The Story of Sudama Brahmana, Complete Yoga Package, Sunday Feast & Kids Mantra Meditation Workshop this week at ISV!

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Dear Friends,

Hope this meets you all well. The Srimad Bhagavatam describes how the trees in Vrindavana are bowing down due to their heavy fruits. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu explains this by describing how a person who has the fruits of good qualities is like a tree with good fruits. The weights of the fruits cause the tree to bow down to everyone. But a tree that doesn't have good fruits stands up straight and doesn't bow down to anyone. Similarly a person who has good character is eager to offer respect to the divinity, the spiritual essence within everyone, everywhere. So Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu describes how like a tree, with the good ripe fruits of spiritual qualities we should offer all respects and bow down to Lord Krishna in every situation for it is His grace that is empowering us to do anything in this world.

The Srimad Bhagavatam also explains that all the exalted qualities of the demigods automatically becomes manifest in the person who engages in unalloyed devotion to Lord Krsna. The ISKCON of Silicon Valley (ISV) offers the platform for the people of Bay Area and around the world to become purified from the material contamination by regularly hearing from the scriptures, engaging in worship of the Lord, chanting the Lord's Holy Names and many more such activities so that can at once understand his/her relationship with Krsna and thus revive their original quality of Krsna consciousness.

We would like to invite you to the ISKCON of Silicon Valley for the events and classes this week.

CLASSES AT ISV THIS WEEK

       Wednesday, January 15 2014

THE STORY OF SUDAMA BRAHMANA - PART I

Please join us to hear about and learn from Sudhama Brahmana's mood of pure devotion to the Lord and the Lord's loving reciprocation with him.

Speaker: H.G. Vaisesika Dasa

Venue: ISKCON of Silicon Valley

1965 Latham Street Mountain View CA 94040

Time: 6.00 – 8.00pm

Discourse will be followed by Sandhya Arati and Prasadam

 

                                                                                                         

                                                           Saturday, January 18 2014

THE STORY OF SUDAMA BRAHMANA - PART II

 

 

Join us as we continue to hear the wonderful pastimes of Sudama Brahmana from the Srimad Bhagavatam.

Speaker: H.G Vaisesika Das

Venue: ISKCON of Silicon Valley

1965 Latham Street Mountain View CA 94040

7.30 – 10.00am: Brahma Samhita Recitation & Discourse on "The Story of Sudama Brahmana - Part II"

10.00 am: Guru Puja followed by Prasadam

 

                                                                                                   Saturday, January 18 2014

THE COMPLETE YOGA PACKAGE

 

You are invited to the complete yoga package which includes Yoga asanas, breathing exercises (pranayama), Vedic wisdom, and introspective meditation. We strive diligently to overcome many fears, however the necessary security measures like insurances, helmets, health checkups fail to free us from a disconcerting sense of fear and insecurity. The Vedic texts explain that all fear originates in an unbalanced material conception of life. Beyond the stage of material activity that preoccupies our mind lies a vast, unexplored realm of spiritual tranquility.

 

 VEDIC ACADEMY KRISHNA CLASSES : Parallel Session for Kids which includes Vedic stories, Yoga, Vedic Math, Music Lessons and much more.  

Time: Every Saturday, 6PM-8PM

Venue: 1965 Latham Street Mountain View CA 94040

 

 

For Registration and more information, visit: 

http://thecompleteyoga.com/register/

Email : bhakticenter@gmail.com

Call : 408-834-0612  or 650-704-6861

Fee Information : There is no fee for the module, voluntary donations are accepted.

 

                                         Sunday, January 19 2014

SUNDAY LOVE FEAST 

JAPA WORKSHOP - PART II

THE THREE STAGES OF CHANTING

 

Please join us for a Japa workshop to learn the tips on improving the quality and increasing the quantity of one's chanting.

Speaker: H.G. Vaisesika Das

4.00 – 5.45pm: Japa Workshop

6.00pm: Arotik followed by Sandhya Arati and Prasadam

First held in 1966 at the request of Srila Prabhupada (the founder of the Hare Krishna movement), the Sunday Love Feast has evolved as an integrated celebration of Lord Krishna's pastimes: chanting, hearing spiritual knowledge, dancing, eating and generally sharing the bliss of Lord Krsna's presence. Since then, this weekly Sunday Love Feast festival is celebrated in all Hare Krishna temples around the world. We extend a warm and hearty welcome to you, your friends and family. Please join us at ISV for this wonderful event every Sunday.

Furthermore, to offer sumptuous prasadam to the devotees is an auspicious activity. If you would like to sponsor a Sunday Feast, to commemorate a special occasion (like birthday or wedding anniversary) or just in general, please write to us at isvconnect@gmail.com. We will offer the bhoga to the Deities and serve prasadam to all the devotees in your name. Donation amount for the Sunday Feast is $301 only.

In case you are unable to make it, you can also join us through audio conference or watch live broadcast. The details are available at www.IskconSiliconValley.com

 

                                                                                       Monday, January 20 2014

SMILING MINDS - A MINDFULNESS MANTRA MEDITATION

WORKSHOP FOR KIDS

 

 

Vedic Academy is excited to invite the children of Bay Area for a wonderful workshop on mindfulness mantra meditation to be held at the Iskcon of Silicon Valley (ISV) on Monday, January 20 2014. The schools will be closed that day for Martin Luther King Jr.'s day.

As more adults turn to mindfulness practices like yoga and meditation to combat mounting stress in their own lives, unfortunately even the little ones aren't immune to the damaging effects of stress. But they may benefit from stress-relieving practices meant to calm the mind and release physical tension. Teaching kids mindfulness can go a long way in helping them booth awareness and control their moods. Mindfulness - the focused awareness on the present moment, generally cultivated through a meditation practice - can help to curb kids' impulsivity, and research has also shown mindfulness mantra meditation to be very effective in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety.

 

Please note that the workshop is not just limited for kids and adults/parents can attend too. We request you to kindly register before Wednesday, January 15 so that it will help us in planning and executing the workshop better. For registration, please fill out this Google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tpln59a4RdKiI7egZfWIwoXDpR_G3AQmStlayY4d-w8/viewform
  

If your child is below 6 years, we request one of the parents to attend too. There is a fee of $20/per child which can be paid by paypal to vedicacademy108@gmail.com

  

  

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

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