Upcoming maha cleaning 30th June

Hare Krishna,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

This is reminder for the upcoming maha cleaning event on

The weekends of 6/30, 7/1 and 7/7, 7/8
Timings: 12 pm to 7 pm on Saturdays; 10 am to 3:30 pm on Sundays.

We'll need around 40 volunteers to make it a successful event. Please consider volunteering your time. For example if you have one hour to spare please consider coming to the temple for helping.

Srila Prabhupada states, 

"I am very pleased, therefore, when my disciples nicely dress the Deity, offer the Deity nice foodstuffs, and keep the temple very clean. Sri-mandira-marjanadau. Marjana means "cleansing." Whether one dresses Krsna or cleanses the temple, the spiritual benefit one receives is the same. Don't think, "I am only a cleanser, and he is a dresser." No, the person who is dressing the Deity and the person who is cleansing the temple are the same because Krsna is absolute. Therefore, one should engage in Krsna's service in any way, and one's life will be successful. This is the Krsna consciousness movement."

"Don't think that only Krsna is here in the temple room. No. Krsna is everywhere. Especially this temple where Krsna live. Every part of this temple, every part of is Krsna. Otherwise why it is recommended tan-mandira marjanadisu? This is tapasya. You should always remain engaged doing something for Krsna. Don't think this is very first-class, this is last- class. No. Advaya-jnana. Krsna and Krsna's temple the same thing. Don't think that "Oh, I am given this work to cleanse the temple and that man is given this work to worship the Deity." There is no difference. Aradhya bhagavan vraj tad dhama vrndavanam. As Krsna is aradhya, worshipable, similarly His dhama, His place, this Vrndavana, is also worshipable, As good as Krsna. What to speak of temple. Whole Vrndavana."

Thank you.

Your servant,
Ramananda-sakha Dasa.