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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Celebrating Sri Advaita Acharya's Appearance Day tonight at ISV!

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Dear Friends,

Hope this meets you all well.

We cordially welcome you all for tonight's Sunday feast program at ISV to celebrate with us the auspicious appearace day festival of one of the foremost Acharyas of Sri Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya. 

Advaita Acharya appeared in fifteenth century in Bengal, India, as a teacher of Krishna consciousness. He is frequently mentioned in the biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Chaitanya Charitamrita, as an intimate associate of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and as an avatar of Krishna (specifically an incarnation of Sadashiva and Maha-Vishnu).

Chaitanya Charitamrita relates how Advaita Acharya was so pained to see the degraded condition of the people in Kali Yuga, the Age of Quarrel, that He fervently prayed for Krishna Himself to descend and remedy the situation. Sri Advaita worshiped Krishna on the banks of the Ganges with Ganges water and Tulasi leaves, crying out and begging for the Lord to come save the suffering souls. In response to Sri Advaita Acharya's devotion and compassion, Krishna decided to appear, in the form of His own devotee—Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Sunday:  "Cows, Bulls and Humankind - The Relationship" by H.G Balabhadra Das (ACBSP)

 

SUNDAY Jan 25 - APPEARANCE DAY FESTIVAL OF SRILA ADVAITA ACHARYA

We cordially welcome you all to our Sunday feast program this week filled with spiritual discourse, chanting (kirtans) and delicious prasadam. 

4:00pm to 6:00pm:  "Cows, Bulls and Humankind : The Relationship" - Discourse by H.G Balabhadra das (ACBSP)

6:00pm Sandhya Aartik followed by Announcements and then Sunday Feast

Balabhadra Prabhu was the first devotee to get initiated by Srila Prabhupada in Hawaii in 1969. He moved to Gita Nagari farm in 1980 with his family where he learned about cow protection, agriculture and ox training. Ten years later Balabadra and family incorporated ISCOWP, left Gita Nagari and moved to a North Carolina  devotee community in Hillsborough, North Carolina. There they established a small farm and acquired their first team of oxen, Vraja and Gita. In 1999, Bir Krishna Goswami recommended Balabhadra as ISKCON Global Minister for Cow Protection and Agriculture. Until 2012, Balabhadra traveled to many countries as ISKCON's Global Minister and also established the 165 acre  ISCOWP center in West Virginia. 

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

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