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

Publicity Team

Janmastami 2010 celebration

Sri Krishna Janmastami will be celebrated on Wed 1st September starting from 7 pm -- 12 midnight

Sri Janamastmi Sponsorship Program

Deity Out fit/Dress $1600
Chappan Bhoga & 501
Feast $1008 (Includes prasadam & paper product)
Flowers $751
Temple Decorations $501
Julan Yatra & Decoration $251
Maha Arati $251
Rajbhoga $151
Rajbhoga Aarti $151
Sringar Bhoga $151
Sringar Aarti $151
Abhishek $501
Festive Site $550
Mandir Marajan $501

For donations please contact

Hansapriya Rawson 408-655-8279

hansapriya8@gmail.com

Raxit jariwala 408-723-3913

Mayapur Vihari das 510-962-2203

Deepak Chandani 949 981 4976

HH Radhanath swami visit to ISV

HH Radhanath Swami visited ISV on 9th Aug

A wonderful initiation ceremony was held & Milan doshi accepted Maharaj as his Diksha Guru

& recieved the name Mayapur bihari das.

Maharaj said "one needs to be sincere , serious & free from ulterior motives on the path of Bhakti"

It made my Day

One Chinese lady scrutinizingly looked at all the Chinese books and really admired them. As she was going through all the books, I thought to myself, usually it is so difficult to even stop someone to have a look at Chinese books. And this great soul is looking at all the books with great interest. I felt very satisfied at this sight. It made my day. She ended up taking 3 books and discussed with me about the philosophy and the practice of Krsna Consciousness. - Soon later, while I was talking to a lady who was familiar with the Hare Krishna from the 60's and 70's, an elderly Farsi speaking person stopped at the table and took the Farsi book and started reading it aloud. Occasionally he looked at me and said "Hmmm, interesting". He donated a dollar for the book and seeing that I was not having a pen on that day, he also gave me one of his pens. …….. Venkatesh

->A small girl (may be 7 or 8 yrs old) came by to our book stall when her parents were busy buying food. She was taking all the small books to her hand and flipping pages and watching them with her intellect. She took 'Intro to BG' to their parents and her smart dad said : 'Your mommie already has that book. Keep it back". She came and kept it back. Then I gave her 'Chant & Be happy' and told her 'This is a recent book and no one will have it'. She is impressed by that book but felt that it is a bit larger than what her tiny brain could take. She found 'Bhakti' to be favorable for her reading and got hold of it and never asked for her parents approval :-))

->Another small boy was interested in taking the books but their parents just kept on going without stopping at the stall. He was hesistant to stop but seeing his interest I called him close and asked him to atleast 'hold' the book in his hand and he did cheerfully. I thought to myself 'a bhakti plant has been sown in a little heart'! Jai!!!

Hari Haribol,

ys,

-Bhakta Kishore