Week Ahead 26 Sep - 2 Oct

Dear Friends,

Deena Bindhu Prabhu from Sri Vrindavan Dham has sent the Kartik parikrama schedule. If you would like to receive a copy, send us a mail with "Kartik Parikrama Schedule" in the subject line and we will send it to you.

You can enjoy some light reading with the September/October Hare Krishna News which is now available for download on the temple website. 

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Thursday, 26 September

Srila Prabhupada's arrival in Boston Harbour in the US.

Friday, 27 September

Malvern/Queensburgh Nama-hatta with His Holiness Partha Sarathi Das Goswami at 7pm.

Contact Atri Risi Das 031 8281683 | 084 549 9758

Saturday, 28 September

Programme with His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami at 2pm

8 Clover Place, Belfort, Pietermaritzburg. For details please call 033 391 1448

Partha Sarathi Das Goswami awards initiation at 7pm in Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple. 

Sunday, 29 September

Sunday Love Feast with Bhakti Caitanya Swami at 4pm

Monday, 30 September

Ekadasi (fast from grain, beans and legumes)

Morning class by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada at 7.45am

Tuesday, 1 October

Break fast 07:44 - 09:41

Lastly, with summer coming in you can now enjoy milkshakes, mocktails and ice-cream desserts in Govinda's Restaurant. See poster for details.

As always, we look forward to seeing you and hope this finds you in the best spirits,

Your friends at Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple

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Virtual Tour

Dear Friends,

Many of you may be preparing to go to Sri Vrindavan Dham for the auspicious month of Kartik, which begins on October 18th. With this in mind, there is a special DVD presentation of Vrindavana, The Playground of God with His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami this evening, Wednesday, 18 September at 7pm. 

Maharaja, following in the footstep of the Six Gosvamis of Vrindavana, brings the holy places to life with sweet and dramatic story telling. You are warmly invited to join Maharaja on a virtual parikrama through Vrindavan. 

We apologise that prasada ran out during Radhashtami midday feast, your response the the festival was overwhelming. 

The Sunday Love Feast begins at 4pm.

The 2014 Calendar set is now available at the temple. There are 3 calendars in set: the four page wall calendar, the twelve page deluxe calendar, and the table top calendar. You can have the set for the unbelievable price of R65.

We look forward to seeing you and hope this finds you in the best spirits,

Your friends at Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple

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Festive Friday

Dear Friends,

You are warmly invited to spend the day with us in honour and glorification of Srimati Radharani. Here are some meditations on Srimati Radharani, Her position, and relationship with Krishna:

"Srimati Radhika is the transformation of Krishna’s love. She is His internal energy called hladini." Cc. Adi 4.59

“The transcendental goddess Srimati Radharani is the direct counterpart of Lord Sri Krishna. She is the central figure for all the goddesses of fortune. She possesses all the attractiveness to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead. She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord.” Cc. Adi 4.83

"Therefore Radha is parama-devata, the supreme goddess, and She is worshipable for everyone. She is the protectress of all, and She is the mother of the entire universe." Cc. Adi 4.89

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Wednesday, 11 September

Special Evening Programme with Bhakti Charu Swami at UKZN at 6.30pm.

Shepstone 1 Lecture Theatre, Dennis Shepstone Building (Level 6), Howard College

Special Evening Programme with Kadamba Kanana Swami at Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple at 7pm

Friday, 13 September

Radhashtami (fast until midday)

Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple Festival Schedule

4.30am Mangal Arati and greeting of Sri Sri Radha Radhanath in Their first new outfit

5.15am Japa

7.00am Guru-puja to Srila Prabhupada

7.15am Greeting Sri Sri Radha Radhanath in Their second new outfit. 

7.30am Initiation ceremony by Bhakti Caitanya Swami, Bhakti Charu Swami, and Kadamba Kanana Swami

10.00am Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Abhishek

11.00am Class by Bhakti Caitanya Swami, Bhakti Charu Swami, and Kadamba Kanana Swami

12.30pm Arati and kirtan 

1.15pm Prasada feast

3.30pm  Bhajans

4.15pm Arati and kirtan

5.30pm Special Lila class by Bhakti Caitanya Swami

7.00pm Gaura Arati and greeting Sri Sri Radha Radhanath in Their third new outfit

7.45pm Class by Bhakti Caitanya Swami, Kadamba Kanana Swami and Partha Sarathi Das Goswami

9.00pm Arati and kirtan

9.15pm Prasad feast

NB. Bhakti Charu Swami will be giving class at New Jagannath Puri Temple, Phoenix, at 6.30pm.

Srimati Radharani's lotus feet is a most rare vision but on this day you are blessed to have darshan of Her lotus feet from 7.15am.

Saturday, 14 September

The Holy Name Seminar with Bhakti Charu Swami

Day 1

Session 1: 1pm-3pm

Prasada

Session 2: 5pm-7pm

Sunday, 15 September

Ekadasi (fast until midday for Lord Vamanadev)

The Holy Name Seminar with Bhakti Charu Swami

Day 2

Session 1: 10am-12pm

Prasada

Session 2: 1.30pm-3.30pm

Sunday Love Feast with Bhakti Charu Swami at 4pm

Monday, 16 September

Lord Vamanadev's Appearance

Srila Jiva Gosvami's Appearance 

Morning class by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada at 7.45am

Special evening programme at New Jagannath Puri Temple with Bhakti Charu Swami at 7pm

Tuesday, 17 September

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur's Appearance (fast until midday)

Guru-puja to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur at midday

The Srila Prabhupada Memorial incorporating the Vyasa-puja celebration of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami

New Jagannath Puri Temple

9am-2pm, then lunch and break, and continues from 6.30pm.

Finally, the Nectar of Devotion Course with Ramanujacharya Das begins on Saturday, 21 September. 

This course runs over 10 Saturdays from 3-4.30pm in Srila Prabhupada's Room. 

As always, we look forward to seeing you and hope this finds you in the best spirits,

Your friends at Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple

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Week Ahead: 5-11 September

Dear Friends,

We trust you are all feeling inspired by the recent festivals. Festivals in this world prepare us for the festivals in the spiritual realm, where every word is a song and every step is a dance. 

We are blessed with the return of His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami, His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami and His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami to Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple in the coming week.

On Friday, 13th September, we celebrate the appearance anniversary of Srimati Radharani. This most sacred day will be filled with hearing, chanting and dancing. The Deities will be dressed in three new outfits through the day so try to clear your schedule as to not miss any of the festivities. 

Please note that the Sunday Love Feast has moved to summer timings and will now begin at 4pm.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Saturday, 7 September

Hall programme with Bhakti Caitanya Swami at 3pm

187 Deccan Road, Pietermaritzburg. For details please call Madhukanta Das 072 306 7822

Sunday, 8 September

Sunday Love Feast with His Holiness Partha Sarathi Das Goswami at 4pm

Monday, 9 September

Morning class by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada at 7.45am

Wednesday, 11 September

Special Evening Programme with Bhakti Charu Swami at UKZN at 6.30pm.

Please see poster for details.

As always, we look forward to seeing you and hope this finds you in the best spirits,

Your friends at Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple

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Swarup Damodar and Vibhu Caitanya say "Thank You"

Dearest Friends,

We had a joyous celebration of Lord Krishna's birth anniversary. Srila Prabhupada says in Nectar of Devotion that such holy days are the "mothers of devotion". Our hope was to create as much opportunity for everyone to benefit and join this celebration. Our programme began on the 20th, in fact sooner with the nama-hatta Hall Programmes, and ended on the 29th.

We thank everyone involved in making the festival a reality: the organisers, devotees and volunteers in service, nama-hattas who arranged hall programmes in their areas, organisations who invited us to speak at their celebrations, donors, and of course our thousands of guests.

Our Gita Week programme attracted hundreds of people and on the Sunday over 2000 attended. On Tuesday 1500 Learners enjoyed a special programme fashioned just for them and on Wednesday we hosted over 1000 Seniors. Of course the number of visitors on Janmastami exceeded 20 000 with the queue going into the temple extending 20 metres outside the main entrance for hours.

Thank you to the many devotees who made food preparations for Srila Prabhuapda on his Vyasa-puja, on Thursday, 29 August. We exceeded our target and offered over 2000 preparations to Srila Prabhupada with over 2500 people coming to honour His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

We host such festivals to bring everyone together to connect with God, Krishna, and will continue to serve you in this way. Soon, on the 13th of September, we are celebrating Sri Krishna's topmost devotee, Srimati Radharani, please mark your calendars as we invite you to come together again in prayer and celebration.

If you have any suggestions, feedback, and would like to render service please contact us: temple@iskcondurban.net

Finally, we humbly appeal to the community to offer prayers on behalf of His Holiness Krishna Das Swami, who is recovering from an operation.

We look forward to seeing you at the temple,

Your servants

Swarup Damodar Das and Vibhu Caitanya Das