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Dear Friends,

You are warmly invited to the celebration of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu this weekend 14-17 March. Please share the attached posters containing all details of the festivities with friends and family. We are blessed to have His Holiness Devamrita Swami and His Grace Medhavi Prabhu here in KZN to celebrate Gaura Purnima with us.

 

Meditations on Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: 

 

“In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the name of Krishna. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Krishna Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons, and confidential companions.”  Srimad Bhagavatam 11.5.32 

 

“May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Sriamti Saci-devi be transcendentally situated in the innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has appeared in the Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has ever offered before: the most sublime and radiant mellow of devotional service…” Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi, 1.4

 

Wednesday, 12 March 

Ekadasi

Fast from all beans, grains and legumes

 

Thursday, 13 March

Break Fast 05:54 – 10:01

7.35am Vyasa-puja celebration of His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami

Friday, 14 March

7.35am Morning Class with Devamrita Swami

6.15pm Pre Gaura Purnima Kirtan Youth Festival with Devamrita Swami

Saturday, 15 March

Estcourt Festival of Chariot - 10am Estcourt City Centre

Harinam Schedule:

10.00am Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple car park

10.00am Umlazi Center L800 Mandlemdlve Road

3.00pm Northdene Primary School

4.00pm Lord Chaitanya bhoga offering. Remember Lord Chaitanya’s favourite food is anything from the spinach family. Everyone is invited to bring as many offerings as possible.

5.30pm Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Boat Festival with  Devamrita Swami

Sunday, 16 March

Sri Gaura Purnima

Fast until moonrise

You are all especially invited for mangal-arati and japa from 4.30am. 

7.10am Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple morning class with Medhavi Prabhu

7.45am New Jagannath Puri Temple morning class with Devamrita Swami

11.00am Special Midday Programme

3.00pm Pietermaritzburg Temple class with Medhavi Prabhu

4.00pm Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple class with Devamrita Swami

Monday, 17 March

Please note that the Festival of Jagannath Misra, i.e the feast will be at 1pm not 9am.

For more details see attached poster. 

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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Dear Friends and Devotees,

Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Appreciating the successful impact of last year’s social cohesion themed Festival of Chariots, the eThekwini Municipality approached me in November 2013 to consider hosting two festivals—the traditional Ratha-yatra Festival of Chariots in April and a social cohesion festival in September. We were glad to accept this proposal which would afford us much more scope to cater for the vastly different audiences and more opportunities to share the teachings of Srila Prabhupada.

Another progressive development is that we have decided to merge the Phoenix Ratha-yatra into the Durban Festival of Chariots – there will be one major Festival of Chariots over the Easter weekend (18-21 April 2014) and will be held at the Old Durban Drive-In site. This festival will engage our resources from all over Durban, KwaZulu Natal, and South Africa under the leadership of His Holiness Indradyumna Swami. Although there will no longer be a separate Phoenix Ratha-yatra, the organizers of both festivals are excited to consolidate their efforts to make a bigger impact in spreading the mercy of Lord Jagannath.

We are just eight weeks away from the start of the four-day Durban Festival of Chariots, one of the largest spiritual gatherings outside of India and much effort is required from all of Srila Prabhupada’s followers. Please share in this important service of hosting the Durban Festival of Chariots. For general festival information and for ideas on how you can assist contact Merumala Devi Dasi (0836760844 | merumaladd.kks@gmail.com). For a full listing of the festival departments and its heads:

We look forward to your inspired and enthusiastic participation in the preparation of the Durban Festival of Chariots.

Hare Krishna.
Your servant, on behalf of the festival organisers,
Swarup Damodar Das

Your Week Ahead

Thursday, 20 February
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura’s Appearance Anniversary
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta was Srila Prabhupada’s spiritual master. He advised: “Look within. Amend yourself, rather than pry into the frailties of others.”
We will fast until noon and honour him with pushpa-puja and guru-puja at midday at Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple

Tuesday, 25 February
Ekadasi
Fast from all beans, grains and legumes

Wednesday, 26 February
Break fast time: 05:44-10:00

Thursday, 27 February
Shivaratri
Special evening programme to honour the greatest of Vaishnavas – Lord Shiva.
Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple at 7pm.

Subscribers to Back to Godhead magazine can expect the magazine in the mail later this week.

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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