Initiation Ceremony & Special events at ISV this Week!

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward ISKCON OF SILICON VALLEY • HARE KRSNA! • WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 - Bhagavad Gita Discourse • SATURDAY, JULY 18 - SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM DISCOURSE • SUNDAY, JULY 19 - SUNDAY FEAST & INITIATION CEREMONY 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 or logon to vedicnectardrops.wordpress.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. Spiritual life does not mean extinguishing our natural tendencies; it simply means connecting our consciousness to God with our natural tendencies This week we have: Wednesday: Bhagavad Gita Discourse by H.G Balimardana Das Saturday: Srimad Bhagavatam Discourse by H.G Yugalkishore Das  Sunday:  Sunday Feast Talk & Initiation Ceremony by H.H Radhanath Swami We extend a warm welcome to you and your family to join us for the classes and event this week at ISV! WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 - Bhagavad Gita Discourse Today being the last day of Sri Purushottam month, we extend a warm invitation to join us for a thought provoking discourse on the Bhagavad Gita, arotik and delicious prasadam tonight at ISV.  Time: 6.00 – 8.00pm 6:00pm: Bhagavad Gita Discourse by H.G Balimardana Das 8.00pm: Arati followed by Prasadam SATURDAY, JULY 18 - 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 Discourse on Srimad Bhagavatam by H.G Yugal Kishore Das   SUNDAY, JULY 19 - SUNDAY FEAST & INITIATION CEREMONY Join us to witness an auspicious event, where some of our congregation devotees take the most important step in their spiritual lives by formally accepting a spiritual master and receiving Harinaam diksha from him. We are honored to have H.H Radhanath Swami as the special guest of honor at ISV this week. We cordially welcome you to our Sunday feast program this week which includes kirtan, Bhagavad Gita discourse, Arotik and delicious prasadam! 4:00pm - 5:45pm: Talk & Initiation Ceremony by H.H Radhanath Swami 6.00pm: 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 Radhanath Swami is a Vaishnava sanyassin (a monk in a Krishna-bhakti lineage) and teacher of the devotional path of Bhakti-yoga. He is author of The Journey Home, a memoir of his search for spiritual truth. His teachings draw from the sacred texts of India such as The Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, and Ramayana, and aim to reveal the practical application of the sacred traditions, while focusing on the shared essence which unites apparently disparate religious or spiritual paths. 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. Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

[UPDATE] Show us your home Kirtana series!

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward ISKCON OF SILICON VALLEY • HARE KRSNA! 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. 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. We are renaming our campaign to "Share Your Home Kirtana". The sastras proclaim that the performance of chanting the holy names of Lord Krsna is the only method prescribed method of worship that is suitable to the people of Kali Yuga. Everything is attained by means of this divine dispensation. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu who is none other than Lord Krsna came Himself in the guise of a devotee to spread the importance of Harinama Sankirtana. He would go with His followers into the streets and chant the names of Krishna so that peoples suffering could be ended, and they could take to the real activity, the spiritual activity, of worshiping and serving the Supreme Lord. When the devotees in Navadvipa approached Lord Caitanya, He instructed them on the Holy Name, "Now listen from Me the maha-mantra, 'Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare'. Go and repeatedly chant this mantra a prescribed number of times. One can achieve all perfections from this chanting so go on repeating these names, for this chanting is not restricted by any rules. You can sit around together five or ten of You in your house and chant or sing this mantra accompanied by the clapping of hands or cymbals. When you are singing together then sing this, "Haraye namah Krishna. Yadavaya namah. Gopal Govinda Ram Sri Madhusudana. This congregational chanting should be joined by one and all, father, brother, wife, son all together." With this in mind, we request you all to send your home kirtana video clip (30 seconds max) to us with the subject: "Home Kirtana of <Your Name>" on or before July 20th to isvconnect@gmail.com. We will compile all the videos and screen it at ISV during our "Show Your Home Kirtana" series. Please send us only MP4 or WMV video formats. We request you to send the video on or before July 20th.  Thank you and Happy Kirtana! Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe

Show us your home video of performing Arotik!

Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward ISKCON OF SILICON VALLEY • HARE KRSNA! 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. 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. We would like to see you and your family performing Arotik to your Deities. So if you would like to show us the arotik that you do at your home, please go ahead and send us a not more than 30 seconds video clip of the same and email it to us at isvconnect@gmail.com with the subject: "Arotik Video of <Your Name>". Please send us only MP4 or WMV video formats. We request you to send the video on or before July 20th. We will be compiling all the videos and will be screening them at ISV shortly after that.  We are excited to receive your video footage and take darshan of your Altar/Deities. To make it more exciting, please include your family members especially children who could be engaged in singing, dancing and playing musical instruments while shooting the video.  Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe