Dear Friends, We trust that your Kartik has enthusiastically started. The initiative of getting as many people to offer lamps either in their homes or at the temple has exceeded our expectations with five thousand Kartik packs already distributed. This special Kartik pack includes a fold out altar, a song book, CD with the Damodarastakam more »
Patricia from our Maintenance Crew offers her lamp to Lord Damodara…The Kartik-mahatmya 114, states: “A person who offers a lamp to Lord Krishna during Kartik attains the eternal spiritual world where there is no suffering.”
Dear Friends,Hare Krishna!While Woolworths, Edgars and Stuttafords have their sales, the spiritual worldhas an unrivaled sale. While the stores roll out their red carpets, and try toentice with “75% off”, it pales in comparison to what the month of Kartik hason offer. In a world that is dominated by the obsession of the “haves” and“have-nots” more »
Did you know that you can bring any number of people to the temple and request a guided tour completely free of charge? The group in the picture are from the Eastern Cape and they were chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Our temple has great acoustics and their deep voices filled the atmosphere. To make more »
Hare Krishna Dear Friends,This weekend we celebrate Shri Shri Radha Radhanath Temple’s 27th anniversary. The Shri Shri Radha Radhanath Temple has become a sanctuary for thousands of Krishna devotees. Please find the schedule for the weekend festivities: Shri Shri Radha Radhanath Temple 27th Anniversary Celebrations20-21 October 2012 Saturday, 20 October 2012: 04.30am: Mangal Arati and more »
Hare Krishna Friends, I will start posting pictures of our temple deities, so you can look forward to this in the days to come. Many have said that this particular Lord Chaitanya is especially beautiful and merciful. “May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Srimati Saci-devi be transcendentally situated in the more »
Today, Tuesday, 16 October, we celebrate Ramanujacharya Prabhu’s 65th birthday at 1pm in Shrila Prabhupada’s Room. Ramanujacharya has been in South Africa for may years and is a Sanskrit scholar and musician. He teaches at the Bhaktivedanta College and guides many devotees. We are blessed to have him with us.
Hare Krishna Friends,Have you noted how every week there is a spiritual celebration? Our hope isthat you are taking as much advantage of these festivals as possible. On Saturday, 13 October we celebrate the 60th Vyasa-puja (appearance daycelebrations) of His Holiness Partha Sarathi Das Goswami. Partha SarathiMaharaj has dedicated his life to developing Srila Prabhupada’s mission more »
Hare Krishna Dear Friends,We welcome His Holiness Bhakti Chaitanya Swami and His Holiness Bhakti NrsimhaSwami. A special note: on Wednesday, 9 October, you are invited to witness the sacredand beautiful ceremony of initiation-the promise between spiritual master anddisciple. It is time to pull out your dairies again…drop in on a program near you.*Thursday, 4 October -Asheville more »
