Dear Friends,
This week we welcome His Grace Ambarish Prabhu, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, chairman of the board for construction of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur and he is the great grandson of Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company.
Srila Prabhupada was a true visionary. He wanted to offer the world a temple with a detailed vision of the Vedic cosmology as described in Srimad Bhagavatam. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur narrated a description of the future development of Mayapur given by Sri Nityananada Prabhu to Srila Jiva Gosvami: “One exceedingly wonderful temple (adbhuta-mandira) will appear from which Gauranga’s eternal service will be preached everywhere.” It was during Srila Prabhupada’s last visit to America that Prabhupada asked Ambarish Prabhu to provide the funds for this adbhuta mandir, the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium. Srila Prabhupada said that the secret of success in spiritual life is to try and fulfill the desires of the previous acharyas. Therefore our mission is to please Srila Prabhupada and the previous acharyas by developing this temple in a way that most closely follows the instructions and vision of Srila Prabhupada. We invite you to join us on this journey of fulfilling the vision of that great visionary, Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada – the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium.
Week Ahead
Thursday, 30 January
Business Breakfast with the the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry:
ECONOMIC ETHICS FOR A NEW WORLD OF BUSINESS
Coastlands Hotel, Umhlanga
8:00am for 8:30am
Members: R350,00 pp
Non Member: R450,00 pp
RSVP: Sharmala Pillay – 031 335 1017 | pillays@durbanchamber.co.za
Friday, 31 January
Evening Banquet with Ambarish Prabhu
Rising Sun Conference Hall
Scottsburgh
RSVP Haridev Das – 039 978 300 | haridev@telkomsa.net
Saturday, 1 February
Temple of the Vedic Planetarium Presentation with Ambarish Prabhu at 4pm
Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple
RSVP Divesh Maharaj – vaishnava.research@gmail.com | 084 0625 630
Sunday, 2 February
Sunday Love Feast with Ambarish Prabhu
New Jagannath Puri Temple at 11am
Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple at 4pm
If you are in Matric or University then meet Ambarish Prabhu at 3pm in Srila Prabhupada’s Room. He will discuss Balancing Spirituality and Career.
Monday, 3 February
Kendra Business Forum in Association with ISKCON hosts Mr. Alfred Ford
Kendra Lower Level Hall
5.30pm for 6:00pm
RSVP Divesh Maharaj – vaishnava.research@gmail.com | 084 0625 630
Two-day Seminar with His Holiness Bhakti Narasimha Swami
The Significance of the Names of Krishna
based on the Bhagavad-gita
Thursday & Friday , 30th & 31st January
7:00pm – 8:00pm
Srila Prabhupada’s Room
Please bring writing material
Please note that there is an unavoidable delay in dispatching the January/February issue of Back To Godhead magazine. You can expect it in the post after the second week of February.
Finally, after receiving some late results, we are happy to announce that Radha Radhanath Temple distributed even more books than reported last week: 30 014 books over a period of 30 days. Congratulations to all who participated and may Srila Prabhupada bless all your endeavours.
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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