Contact Information | Main Temple phone: 214-827-6330, Congregation Services: 214-827-6330 x 216
Email for general questions and information
To schedule a tour, home or school program: Nityananda Chandra 214-669-3369, or email him
To place an item in next week's bulletin, please send it by Monday each week |
| | | Appreciating Kalachandji Community Many thanks to all the devotees/volunteers who helped with H.H. Giriraj Swami's Vyasa Puja that took place last weekend.
We thank everyone for their love and wonderful offerings rendered towards H.H.GirirajSwami
Special thanks to His Grace Nityananda Prabhu and Mother Manjuali for all their guidance and support.
your humble servants
Disciples of H.H.GirirajSwami |
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