Dear devotees and friends of the Ashram, Please join the devotees in San Jose on Saturday evening, October 5, and in Soquel on Sunday morning, October 6, to observe the Divine Appearance of the Successor President Sevaite Acharya of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Om Visnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. <em><a href=”http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=64ad813536e9e822fd7882aa6&id=ed9dca101c&e=104743fcc5″ target=”_blank”>View full invitation…</a></em>
Dear Devotees and Friends,
Please accept our humble obeisances and kind regards, as appropriate. We are happy to announce that there will be a weekly Harinam party in downtown San Jose prior to the Saturday festival. Kindly join us in this celebration and bring your family and friends. We’ll assemble at the temple at 4:00 pm and return in time for aroti at 5:30 pm.
Aspiring for service,
Kumkum dasi
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram
269 East Saint James St.
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 288-6360
Regular weekly programs: 5:30 pm Saturday
Daily arotis: 6:30 am, 12:00 noon, 6:30 pm
Click on the above photograph for more pictures of Harinam in San Jose.
All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!
Dear devotees and friends,
Please join us in San Jose for morning darshan with Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Sundar on Saturdays from 6:30-9 am.
6:30 am Mangal Aroti
7:00 am Morning Kirtans
8:00 am Class on the holy scriptures: Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita and Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat
“The Supreme Lord is not part of this world. Rather, all universes exist within a part of Him. Still, by His inconceivable power, He lives like us, or comes near us, to accept our service. The attempt of a tiny soul to measure His power is simply a laughing matter. It is for this reason that Sri Chaitanaydev advised souls to practice jnana-shunya-bhakti [‘knowledge’-free devotion].”
~Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami’s homage to Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Sri Gauranga Sundarjiu on His beautiful altar
269 East Saint James St.
between N. 6th St. and N. 7th St.
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 288-6360
(408) 655-3004
Dear friends,
We wholeheartedly invite you to the divine celebration of the 12th anniversary of Sriman Gauranga Sundar’s installation at His permanent home, “His own home,” as Srila Govinda Maharaj said–at 269 East Saint James St. in San Jose on Wednesday, November 28, 2012.
After being established in San Jose in the 1980s, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math took firm root near San Jose State University and Santa Clara University at 269 East Saint James St.
Srila Gurudev Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj inaugurated Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Sundar on the day of celebrating Sri Krishna’s divine Rasayatra in 2000. His Divine Grace arrived at the new ashram a few days earlier and oversaw all of the final preparations for Sriman Mahaprabhu to take up permanent residence. Mahaprabhu arrived by a palanquin parade, accompanied by His devotees performing Harinam Sankirtan through downtown.
San Jose, USA. Talks by Srila Govinda Maharaj and Sripad Goswami Maharaj during the Anniversary Celebration of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Sundar’s Auspicious arrival at the San Jose Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram.A short video clip of the kirtan during the procession in 2000 captured by Sripad B.C. Parvat Maharaj
Looking ahead, please note the following dates:
All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!Dandabat pranam to the feet of all the vaisnavas,
Young Allie got the fortune of meeting Srimati Govinda Nandini several months ago. She was very attracted to Govinda Nandini’s enthusiastic preaching and common-sense friendship, and frequently came to the temple to talk with her and attend our programs. When Govinda Nandini moved to Salt Lake City, Allie found that she seriously missed the association and decided to attend whenever she could and also to increase her service connection. Her natural, sincere inquiries became vital to her happiness and she found herself seeking how to extend Krishna consciousness to friends and acquaintances.
Around the first of June, she wrote to Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, asking for initiation, and he accepted her as his disciple. Because of his travel, it took a while to decide on a date for the ceremony. He chanted on beads which were shipped to our temple in San Jose, and all worked out for a connection by Skype on the evening of July 4th. By the great assistance of Nimai Chandra Prabhu, Srila Acharyadev spoke to her about the significance of this change in her fortune and instructed her how to chant on her beads. He said that, on the order of Srila Govinda Maharaj, he is giving this connection to her.
Srila Acharya Maharaj said that to make quick progress, know the nama-aparadha and avoid them; when devotees wonder why they are not experiencing taste, this is what they must consider. He also was very re-assuring that we can get devotion if we want it. He gave the example of a child who is crying when his mother and father leave him and becomes happy when they give him a chocolate bar, although he could get anything from his loving parents. We mustn’t be satisfied to get material happiness from our Lord. If we pray for pure devotion, we will get it. Sri Ramananda prayed for pure devotion and Krishna gave it to him, while his brother prayed for material things and he was awarded salary, comforts, etc.
He finally told her to contact him any time, with any question; saying she is now his daughter. He said to be satisfied only with talks of Krishna, service to Krishna, and eating only Krishna prasad.
Srimati Anu Krishna Devi Dasi ki jaya!
In service,
Kumkum
All glories to Sri Sri Guru Gaurangasundar!
The beautiful altar of Sriman Gaurangasundar
Srimati Kumkum Didi
And Allie and Elise
Allie connects with Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj on skype
Srila Acharyadev looks happy
He gives her beautiful instructions
About chanting the Hare Krishna mahamantra
Anu Krishna Didi ki jaya!
Anu Krishna Didi on the right, with her friend Elise
The basket of beautiful offerings that a disciple presents to the spiritual master at the time of harinam initiation