| | | | Dear Friends and Patrons "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear sons of the King, I am very much pleased by the friendly relationships among you. All of you are engaged in one occupation — devotional service. I am so pleased with your mutual friendship that I wish you all good fortune. Now you may ask a benediction of Me." - Srimad Bhagavatam 4.30.8
As per the new guidelines released by the County Health Department, ISV temple management will share the plan to safely reopen ISV temple. Stay tuned! | | BHAGAVATA-SEVA ANNOUNCEMENT Devotees at ISKCON of Silicon Valley (ISV) invite you to join the Bhagavata-seva project to follow up with people who purchase Srimad-Bhagavatam.
The ISV Sunday school program, which started as a small spiritual-care program for a handful of children, has not only been successfully running for the past 18-years, but now also has more than one-hundred and thirty students between the age of 0-18. Each student receives a curriculum-based spiritual education – "from womb to college room" – organized and presented by a robust team of dedicated teachers and administrators.
Even though Sunday schools are currently available at almost all larger ISKCON communities, most of them do not facilitate children in remote areas who desperately need and long for spiritual peer association and systematic training in Krsna consciousness. To fill this gap, a year ago, the devotees at ISV organized the Bhagavata-seva, that makes spiritual education available to devotee children and spiritually inclined families anywhere in the world through Internet conference. The program features a weekly online class for children between the ages of three to seventeen.
The teachers of Bhagavata-seva hold classes once a week over a short semester. Children are taught stories, shlokas, drawing, and bhajans; older kids learn singing, Deity worship, and cooking. To ensure that these classes are affordable and reach the maximum number of interested kids possible, the fees for the classes are nominal.
Bhagatava-seva is unique because participants not only get a spiritual education, but they also simultaneously support book distribution. That's because all fees received for the Bhagavata–seva classes go directly to sponsor and distribute of sets of Srimad-Bhagavatam; to date, the fees from Bhagavata–seva have paid for the distribution of one-hundred and twenty-seven Srimad-Bhagavatam worldwide; and the numbers are growing.
In summary, Bhagavata–seva enables children everywhere to connect to devotee communities while acquiring a systematized spiritual education, what to speak of supporting the distribution of Srila Prabhupada's books to the struggling masses of this material world.
If you wish to learn more about this program; or, if you are interested in starting a Bhagavat-seva in your area; or, if you wish to register your children for upcoming classes, please contact us at Bhagavataseva.global@gmail.com
| | BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS - Chapter A Day (CHAD) "As Arjuna set aside his bow and arrows, let us set aside any sense of confidence in our own abilities so that we may hear Krsna's words with full heart and attention.This kind of submissive hearing is the primary requirement for advancement in spiritual life. The devotee who hears Krsna's words with a submissive heart immediately feels an ingress of causeless knowledge and detachment." - H. G. Vaisesika Prabhu 2020 – CHAD Chapter-wise Plan | From | To | BG Chapter To Recite (CHAD) | SB VersesTo Recite (CHAD Plus) | June 16, 2020, Tuesday
Yogini Ekadasi | July 15, 2020 | Chapter 10(Verses 1 to 21) | 6.3.19, 6.3.20, 6.3.22, 6.3.31, 6.14.5, 6.17.28, 7.1.30, 7.1.31, 7.1.32, 7.5.5, 7.5.23-24, 7.5.30, 7.5.31, 7.5.32, 7.6.1, 7.6.3, 7.9.10, 7.9.19, 7.9.38, 7.9.43 | July 16, 2020, Thursday
Kamika Ekadasi | August 13, 2020 | Chapter 10(Verses 22 to 42) | 7.9.44, 7.9.45, 7.11.35, 7.12.1, 7.12.9, 9.4.18, 9.4.19, 9.4.20, 9.4.68, 9.19.17, 10.1.4, 10.1.13, 10.1.16, 10.2.30, 10.2.32, 10.2.36, 10.2.37, 10.8.4, 10.8.13, 10.8.46 | August 14, 2020, Friday
Annada Ekadasi | September 16, 2020 | Chapter 11(Verses 1 to 27) | 10.9.21, 10.12.11, 10.14.3, 10.14.4, 10.14.8, 10.14.29, 10.14.58, 10.22.35, 10.29.15, 10.31.9, 10.33.29, 10.33.39, 10.52.43, 10.81.16, 10.82.44, 10.82.48, 10.84.13, 10.88.8, 10.90.48, 11.2.37 | 17 Sep 2020 Thursday
Purusottama-adhika Month Begins | 16 Oct 2020
Purusottama-adhika Month Ends | Chapter 15 | 11.2.40, 11.2.42, 11.2.45, 11.2.46, 11.2.47, 11.3.21, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.11, 11.5.32, 11.5.33, 11.5.34, 11.5.36, 11.5.41, 11.5.42, 11.9.29, 11.11.18, 11.14.20, 11.14.21, 11.17.27 | | October 17, 2020, Saturday | October 31, 2020 | Chapter 11(Verses 28 to 55) | 11.19.17, 11.19.21, 11.20.9, 11.20.17, 11.23.57, 11.29.6, 12.1.40, 12.2.1, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, 12.2.6, 12.2.8, 12.2.9, 12.2.13, 12.3.51, 12.3.52, 12.13.1, 12.13.15, 12.13.16, 12.13.18, 12.13.23 | 1 Nov 2020 Sunday
Kartik Damodara Month Begins | 29 Nov 2020
Kartik Damodara Month Ends | Chapter 12 | 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.10, 1.1.14, 1.1.15, 1.1.19, 1.1.22, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.2.10, 1.2.11, 1.2.12, 1.2.13, 1.2.14, 1.2.15 | November 11, 2020, Wednesday
Rama Ekadasi | December 9, 2020 | Chapter 13 | 1.2.16, 1.2.17, 1.2.18, 1.2.19, 1.2.20, 1.2.21, 1.2.28-29, 1.3.28, 1.3.40, 1.3.43, 1.4.25, 1.5.10, 1.5.11, 1.5.12, 1.5.17, 1.5.18, 1.5.20, 1.5.22, 1.5.38, 1.7.4 | December 10, 2020, Thursday
Utpanna Ekadasi | January 8, 2021 | Chapter 14 | 1.7.5, 1.7.6, 1.7.7, 1.7.10, 1.8.18, 1.8.19, 1.8.20, 1.8.21, 1.8.22, 1.8.23, 1.8.24, 1.8.25, 1.8.26, 1.8.27, 1.8.28, 1.8.29, 1.8.30, 1.8.31, 1.8.32, 1.8.33 | CHAD Tips - Register yourself at http://www.readchad.com/join-chad/.
- Access BG chapter in CHAD format from here. Print it and carry it with you or access the link from your mobile device wherever you go and fill in the gaps with your recitation of Bhagavad Gita.
- Chant all the Sanskrit slokas; or all the English translations; or both the Sanskrit and English.
- Recite with devotees by joining daily conference calls.Email recite.chad@gmail.com for more details.
CHAD PLUS CHAD PLUS is an extension of CHAD and is based on the Shloka book of Srila Prabhupada! Every day CHAD PLUS members should chant the designated BG chapter AND (+) the chosen SB verses listed below. More CHAD resources www.readchad.com Get Inspired by reading more testimonials here. With Gratitude, ISV CHAD Team Email: recite.chad@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/bhagavadgitachad | | | | KIRTAN MELLOWS AT YOUR HOME 
The temple organizes melodious hari kirtan/bhajans & Hari Katha at people's homes all over the Bay Area. You can either join in or host such a unique, spiritually uplifting experience to gain the mercy of the Lord, gain positivity and feel instant bliss
See examples of kirtan videos: bit.ly/kirtanexamples
See what the hosts think: bit.ly/kirtanfeedback
See Kirtan FAQs: bit.ly/kirtanfaqs To experience the bliss of kirtan/katha, please text/call Govinda Das @ 408 634 4478 or submit your interest here (https://goo.gl/forms/bGsUpvA5KQuQlUl73). | | ISV's (New) NAVADWIP PRESCHOOL | | |  Navadvip Learning Center, an educational initiative of ISV is offering fun-filled cultural & academic up-bringing of the children.
Pre-School: For 2 to 5 year old kids (Part time & Full time options available).
After School-Program: For 5-11 year old kids (3-6 pm). Pickup service from school available
Locations: Sunnyvale & Pleasanton
The curriculum is based on California (CA) state standards educational structure as well as the Indian Vedic Culture. A foreign language Sanskrit with structured instructions will also be a part of the curriculum.
For further info,
please visit our facebook page: fb.com/NavadvipLC or
the website www.nineislandsschool.com or
email us at navadviplc@gmail.com
call us at 408.746.5306
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Vedic Academy offers Sunday School for kids from age group 0 - 15 yrs every Sunday from 3 - 7 pm where kids learn about Vedic Culture, Slokas, Stories & Lessons from Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam etc., Bhajans and participate in Arts & Crafts, Dramas and much more.
For more information, please visit http://isv-vedicacademy.com/ or send an email to vedicacademy108@gmail.com or call 650-248-6297
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