Tuesday 20 May 2014

Week Ahead 20 - 26 May

Dear Friends,
There are numerous events everyday this week and we have therefore decided to send the event guide out early so you can diarise. Please note that we have postponed the Anger Management Seminar that was scheduled for this weekend. His Grace Mahatma Prabhu, who is an expert on the subject, will facilitate the course sometime in June.
Your Week Ahead
Tuesday, 20 May
Reservoir Hills nama-hatta with His Holiness Ram Govinda Swami at 7pm
Wednesday, 21 May
Morning Class at 7.45am with Ram Govinda Swami
Pietermaritzburg Nama-hatta with His Grace Madhavananda Prabhu at 7pm
Thursday, 22 May
Morning Class at 7.45am with Madhavananda Prabhu
Special Evening Programme at Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple with Madhavananda Prabhu at 7pm
Friday, 23 May
Morning Class at 7.45am with Madhavananda Prabhu
Seminar at New Jagannath Puri Temple with Madhavananda Prabhu at 7pm (Day 1)
Scottburgh Hall Programme with His Holiness Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami at 6pm
Saturday, 24 May
Ekadasi - Fast from grains, beans and legumes
Morning Class at 7.45am with Ram Govinda Swami
Seminar at New Jagannath Puri Temple with Madhavananda Prabhu at 4pm (Day 2)
Sunday, 25 May
Break Fast 06:39 - 10:08
Appearance Anniversary of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur - The Author of Sri Caitanya Bhagavat. 
Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Morning Class at 7.45am with Ram Govinda Swami
New Jagannath Puri Temple Morning Class at 7.45am with Madhavananda Prabhu
Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Sunday Love Feast with Madhavananda Prabhu at 3pm
New Jagannath Puri Temple Sunday Love Feast with Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami at 11am
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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Thursday 15 May 2014

Week Ahead 15 - 22 May

Dear Friends,

We are in for a treat next week with His Holiness Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Maharaja and His Holiness Rama Govinda Swami arriving on Monday and His Grace Madhavananda Prabhu arriving on Wednesday. Madhavananda Das  joined ISKCON in Los Angeles in 1982. He moved to Bhubaneswar Orissa in 1993 where he has been living since. He was instructed by Sri Srimad 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 Krishna Kathamrita Magazine, and the email magazine Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu. Madhavananda Prabhu is an expert on Lord Jagannath. 

Please note that we have moved the Sunday Love Feast to our Winter timings and will begin at 3pm from this Sunday, 18 May. 

Your Week Ahead

Sunday, 18 May
Love Feast at 3pm. 

Wednesday, 21 May
Port Shepstone nama-hatta with Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami at 7pm.

Thursday, 22 May
Special Evening with Madhavananda Prabhu on “Appreciating and Understanding Jagannath Puri Dham” at 7pm.
Umzinto/Sezela nama-hatta with Bhakti Brhat Bhagavata Swami at 7pm.

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

T: 031 4033328  |  F: 031 4034429  |  www.iskcondurban.net  |  temple@iskcondurban.net
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Tuesday 13 May 2014

Nrsimha Festival Live Broadcast and Updates

Dear Friends,

All glories to the half-man half-lion incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. "To prove that the statement of His servant Prahlada Maharaja was substantial — in other words, to prove that the Supreme Lord is present everywhere, even within the pillar of an assembly hall — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, exhibited a wonderful form never before seen. The form was neither that of a man nor that of a lion. Thus the Lord appeared in His wonderful form in the assembly hall.” (SB 7.8.17)

You are warmly invited to the festival tonight celebrating the anniversary of the appearance of Lord Nrsimhdeva.

Festival Guide 
From 5.30pm Break Fast | Feast
7.00pm Arati
7.30pm Class by His Grace Raghunath Bhatta Das followed by drama written and directed by Rukmini Devi Dasi.

Nrsimha Caturdasi Festivals also in Northdene Nama-hatta with His Grace Swarup Damodar Das, Pietermaritzburg with His Grace Vibhu Caitanya Das, and New Jagannath Puri Temple. Festivals begin at 7pm.

If you live far away form the temple, we will be live streaming the programme tonight at the following URL

This is a test streaming and we need people to logon so we can see that all is working OK. If it works well, then we can use it for more programmes in future.

For your pleasure and inspiration we have attached a picture of Sri Sri Radha Radhanath and Lord Nrsimha Deities on the altar today.


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

Your friends at Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple

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Thursday 8 May 2014

Week Ahead 8 - 14 May

Dear Friends,

Yesterday was set aside for eligible South Africans to exercise their right to vote; their right to determine who and how our country would be run. To guide the country and its citizens is a grave and colossal responsibility. Srila Prabhupada guides leaders with such responsibilty: 

“People in general always require a leader who can teach the public by practical behavior. A leader cannot teach the public to stop smoking if he himself smokes. The Srimad-Bhagavatam also affirms that one should follow in the footsteps of great devotees, and that is the way of progress on the path of spiritual realization. The king or the executive head of a state, the father and the school teacher are all considered to be natural leaders of the innocent people in general. All such natural leaders have a great responsibility to their dependents; therefore they must be conversant with standard books of moral and spiritual codes.” (Bhagavad-gita 3.21, purport)

We pray that those who are eventually elected as leaders of this country will have the intelligence and humility to accept the guidance of the revealed scriptures and the great devotees.

As we approach the holy appearance anniversary of Lord Nrsimhadeva, we share with you a meditation on Lord Nrsimhadeva:

“Hiranyakashipu studied the form of the Lord, trying to decide who the form of Nrsimhadeva standing before him was. The Lord’s form was extremely fearsome because of His angry eyes, which resembled molten gold; His shining mane, which expanded the dimensions of His fearful face; His deadly teeth; and His razor-sharp tongue, which moved about like a dueling sword. His ears were erect and motionless, and His nostrils and gaping mouth appeared like caves of a mountain. His jaws parted fearfully, and His entire body touched the sky. His neck was very short and thick, His chest broad, His waist thin, and the hairs on His body as white as the rays of the moon. His arms, which resembled flanks of soldiers, spread in all directions as He killed the demons, rogues and atheists with His conchshell, disc, club, lotus and other natural weapons.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.8.19-22)

Saturday, 10 May
Ekadasi
Fast from all grains, beans and legumes

Sunday, 11 May
Break Fast 06:30 - 10:05
Sunday Love Feast at 4pm

Tuesday, 13 May
Nrsimha Caturdasi: Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva
(Fast till dusk)
Festival Guide
7.00am Srila Prabhupada Guru-puja
7.15am Class on Lord Nrsimhadeva
8.00am Darshan of Sri Sri Radha Radhanath in Their new outfit
5.30pm Break Fast | Feast
7.00pm Arati
7.30pm Class and drama

Festivals also at New Jagannath Puri and Pietermaritzburg from 7pm. 


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

T: 031 4033328  |  F: 031 4034429  |  www.iskcondurban.net  |  temple@iskcondurban.net
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