Rare Service Opportunity This weekend: Your SEVA WILL SAVE YOU :)

Dear ISV Family,   Hare Krishna Dandavat Pranam All Glories to Srila Prabhupada   As we know we have His Holiness Radhanatha Swami visiting this weekend at ISV. ISV is holding three major festival this weekend & Monday.   On this sat will be holding Mini Festival at Lattham St. (New Temple). Will have face painting, Heena, Jumper, Love Feast & much more.   On Sunday Lecture by H.H. Radhanatha Swami   Monday Standford program   Put this events together we need lots of volunteers for the prep work like chopping vegetables, preparing for the feast, cleaning, serving, transporting, putting up festive site etc.  There is rare service opportunity for all this Sat 10-4pm 5-9pm, On Sunday 12-4 & 8-10pm. Also on Monday evening.   Look forward to your availability. If you have any questions then please feel free to contact Hansapriya Mataji @ 408-655-8279. Thanking you all for your valuable time.   On behalf of Team ISV Yours sincerely Hansapriya dd

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Invitation for Yoga of the Heart event on Sept 15 at Mountain View

Dear Esteemed Devotees,

Hope this meets you all very well. It is our pleasure to extend this invitation for a special event on Saturday,Sep 15 at ISV's new temple in Mountain View. Please find the details of the event below. 

Indian Classical dance, melodious chants, a delicious vegetarian dinner and an enlivening talk by renowned spiritual leader and author "Radhanath Swami" on "Yoga of the Heart"- The art of finding fulfillment within, where he will share his incredible journey as a young seeker from a suburb in Chicago to a renowned spiritual guide through near death encounters, apprenticeships with advanced yogis and years of travel along the pilgrim's path. The Journey Home documents his odyssey as a penniless hitch-hiker though Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and finally India. There he lived as a wandering ascetic, first amongst the forest dwelling Himalayan yogis and later amongst a wide variety of gurus and spiritual practitioners throughout India and Nepal. Ultimately, he was led to the holy town of Vrindavan, where he found his path amongst the Bhakti-yogis.

In Vrindavan he found the teacher he was searching for in A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and representative of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (the Krishna-bhakti tradition stemming from the 16th century mystic avatar Sri Chaitanya). In choosing Bhaktivedanta Swami, as his guru, Radhanath Swami felt compelled to shear his matted locks and reenter Western society with a mission to share the sacred wisdom he had received. This return exemplifies the form of devotional yoga which is at the heart of Radhanath Swami's teachings, a spiritual practice expressed as tangible action meant to bring about personal fulfillment and benefit the world.

At the the age of 31 he took the monastic vows of a Vaishnava sanyassin and became known as Radhanath Swami.

Today Radhanath Swami travels regularly throughout India, Europe and North America, sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga. He resides much of the year at the Radha Gopinath Ashram in Chowpatty, Mumbai. For the past twenty-five years he has guided the community's development and has directed a number of acclaimed social action projects including Midday Meals, which daily serves more than 260,000 plates of sanctified vegetarian food to the children of the slums of Mumbai. He has also worked to establish missionary hospitals and eye camps, eco-friendly farms, schools and ashrams, an orphanage, and a number of emergency relief programs throughout India.

 

Event:                Yoga of the Heart

When:               Saturday, Sept 15^th, 5:30 – 8:00pm

Where:              1965 Latham Street Mountain View CA 94040

RSVP:                siliconvalley@radhanathswami.com or http://www.yogaoftheheart.us/#!register/csgz

PS : We request you all to register for the event for us to plan better to serve you.

 

With sincere gratitude

Vishakha Lila dasi

 

 

 

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Japa Workshop -Wed, Associate with HH Radhanath Swami on Sat, Sun and Monday

Dear esteemed ISV Devotees,

 Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

 

We are going to be very lucky this week with many opportunities to associate with His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj. Each year all of us eagerly wait for Maharaj visit to Bay area and get further acceleration in our devotional life.

 

As one of our goals for the current MSF is to hold classes on Improving Devotional Skills, this Wednesday's class by His Grace Satyadeva Prabhu will include a special workshop on improving Japa.

 

Besides we are having Harinama on Friday and massive Srila Prabhupada's book distribution this weekend.

 

The detailed schedule is as follows:

 

9/11 is a special day at ISV. Our Lordship Sri Sri Laksmi Nrshingadeva came to ISV on 11 Sep. Please come and pray to the Lord to remove all material desires in our heart and advance in devotional service.

 

Wednesday evening, Sep 12, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM: ISV Temple at 951 Bascom Ave, San Jose.

As part of MSF, His Grace Satyadeva Prabhu will conduct a very special workshop that will improve your Japa. 

Come and Join us for this special class followed by Kirtana and Prasadam. 

 

Friday evening, Sep 14, 6:59 PM : Public Harinama at Palo Alto Downtown, intersection of University Ave and Emerson

Be part of Big Harinama performance with massive book distribution. Be there to Get Free Mercy overflow that is on sale at the Market Place of Holy Names.

 

Saturday morning, Sep 15, 7:30 am - 10:30 am: ISV Temple at 951 S Bascom Ave, San Jose.

Sri Brahma Samhita recitation and discourse on  Srimad Bhagavatam by His Grace Akruranath Prabhu followed by Prasadam*. Devotees will go out for book distribution. Please contact His Grace Sri Krishna Prabhu or Her Grace Malini Mataji if you wish to go out for books distribution.

 

Saturday evening, Sep 15, 5:30 pm to 7 :00 pm: ISV New Temple at 1965 Latham Street, Mountain View

Great Opportunity to get association of His Holiness Radhanath Swami on Saturday. Kindly come early as large number of guests are expected and do not miss this historic event. A brief bio of Maharaj at the end of email. A separate email is send for this event.

 

Event: Yoga of the Heart

When:  Friday Sept 15th, 5:30 – 7:00pm

Where: 1965 Latham Street Mountain View CA 94040

RSVP : siliconvalley@radhanathswami.com or register online at http://www.yogaoftheheart.us/#!register/csgz

 

Sunday Feast Program, Sep 16, 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm: ISV Temple at 951 S Bascom Ave, San Jose

You are invited for a very Special Sunday Feast Celebration with us that provides nectarian association with His Holiness Radhanath Swami leading the Spiritual discussion followed by Kirtan, and Prasadam

 

Monday, Sep 17, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm: Stanford

Bhakti Yoga club of Stanford along with PLA invites you for a thought provoking spiritual discussion lead by His Holiness Radhanath Swami on "Our world: Time for a Positive Change?"

 

Time: Monday, Sept 17 2012, 7PM-9 PM

Venue: Building 320, Room 105, Braun Corner, Stanford CA 94305

RSVP: bhaktiyogastanford@gmail.com or 650-704-6861

 

Venue for this program is different from other Stanford events. Attached are the driving and parking instructions from El Camino/Stanford Ave and Caltrain station, along with the program flyer.

 

We look forward to your association at ISV this week.

In case you cannot come to ISV Temple at 951 S Bascom Ave,  we have extended plans for you to be associated with us remotely.

 

You can listen to Live Broadcast call (760) 569-7676 access code:701087#

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Yours in service,

ISV Communications Team,

On behalf of ISKCON Silicon Valley

951 S Bascom Ave

San Jose, CA 95128

Phone:(408) 293 4959

(Temple is opposite Frazee Paints.)

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Brief Bio of Maharaj

 

A bhakti yoga practitioner for more than 30 years, Radhanath Swami is a spiritual teacher, community builder, activist, and acclaimed author. He is the founder and director of the Radha Gopinath Ashram in Mumbai, India. Under his inspiration and guidance, the project has grown to include missionary hospitals, orphanages, eco-friendly farms, schools, temples, emergency relief programs, and a food distribution program that feeds more than 250,000 indigent children in downtown Mumbai every day. In spite of his many responsibilities, he also travels widely, teaching Eastern philosophy and spiritually throughout Europe, Asia, and America. He has been featured as a guest speaker in universities such as Harvard, MIT, Columbia and Stanford, and in corporations such as Microsoft, Intel and Oracle.

 

His memoir, The Journey Home (Mandala Publishing, 2008), chronicles a young man's emergence into a deep state of personal and spiritual awareness, providing a penetrating glimpse into the heart of India's rich mystic devotional tradition. Rooted in this tradition, Radhanath Swami's message is as profound as it is simple: by cultivating a rich inner life of self-awareness and a genuine practice of service, we can become instruments of compassion and agents of sustainable change in the world.

Fwd: Akhand Ramayana - 2012

Raj Prabhu, Poojha Mataji has extended this invitation to everyone..

Please contact them

Hare Krishna

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From: Pooja Shrivastava <psrivasta@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Subject: Akhand Ramayana - 2012
To: DEEPAK CHANDANI <deepakc108@gmail.com>
Cc: rjariwalla@hotmail.com

                                                                      Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

                                                                      Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

                                       Jai Sri Ram

                                                                                            

                                                                        Akhand Ramayana 

We are inviting you and your family for Akhand Ramayana starting on Sept 22nd 11:00am till Sept 23rd 12:30pm at our home. Please join us for reading Ramcharit Manas. You all are welcome anytime for reading Ramayana. 

Event :

1. Starting of Akhand Ramayana on Sept 22nd 11:00am . 

2. Ending of Akhand Ramayana approx at Sept 23rd 12:30pm ,Arti followed by Maha Prasadam

Prasad will be served througout the ramayan path

Where: 4977 Castlewood ct

San Jose CA, 95129 

Please confirm and  forward this email to anyone who is interested in reading Ramayana.

Regards, 

Raj Srivastava,Pooja Shrivastava and Tejes 

408 861 9531(H) 408 893 5592(C)

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Your humble servant
Damodara Vamsidhari Das (Deepak Chandani)

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His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu on Wed and Sat

Dear esteemed ISV Devotees,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu is back in Bay area and we would be fortunate to have His association on Wed and Sat.

The detailed schedule is as follows:

Wednesday evening, Sep 05, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM: ISV Temple

Come and Join us for a Special Gita class by His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu followed by Kirtana and Prasadam. 

Saturday morning, Sep 08, 7:30 am - 10:30 am: ISV Temple:

Sri Brahma Samhita recitation and discourse on  Srimad Bhagavatam by His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu followed by Prasadam*.

Sunday Feast Program, Sep 09, 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm:ISV Temple 

You are invited for Sunday Feast Celebration with us that includes Spiritual discussion followed by Kirtan, and Prasadam

Tuesday  Sep 11 : Kindly fast for Ekadasi, also 11 year anniversary of arrival of our Lord Nrshingadeva deities.

We look forward to your association at ISV this week.

In case you cannot come to Temple we have extended plans for you to be associated with us remotely.

You can listen to Live Broadcast call (760) 569-7676 access code:701087#

• If you get busy signal call using the backup number (559) 546-1400

•

If you want to ask a question, or give your comments during Live Broadcast the press *6 to unmute, speak and after you are done again press *6 to mute.

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Yours in service,

ISV Communications Team,

On behalf of ISKCON Silicon Valley

951 S Bascom Ave

San Jose, CA 95128

Phone:(408) 293 4959

(Temple is opposite Frazee Paints.)

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More Tiles Gone ! Ding Ding Ding , You Build The Million Dollar Krishna Wall.

Dear Esteemed Well Wishers of ISV

Please accept my respectful obesisances. 
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

The Million Dollar Wall is attracting people all around the globe to collaborate and "Donate a Tile" for ISV's new and unique Sankirtana based Temple at Mountain View.

We got 3 New Tile Donors post Sunday - Ding Ding Ding ! Hari Bol!

• Kumar Prabhu
• Nick ( Dilip Bhai Neighbour)
• Kanka Mataji

Total Tiles Sold : 63

Goal till 31 Dec 2012:150

Goal Achieved : 42%

Please hurry up as His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu wrote in an email 

"Way to go!

Space on the Million Dollar Wall is quickly running out. Everyone should get a tile while they still have the chance."

Kindly contact isvnewtemple@gmail.com or deepakc108@gmail.com to reserve your tile today.

His Grace Vaiseiska Prabhu lead from front and we got over 22 Tile sold/ pledged on last Sunday, the names of privileged donors are:

 

Name                                                                      #

Alakh Verma & Kavita Mataji [ Aprameya Prabhu] 1

Suprita mtj and Tirtha                                                 1

Rajesh prabhu                                                      6

Siva Kumar                                                        1

Sukeswari M                                                       6

Sundar Prabhu                                                    1

Vishaka mataji                                                         3

Balimardana prabhu                                                 1

Bharani Mataji                                                         1

Varsana Devi dasi and Ganga Narayan Prabhu         1

We also got the below donors  between Wed and Sunday

• Abhishek prabhu
• Bhaktavatsala Prabhu
• Shri. Netar Swaroop Puri (Mumbai) 

And the previous donor list is as below

• Pramila ( Shraddha M Friend)
• Mohine Chandani ( DVD mother), Padma( Anu Mother)
• Yogi ( Hanspriya)
• Satyadeva Prabhu ( for Grand childrens)
• Keshav Bharati Goswami
• Mahesh Prabhu
• Tejus Prabhu
• Kishan Chand ( DVD FAther), Harish Kumar( Anu Father)
• Rahul Prabhu and Supriya Mataji
• Loren Russo Mataji (Lila)
• Vrindavan Priya Prabhu
• Vishwas Goel
• Ramanuja ( SKP son)
• Madhukar Reddy Sama Prabhu
• Vijay Prabhu + Aiswarya Mataji
• Hari Sankirtana Pr, Poojha Mataji
• Sundar Prabu
• Kamana M + Pravesh Pr
• Ramanna Prabhu ( SKP Brother in law)
• Varun Prabhu + Priyanka M
• Ashish Patil + neha + Gaurangi
• Raseswari M
• Amit Prabhu ( Raseswari Husband)
• Sudeep Sabnis Prabhu
• Ravindar Prabhu
• Amit + Anshu Gupta
• Trisabh Prabhu
• Ruchir Pandit Prabhu
• Vaisesika Prabhu, Nirakula Mataji
• Zoe Prabhu
• Jagarini M, Akrurnath Prabhu
• Raja ram Prabhu
• Sri Govind Dutt Prabhu
• Bir Krishna Prabhu
• Sharon Doyle

 

Your humble servant
Damodara Vamsidhari Das (Deepak Chandani)

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New Updates on our New Temple website isvnewtemple.com

Dear Devotees

Please accept my respectful obesisances. 
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

With Blessings of His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu, His Grace Satyadeva Prabhu, His Grace Akruranath Prabhu, Her Grace Nirakula Mataji, Her Grace Jagarini Mataji and Her Grace Mahaguna Mataji, I am very pleased to announce updates in contents of our ISV new Temple website, please check the new contents by going to http://isvnewtemple.com

Also, we started effort of reducing our websites, and  http://anandavardhana.com will point to isvnewtemple.com and later phased out after 1 year

The new updates have new goals and is structured as

- Home : Landing page with message from His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu and new posts

- Donate : Why and how to donate to ISV along with Tile donation program. Also we have updated list of donors over $500 from 1Jan 2012 along with Tile donors. We look forward for your help to update actual donor name e.g. Change Rajesh Prabhu brother  to actual name of Prabhu' brother ( this will be used later). Please contact  isvnewtemple@gmail.com  or deepakc108@gmail.com for any changes/ updates on this.

- Updates: Temple Progress and message from our Project Director Her Grace Jagarini Mataji

- About Us : will have contact form along with testimonials from ISV devotees

We aspire to add rich content which we would do weekly, and update you with progress of Project from next week onwards.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation for His Grace Dmitry Prabhu who single handedly worked on design and technical aspects of the website.

He is slept less in last few days and i cannot express my thanks to him

Also, we are helped by His Grace Sundar Prabhu, His Grace Govind Charan Prabhu for contents along with designs and some documents by Her Grace Jagarini Mataji

Stay tuned for more updates and we pray and hope the Lordship will be pleased with these efforts.

Your humble servant
Damodara Vamsidhari Das (Deepak Chandani)

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"Watering the Seed", by HH Giriraj Maharaj, Friday, Aug 31, 7PM-9PM @ Stanford

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Raxit Prabhu, Manish Prabhu initiation on Wed,Sanyasi on Sat and Keshav Bharati Das Goswami on Sunday

Dear esteemed ISV Devotees,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

This week is very special. First it has Ekadasi in sacred Purushottam month.

Secondly, we would have His Holiness Giriraj Swami, His Holiness Keshav Bharati Das Goswami and His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu at ISV.

All this will be enhanced by a VERY SPECIAL Hari nama initaion ceremony of His Grace Raxit Prabhu and His Grace Manish Prabhu on Wednesday at ISV Temple. Be There to witness this major fire sacrifice in history of ISV.

The schedule for this week is:

Special Wednesday evening and Initiation Ceremony, Aug 29, 5:59 pm - 8:00 pm:ISV Temple

Voice of ISV His Grace Raxit prabhu will be initiated along with His Grace Manish Prabhu by His Grace Vaisesika Dasa Adhikari.

So please, come and Join us for a very special evening followed by Kirtana and Prasadam.

Saturday morning, Sep 01, 7:30 am - 10:30 am: ISV Temple:

Sri Brahma Samhita recitation and discourse on  Srimad Bhagavatam by Sanyasi, followed by kirtan and sumptuous prasadam.

Sunday Feast Program, Sep 02, 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm:ISV Temple 

You are invited for Sunday Feast Celebration with us that includes Spiritual discussion by His Holiness Keshava Bharati Das Goswami followed by Kirtan, and Prasadam

We look forward to your association at ISV this week.

In case you cannot come to Temple we have extended plans for you to be associated with us remotely.

We look forward to your association at ISV this week.

In case you cannot come to Temple we have extended plans for you to be associated with us remotely. ( No Broadcast on Sunday)

You can listen to Live Broadcast call (760) 569-7676       access code:701087#

• If you get busy signal call using the backup number  (559) 546-1400      

• If you want to ask a question, or give your comments during Live Broadcast the press *6 to unmute, speak and after you are done again press *6 to mute.

Alternatively, You can watch the Live Broadcast point your browser to:

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Yours in service,

On Behalf of the ISV Announcements,

ISV Communication team

951 S Bascom Ave

San Jose, CA 95128

Phone:            (408) 293 4959      

(Temple is opposite Frazee Paints.)

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Discover Your Self - An Introductory course on the Bhagavad Gita starting Saturday, Aug 25th @6:30pm - From Sundar Prabhu

Dear Devotees

Please accept my respectful obesisances. 
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Here is the mail from Sundar Prabhu.  They are starting the below Discover Your Self - An Introductory course on Bhagavad Gita from this week. Anybody interested can join the course.

Thank You very Much

Your humble servant
Damodara Vamsidhari Das (Deepak Chandani)

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From: Sundar Sethuraman <smsundar@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:03 AM
Subject: Discover Your Self - An Introductory course on the Bhagavad Gita starting Saturday, Aug 25th @6:30pm
To: dys-members@googlegroups.com

Dear All,

 

Modern science and technology in recent years has showered the modern human society with comforts unimaginable just a few decades back. It has also tried to reason many of our questions and  satisfied some of our curiosities. But has science been able to solve all our problems, has it been able to answer some of our inherent questions, like?

 

- Who am I?

- What is the purpose of my life? Who created this world and why?

- How do I solve the mystery of death? What happens after death?

- Does God exist?

- Why do bad things happen to good people?

 

Surprisingly, the proposed answers to many of these questions from the modern system looks a little incomplete with missing links or with no information. Does that mean that there could be no objective/scientific explanation to these questions? The ancient text from India (Vedas) especially Srimad Bhagavad Gita ponders upon these questions that has plagued us from time immemorial satisfying the curiosity of great thinkers and philosophers over many centuries. Here's a reference:

Ralph Waldo Emerson - "I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad Gita. It was the first of books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us."

Therefore, our proposal is let's give it a chance.  Spoken 5000 years ago, this knowledge is as applicable in today's modern world as it was to sages, kings, and people millenniums before.

 

We would like to extend a warm welcome & invitation to all of  you to this comprehensive program on the "The Introduction to Bhagavad Gita". Please join us on this journey of Self Discovery. Our first session starts this Saturday. Below are the timing and venue details:

 

Date:   Saturday, August 25

Time:   6:30- 8:30 pm

Venue : Jayendran and Renuka's home

233, Marylinn dr, Milpitas, CA – 95035

 

Delicious vegetarian food (prasadam) (dinner) will be served at the end of the session. We eagerly look forward to your presence. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at 408 705 0316

 

Regards,

Sundar & Vidya

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