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WEEKLY UPDATES: MARCH 4 - MARCH 11 2018 View this email in your browser Dear Friends and Patrons Hope this meets you all well and experiencing Lord Krsna's love!  One way to adopt the self-discipline habit is to start with small disciplines that you're sure you can handle. As you taste the rewards of performing these small disciplines, you'll be encouraged to increase them. Furthermore, the disciplines you accept in one area of your life, will positively affect the disciplines in all other areas of your life. The best and most important discipline of all is the chanting of the holy names of Krsna! Wednesday: Gita Wisdom by H.G Vaisesika Das Saturday: "Empowering the Intelligence in the battle against Mind" - Three Part Seminar Series by H.G Caitanya Caran Das Sunday: "Conversion - The Mind forgets the things that make us forget Krsna": Concluding Session by H.G Caitanya Caran 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, MARCH 7  - Gita Wisdom   Join us this Wednesday night as we hear from our veteran teacher of Bhakti Yoga, H.G Vaisesika Das on the pearls of wisdom from Bhagavad Gita 6.00pm - 7.45pm: Gita Wisdom by H.G Vaisesika Das 7.45pm - 8.00pm: 5 min Gita Class by Vrindavan Das 8:00pm: Sandhya Arotik followed by Announcements & Prasadam   SATURDAY, MARCH 10 - SPECIAL SEMINAR SERIES   We are excited to have H.G Caitanya Caran Das, our special visiting guest speaker and monk from Mumbai who will be sharing his wisdom and inspiration this week at ISV! Join us to deep dive on a special seminar series on empowering our intelligence in the battle against our own mind! 8.00am - 10.00 am: "Conviction - Buddhi keeps us in Bhakti" - Part 1 by H.G Caitanya Caran Das 10:00am: Guru puja followed by brunch prasadam 11.00am - 1.00 pm: "Concentration - Absorption is the precondition of Satisfaction" - Part 2   HG Chaitanya Charan is a monk and spiritual author. He graduated with B.Tech in ECE from the Government College of Engineering, Pune. He subsequently served as a software engineer in a prominent multinational software corporation. He felt inspired to dedicate his life to the cause of sharing the spiritual wisdom of the Bhagavad-gita for solving prevalent problems like stress, depression, addiction – all caused by a lack of spirituality. He is a member of ISKCON's leading intellectual body, the Shastric Advisory Council, and is the associate-editor of ISKCON's global magazine, Back to Godhead. He is the author of the world's only Gita-daily feature, and his articles have been published in many national newspapers including Indian Express, Economic Times and Times of India in the Speaking Tree column.  He is the author of following books: ENERGY – Your Sutra for Positive Thinking, Science and Spirituality, 'The Spiritual Scientist' series, volume 1, 'The Spiritual Scientist' series, volume 2, Recession – Adversity or Opportunity?, Why do we need a temple?, Frequently Unanswered Questions, Idol Worship or Ideal Worship?, The Gita for Daily Enrichment, Oh My God! Re-answering the Questions, My Little Bhakti Companion, For more information:  http://www.thespiritualscientist.com/   SUNDAY, MARCH 11 -  SUNDAY FEAST We welcome you and your family to join us for the Sunday feast program this week filled with bhajans, spiritual discussions, arotik and delicious feast. H.G Caitanya Caran Das will lead us into the concluding session of the three part seminar series on Sunday evening. Please do not miss this rare opportunity to hear from him! 3:00pm - 5:00pm: "Conversion - The Mind forgets the things that make us forget Krsna" - Part 3 by H.G Caitanya Caran Das 5:00pm: Sandhya Arotik followed by Announcements & 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) "As Arjuna set aside his bow and arrows, let us set aside any sense of confidence in our own abilities so that we may hear Krsna's words with full heart and attention.This kind of submissive hearing is the primary requirement for advancement in spiritual life. The devotee who hears Krsna's words with a submissive heart immediately feels an ingress of causeless knowledge and detachment." – H. G. Vaisesika Prabhu 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. BHAGAVAD GITA CHAPTER 9 (10 Feb - 11 March 2018) Recite with devotees by joining daily conference calls BHAGAVAD GITA Every day @ 5.45am  PST Dial in #: 1-563-999-2090 Access code: 123936 BHAGAVAD GITA Everday @ 6.15 am PDT Dial in #: 1-712-432-3496 Access code: 327605 Online Meeting Link: https://join.freeconferencecall.com/sanatanagandharvika 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=82WSp_FVEr8&index=1&list=PLW6aF2mZXK_kRawXEr42Dw1vzjZ26KpNp https://www.youtube.com/embed/82WSp_FVEr8?list=PLW6aF2mZXK_kRawXEr42Dw1vzjZ26KpNp See Kirtan Examples: bit.ly/kirtanexamples See Kirtan Feedback: bit.ly/kirtanfeedback If you would like to experience the sweet taste of holy names, please call Govinda Das at 925 808 5439. 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 full day and is located in Sunnyvale. 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. 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 © 2018 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? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list