Join us to celebrate Janamastami

Sri Krishna Janmashtami

Sri Krishna Janmashtami is the celebration of the appearance day of Lord Krishna on the eighth day of the dark half of the month of Bhadra as the eighth son of Devaki and Vasudeva about 5000 years back.

The Significance of Janmashtami

5000 years ago on Janamashtmi, The Lord appeared at midnight in a dark prison cell. This is indeed a historical fact, but it also has a deeper significance. Presently, our hearts have become darkened due to the debilitating passions - lust, anger, greed, pride, envy and illusion, which deprive us of the illumination of divine wisdom and joy. Moreover these misgivings compel us to dissipate our precious mental and physical energies in hankering for the undesirable and lamenting over the inevitable. Thus they imprison our desires and destiny within the world of matter, where we are constantly tormented by anxiety and misery.

As soon as the Lord appeared, the darkness in the prison cell immediately disappeared. Similarly, the holy occasion of Janmashtami offers us the best opportunity to invoke the Lord's presence in our heart through sincere devotion. Thus we can break free from the darkness and shackles of self-destructive desires and attain inner peace and fulfillment.

Sri Krishna Janmashtami Schedule

(At ISKCON SAN JOSE TEMPLE - 951 South Bascom Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128-3503 - Phone: (408) 293-4959)

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

7:00pm Aarti & Kirtan

8:00pm Lecture by H.G. Satyadev Prabhu

9:30pm Abhishek

10:30pm Lecture by H.G. Vaisesika Prabhu

11:30pm Announcements & Acknowledgement

12:00am Maha Aarti

(At Extension Unit - 970 South Bascom Avenue, San Jose CA 95128)

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

7:00pm Praramabham with prayers

7:15pm Plays

8:00pm Bhajans

8:15pm Lecture by H.G Vaisesika Prabhu

9:30pm Projection of Abhishek

10:30 pm Projection of Lectures

11:30pm Announcements & Acknowledgement

12:00am Projection of Aarti and Aarti to Ustava Deity

12:05am Ekadasi Prasadam

Address: 951 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95128

Phone:(408) 293 4959

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Attractions: Jumper, face painting, gift shop, heena, Julan, book stall, meditation, free feast, snack stall and much more.

Parking: On Janmashtami night, devotees are requested to park away from the temple and its adjoining building and street (Maywood). Parking is recommended at designated and available parking spots across the street and near the intersection of S. Bascom and Stokes Ave.

Please join us in celebrating the Janmashtami festival to invite the lord to appears in our hearts. Though we do not know it, all of us are actually pining for this Janmashtami to occur. All of us want love, care, protection and happiness and this is what the actual Janmashtami - the appearance of the lord in our heart - brings.

Kind Regards,

On behalf of ISV

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