Special Guests at ISV this Week - Welcome home!

WEEKLY UPDATES: MAR 27 - APR 2 2017 View this email in your browser Dear Friends and Patrons   Hope this meets you all well and experiencing Lord Krsna's love!  This week, ISV is excited to welcome our special visiting guests from India, H.G Madhavananda Prabhu and his wife, H.G Krsna Kunda mataji. Many of the devotees who have attended the ISV Yatra to Mayapur  and Jagannath puri dham in the past must have heard his beautiful and instructive lectures. We feel so fortunate that he will be gracing us at ISV for a couple of days and giving seminars.  We extend a warm welcome to you and your family to join us for the classes and events this weekend at ISV! This week we have: Wednesday :  "Who is the Greatest Yogi?"  by H.G Navina Nirada Das Saturday :  Special Workshop on "Finding a Guru" by visiting speaker, H.G Madhavananda Das - TWO SESSIONS Sunday: Workshop (contd) followed by "Culture of Respect" - Talk by H.G Madhavananda Das 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. WEDNESDAY MAR 29 - GITA WISDOM    Lord Krishna discusses the major forms of yoga, setting up a hierarchy and saying clearly which one belongs at the top. When Time magazine ran a cover story on the science of yoga, it reported that "fifteen million Americans include some form of yoga in their fitness regimen—twice as many as did five years ago." Yet one wonders if any of the fifteen million are getting out of yoga what they should. Let's hear from Krsna as he speaks in the Bhagavad Gita about real yoga and who is the greatest yogi.  6.00 pm:  "Who is the Greatest Yogi?" by H.G Navina Nirada Das 8:00 pm: Sandhya Arotik followed by Prasadam SATURDAY, APR 1 - SPECIAL WORKSHOP   Join us to deep dive and experience transcendental wisdom as we hear from our special visiting guest speaker, H.G Madhavananda Das who will be speaking on the topic," Finding a Guru".  H.G Madhavananda Das joined ISKCON in Los Angeles in 1982. He moved to Bhubhaneshwar, Orissa in 1993 where he has been living ever since. He was instructed by his spiritual master, H.H Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja to edit his lectures into publications. For over ten years, he has been serving as the director of ISKCON Gopal Jiu Publications, the editor of Sri Krsna Kathamrita Magazine, and the email magazine Sri Krsna Kathamrita Bindu. 8:00am - 10:00am:  "How to Find a Guru?" - PART 1 by H.G Madhavananda Das 10:00am: Guru Puja followed by Prasadam 11:00am - 1:00pm: "How to Find a Guru?" - PART 2 by H.G Madhavananda Das SUNDAY, APR 2 - SUNDAY FEAST Join us as we continue to relish and nourish spiritual wisdom from H.G Madhavananda Das We cordially welcome you to our Sunday feast program filled with spiritual discussions, arati, kirtans and prasadam. 12:00 noon - 2:00pm:  "Types of Disciples" - Talk by H.G Madhavananda Das 3:00pm - 5:00pm:  "Culture of Respect" - Sunday feast talk by H.G Madhavananda Das 5:00pm: Sandhya Aartik 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 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 dial in everyday @ 5:45am. Online Meeting Link: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/sanatanagandharvika Dial-In Number (United States): (563) 999-2090, Access Code: 123936 Email: recite.chad@gmail.com Website: www.readchad.com KIRTAN MELLOWS AT YOUR HOME We often have melodious hari kirtan and bhajans at devotees' homes in the bay area. Below are a couple of sample videos of the blissful program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcCgwx4P-sw  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6isiWMLFGc If you would like to experience the sweet taste of holy names, please indicate your interest via this form http://goo.gl/forms/i01lk6drf3. A volunteer will send you an evite when a Kirtan Mellows event would be scheduled near you.  ISV's (New) NAVADWIP PRESCHOOL Navadwip Preschool is a new education initiative of ISV that is meant for kids of age 3 to 5 year old. It is  open Monday thru Friday from 9 am to 12 noon and is located in Sunnyvale at the intersection of El Camino and Mary. The start date is November 29, 2016. You can enroll for this preschool for your child at the earliest. The curriculum is based on California (CA) state standards educational structure as well as Vedic Culture. A foreign language Sanskrit with structured instructions will also be a part of the curriculum. Maximum of 15 children can be enrolled in this session.  For further info, please visit the website www.nineislandsschool.com or email us at info@nineislandsschool.com. Interested in ancient classical texts and epics? We are excited to share our new ISV Bookstore through which you can buy great Eastern classical texts and contemporary works of Eastern philosophy, culture and theology. Visit www.bbtacademic.com   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   Copyright © 2017 ISKCON of Silicon Valley (ISV), All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive information regarding our events and programs Our mailing address is: ISKCON of Silicon Valley (ISV) 1965 Latham Street Mountain View, Ca 94040 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? 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