Krishnaween, Kirtan Night and more - Welcome to ISV this auspicious month of Kartika!

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward ISKCON OF SILICON VALLEY • HARE KRSNA! • Take the CHAD challenge : Bhagavad Gita Chapter A Day during Kartika 2015 • WEDNESDAY, October 28 - Bhagavad Gita Discourse • SATURDAY, October 31 - SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM DISCOURSE • SUNDAY, November 1 - KRISHNAWEEN & EVENING OF KIRTAN ADDRESS ISKCON OF SILICON VALLEY (ISV) 1965 Latham Street Mountain View CA 94040 Ph #: 650 336 7993 Email: isvconnect@gmail.com Chapter a Day Bhagavad-gita As It Is Chapter a Day (CHAD) CHAD is a worldwide alliance of devotees who chant at least one chapter of Bhagavad-gita As It Is every day. Please join us! Email: recite.chad@gmail.com Watch us Live! 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. Subscribe to Vedic Nectar Drops In this world of fast paced technology and racing schedules, the elite and comman man alike need droplets of refreshing wisdom to protect their peace, spirituality, and happiness. Vedic Nectar Drops, an initiative of ISV, aims to meet this goal by sending weekly droplets out to all subscribers to keep their weeks inspired and refreshed. If you are interested in receiving every week, please send an email to vedicstudygroup@gmail.com ISV KIRTAN MELLOWS At ISKCON of Silicon Valley, through our initiative of Kirtan Mellows, we are dedicated to bring the matchless gift of kirtan to each and every home in the Bay Area. We warmly invite you to avail of this wonderful opportunity; you can request to host the Kirtan Mellows at your place here : iskconsiliconvalley.com/kirtan. VEDIC ACADEMY SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR KIDS Vedic Academy offers Sunday School for kids from age group 3 - 15 yrs every Sunday from 4 - 6pm 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 www.vedic-academy.org  or send an email to vedicacademy108@gmail.com or call 408 718 1588. HARE KRSNA! Dear Friends, Hope this meets you all well. "Focusing the mind on Krishna by performing devotional service is not only completely satisfying, but it is also the most effective way to make progress toward spiritual perfection."- HG Vaisesika Dasa Today is the auspicious beginning of holy month of Kartika. Kartika (Damodar) is the best, the purest of purifiers, and most glorious of all months. Kartika month is particularly dear to Lord Sri Krishna. This month is full of bhakta vatsalya. Any vrata, even the smallest, will yield huge results. The effect of performing a Kartika Vrata lasts for one hundred lifetimes, Kartika or the festival of offering lamps to Lord Krishna, glorifies Lord Krishna’s pastime of being bound with ropes by Mother Yashoda. Every day, devotees come to the Temple and offer a candle or ghee lamp to Lord Damodara.  The Damodarastakam, a series of eight beautiful verses by the great sage Satyavrata Muni is sung daily in the morning and evening. This week we have: Wednesday: Bhagavad Gita Discourse by H.G Balimardan Das Saturday: "Prayers of Surrender by Gajendra" - Srimad Bhagavatam Discourse by H.G Damodar Vamsidhari Das Sunday:  Krishnaween & Evening of Kirtan We extend a warm welcome to you and your family to join us for the classes and event this week at ISV! Take the CHAD challenge : Bhagavad Gita Chapter A Day during Kartika 2015 Step 1:  Make a vow to recite Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 16 every day from 27th Oct 2015 to 25th Nov 2015. Chant all the Sanskrit slokas; or all the English translations; or both the Sanskrit and English. Step 2: Register yourself at  http://www.readchad.com/join-chad/ . Please provide as much details as possible so we can send you a beautiful CHAD membership card and the gift for your enthusiastic participation and recitation of Gita during this Kartik. Step 3: Access 16 th chapter in CHAD format from http://www.readchad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BG-Chapter-16-The-Divine-And-Demoniac-Natures.doc print it and carry it with you or access the link  from your mobile device wherever you go. (Waiting in a long queue? Instead of getting frustrated you can peacefully recite your chapter!) Step 4: Record &  track your progress online http://www.readchad.com/mychadprogress/ Optionally, you may also recite with devotees by joining daily conference calls. Access http://www.readchad.com/daily-chad-conferences/ for more details. WEDNESDAY, October 28 - Bhagavad Gita Discourse We welcome you to our weekly Wednesday night Bhagavad Gita discoure series followed by Arotik and Prasadam. Please join us and get inspired! Time: 6.00 – 8.00pm 6:00pm: Bhagavad Gita Discourse by H.G Balimardan Das 8.00pm: Arati followed by Prasadam SATURDAY, October 31 - SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM DISCOURSE "This Srimad Bhagavatam is a literary incarnation of God, and it is compiled by Srila Vyasadeva, the incarnation of God. It is meant for the ultimate good of all people, and it is all successful, all blissful and all perfect." (Suta Goswami SB3.40). Srila Prabhupada states,"Srimad Bhagavatam carries with it all transcendental blessings of Lord Sri Krsna that we can expect from his personal contact". We are pleased to invite you for this week's Srimad Bhagavatam discourse.  7.30am: Brahma Samita followed by "Prayers of Surrender by Gajendra" - Discourse on Srimad Bhagavatam by H.G Damodar Vamsidhari Das SUNDAY, November 1 - KRISHNAWEEN & EVENING OF KIRTAN This Sunday, we will celebrate Halloween the Krishna way. Bring your kids all dressed up for an exciting and fun filled celebrations  from 3.00 - 4.30 pm. ISV's Vedic Academy extends a warm welcome to one and all for this exciting kids festival. Please encourage your children to dress up as characters from Ramayana and Krishna lila and audience will try to guess the character. The participants can share a line or two. We request you to register your child for the costume party by sending an email to vedicacademy108@gmail.com with details of the child's name and age. Registration ends on Friday, October 30 by 10pm.  Please note registration helps us estimate much prasad to make! Kids Dinner Prasad will be served at 5PM in the classrooms, as the daylight savings time ends that day, we expect kids to be hungry after all the excitement. Please note, we will not have the regular Sunday school classes on that day. Krishnaween will be followed by an evening of Kirtan chants, Sandhya Arotik and singing of Damodarastakam.  3:00pm - 4:30pm: Krishnaween Celebrations 4:30pm - 6:00pm: Evening of Kirtan 6.00pm: Sandhya Aartik, Damodar Arotik followed by Announcements and Prasadam 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 Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Easy 5 minute austerity this Kartik month to calm the disturbed mind and please Lord Krishna - Preview

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward ISKCON OF SILICON VALLEY • Easy 5 minute austerity this Kartik month to calm the disturbed mind and please Lord Krishna • Invisible Elements • Global Disability • Train the troubled mind • Steps to join CHAD • Srila Prabhupada on Chanting and Reading the Bhagavad-gita • Contact Us ADDRESS ISKCON OF SILICON VALLEY (ISV) 1965 Latham Street Mountain View CA 94040 Ph #: 650 336 7993 Email: recite.chad@gmail.com Easy 5 minute austerity this Kartik month to calm the disturbed mind and please Lord Krishna Dear Friends, Spend just 5 to 7 minutes every day and enormously increase your transcendental credit this all-auspicious Kartik month! Invisible Elements In life, invisible elements are more important than the visible elements. For example we may not see the invisible foundation of a skyscraper, but an invisible foundation sustains the entire building. Similarly the invisible mind plays a vital role in the success of human life. While the medical industry has more than 50 divisions to deal with the health of the visible body, it just has two growing fields of psychiatry and psychology departments to deal with the most important invisible entity - The Mind! Global Disability The happiness and distress that every human being experiences are two extreme states of the mind. Everyone welcomes happiness but depression, dejection, and demotivation are not welcomed. WHO (World Health Organization) predicts that by 2020, depression will be the second leading cause of global disability. Modern science is still struggling to deal with depression that attacks 1 in every 20.  Here is where the the instructions that Lord Krishna spoke in Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna, who was depressed and demotivated, are utilizable. After hearing Bhagavad Gita Arjuna got out of his negative thoughts and depression, fought with full motivation and won the war by the mercy of Lord Krishna. This is a time tested solution. This relief is possible even today for every individual who reads Bhagavad Gita everyday with great faith, focus and attention. Train the troubled mind Therefore, it is very important that we read Bhagavad Gita everyday and deeply understand our nature and realize our true identity as Lord Krishna's servants and train the troubled mind to always think of Lord Krishna. What better time is there to read Bhagavad Gita than during Lord Krishna's most favourite month of Kartik. All our other sacrifices and austerities become glorious just by attentively chanting a chapter of Bhagavad-gita. This is confirmed in the Puranas, that a person who happily reads the Bhagavad Gita in the month of Kartik does not return to the world of birth and death. Bhagavad-Gita Chapter-A-Day (CHAD) program , is a worldwide alliance of devotees who chant at least one chapter of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is. This program, officially inaugurated by His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu, has been enthusiastically executed by many souls around the globe. HG. Vaisesika Prabhu has suggested that the members recite the 16 th chapter of Bhagavad Gita every day during this most auspicious month of Kartik. We humbly request everyone to join this global initiative to please Lord Krishna and conquer over the disturbances of the mind during this Kartik. Steps to join CHAD Step 1:  Make a vow to recite Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 16 every day from 27th Oct 2015 to 25th Nov 2015. Chant all the Sanskrit slokas; or all the English translations; or both the Sanskrit and English. Step 2: Register yourself at  http://www.readchad.com/join-chad/ . Please provide as much details as possible so we can send you a beautiful CHAD membership card and the gift for your enthusiastic participation and recitation of Gita during this Kartik. Step 3: Access 16 th chapter in CHAD format from http://www.readchad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BG-Chapter-16-The-Divine-And-Demoniac-Natures.doc print it and carry it with you or access the link  from your mobile device wherever you go. (Waiting in a long queue? Instead of getting frustrated you can peacefully recite your chapter!) Step 4: Record &  track your progress online http://www.readchad.com/mychadprogress/ Optionally, you may also recite with devotees by joining daily conference calls. Access http://www.readchad.com/daily-chad-conferences/ for more details. Srila Prabhupada on Chanting and Reading the Bhagavad-gita Here are a few things that Srila Prabhupada said about chanting and reading Bhagavad-gita: "If one commits any of the above offenses, [offences to be avoided while worshiping the Deity are listed] one must read at least one chapter of Bhagavad-gita. This is confirmed in the Skanda-Purana, Avanti-khanda." (SB 7.5.23 Purport) "Please try to read this Bhagavad-gita As It Is. It is science of God. You will understand… You will realize. And chant this Hare Krsna mantra. This Hare Krishna mantra will cleanse your heart. And after cleansing your heart, if you read one chapter of Bhagavad-gita, you will understand gradually what is God, what you are, what is your relationship with God. And when you understand all these things and you develop your love of God, you become perfectly happy." (SP conversation May, 12, 1969) "Anywhere Bhagavad-gita is chanted, that place becomes a tirtha [a holy place]." (SP quoted in Lilamrta) "When you study very carefully all of the literatures which are available, especially Bhagavadgita As It Is, you will have in your grasp answers to all questions that may be put to you. Please encourage the others to read this Bhagavad-gita at least one chapter every day." (Letter to Upendra, January 6, 1969) Contact Us Website: http://www.readchad.com/contact-us/   Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

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