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Sri Gaura Purnima Festival

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020 in Events
Sri Gauranga Sundar in San Jose, California

Sri Gauranga Sundarjiu
worshipped at the San Jose Seva Ashram

Sri Gaura Purnima
Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu

Monday, March 9th
6 pm in Santa Cruz and San Jose

Anandotsav Feast of
Sri Jagannath Mishra
Tuesday 12:30-1:30 pm in Santa Cruz

Virtual parikramas hosted by
Srila Janardan Maharaj
from the Santa Cruz Seva Ashram
(watch online!)
Thursday-Saturday 7-8:30 pm
Sunday 10:30 am-1 pm

Dear Friend of the Ashram,

Please join us for Sri Gaura Purnima. Bring your friends and family for the most auspicious celebration of the divine advent of the Golden Avatar Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu, who appeared in this age of quarrel to distribute Divine Love to all the fallen souls and initiate the chanting of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra as the yuga-dharma.

There will be virtual parikramas of Sri Nabadwip Dham led by Srila Janardan Maharaj at the Soquel Seva Ashram every evening Thursday-Saturday from 7-8:30 pm and Sunday 10:30 am -1 pm.

You can watch all the virtual parikramas and Monday’s festival on our Facebook page.

On Tuesday there will be a feast after the 12:30 pm arotik for Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra.

Yours in the Lord’s service,
Sushila Devi Dasi

Watch Virtual Parikrama on Facebook

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Sunday, February 25th, 2018 in Events

All Glories to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharvika Giridhari!


Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math’s energetic Parikrama party.

Watch Virtual Parikrama
on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/SevaAshram/

Monday-Thursday
February 26-March 1
6:30 to 8 pm

“If we want to rescue ourselves from this world and become members of the holiest place within Vaikuṇṭhaloka—Śrī Goloka Vṛndāvan Dhām, where infinite auspiciousness and happiness are always existing—then we must surrender in this place of Śrī Koladwīp Dhām within Śrī Nabadwīp Dhām.”
-Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj

 

Dear *|MERGE3|*,

     You will be able to watch Srila Janardan Maharaj’s virtual parikrama on our Seva Ashram Facebook page. His multimedia presentation will describe the Divine Pastimes associated with each of the holy sites which pilgrims visit in the holy land of Sri Nabadwip Dham during the week long festival of Sri Gaura Purnima.

     Watch around 6:30 pm next Monday-Thursday.

     If you are local, Janardan Maharaj warmly invites you to attend in person.

Yours in the Lord’s service,
Sushila Devi Dasi

 


 

Sri Gaura Purnima
Friday, March 2 at 6 pm
(total fast until moonrise)
Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra
Saturday, March 3rd at 11 am

 

nadiya udayagiri purna-chandra gaura-hari
krpa kari ha-ila udaya
papa-tamo haila nasa, tri-jagatera ullasa,
jagabhari hari-dhvani haya 

     “By His causeless mercy the full moon Gaurahari arose in the district of Nadia, which is compared to Udayagiri, where the sun first becomes visible—His rising in the sky destroyed the darkness of sin; all three worlds became joyful and chanted the Holy Name of the Lord.”

 

Sri Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya and Sri Nabadwip-bhava-taranga. Two books of Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur including verse by verse translations: free pdf download. Very helpful for following the Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikramas taking place now in Nabadwip.

 

The Land of Sweetness. Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj explains the essence of Sri Gauda Mandal.
“Gauda Mandal is Vraja Mandal. The word ‘Gauda’ comes from the word ‘gud’. ‘Gud’ means misti, sweet. When something is sweet, it may be described by the synonym ‘gud’. Gud represents sweetness. So Gauda Mandal: “the sweet land”. There is no sweetness anywhere like that found in Vrndavan and Nabadwip.” Read more… (Posted on the Math’s gaudiyadarshan.com website.) 

 

Celebrating Sri Gaura Purnima. Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj describes the joy in the devotees’ hearts. (Posted on the Math’s gaudiyadarshan.com website.)

 

Sri Gaura Purnima Festival This Week

Posted by Krsnapriya Devi Dasi on Sunday, March 20th, 2016 in Events
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Sri Gaura Purnima Festival

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 in Events

Sushila devi dasiDear devotees and friends of the Ashram,

Please join us as the full moon rises for a grand festival honoring the auspicious occasion of the Divine Appearance Day of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Gaura Purnima. The festival will begin Wednesday, March 23rd at 6 pm in Santa Cruz and San Jose and include a midday feast the following day in Santa Cruz. Please join us and bring your friends along too!

Yours in the Lord’s service,
Sushila Devi Dasi

vande gurūn īśa-bhaktān
īśam īśāvatārakān
tat-prakāśāṁś cha tach-chaktīḥ
kṛṣṇa-chaitanya-saṁjñakam
    “I offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual masters, the devotees of the Lord, the Lord’s incarnations, His plenary portions, His energies and the primeval Lord Himself, Sri Krishna Chaitanya.”
–First verse of Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita

Sri Gaura Purnima
The Divine Appearance Day of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu
Wendesday, March 23, 2016

6 pm in Santa Cruz
6 pm in San Jose
(fast until moonrise)

Anandotsav of
Sri Jagannath Mishra

Sri Jagannath Mishra and Srimati Sachi Devi with baby Nimai

Thursday, March 24, 2016

11 am in Santa Cruz
Reading material:
     Sri Chaitanyadev and Sri Chaitanyadev: The Most Generous Absolute ~ 2 excerpts from Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion Vol. 1 by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
Audio:
Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj leading kirtan chanting the Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita slokas Adi-lila:13, 89-124 at the time of moonrise on Sri Gaura-Purnima 2004.
34 mins 8.1 MB mp3 audio
Audio:
Kirtan chanted by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj on the Adhivas Day of Sri Gaura-Purnima Parikrama 2004: Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur’s compositions, Goptritve Varaha (Ki jani ki bole, tomara dhamete…) and Dainyatmika (Emona durmmati, samsara bhitare…).
10 minutes, 3 MB mp3 audio.
The words and translations are in our Math’s Kirtan Guide.
Audio:
Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita reading by Srila Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj with wonderful commentaries from the teachings of Srila Govinda Maharaj, Srila Sridhar Maharaj, and Srila Prabhupad about these key first verses in the mangala charanam or auspicious invocation of the text:
     Adi-lila Chapter 1: The Spiritual Masters (46 minutes, 33.2 MB)
More:
     Extensive list of written, audio, and video materials related to Sri Gaura Purnima on SCSMath.com.

Important links:

Festival Schedule: Now Through Gaura Purnima

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Sunday, February 1st, 2015 in Events | Comments (0)
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Sri Gaura Purnima Festival on Sunday Evening March 16, 2014

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Thursday, March 6th, 2014 in Events | Comments (0)
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Invitation to Sri Gaura Purnima Festival

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Thursday, March 21st, 2013 in Events | Comments (0)
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Namahatta in Corralitos at Chinmoyananda’s

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 in 2012 Photo Gallery | Comments (0)
Chinmoyananda Prabhu
March 2, 2012

Just before Sri Gaura Purnima, Chinmoyananda Prabhu invited the devotees to his house in Corralitos for kirtan, krishna katha and prasadam. Sarvabhavana Prabhu related some of the points he heard from Srila Govinda Maharaj over the years about the glories of the holy name, the ten offenses to the holy name, and how to avoid those offenses. Here are a few points that were mentioned:

“We don’t need a dictionary definition of humility. We just have to look at the vaishnavas like Ramai Prabhu and Janardan Maharaj…

Ego robs us of all happiness in spiritual life; for example, when we miss out on so much love and affection because we think we were right about a small point and won’t let go of it…

Giving honor is a gift to us because it makes us feel so uplifted–good qualities come to us if we look for them…dwelling in faults we get dragged down and the faults come to us…”

San Jose Nagarsankirtan

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Sunday, March 18th, 2012 in 2012 Photo Gallery | Comments (0)
Braja Mohini didi
March 3, 2012

In anticipation of the Sri Gaura Purnima festival, Braja Mohini didi inspired a group of devotees to go out and chant the holy name in downtown San Jose.

Photos by Braja Mohini didi:

Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Misra

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Saturday, March 17th, 2012 in 2012 Photo Gallery | Comments (0)
Sri Gaura
March 9, 2012

In honor of the grand festival Sri Jagannath Misra held after Mahaprabhu’s appearance, Sarvabhavana Prabhu read from Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat about the Lord’s childhood water-sporting lila. After the class and arotik for Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharvika Giridhari in the temple, everyone walked outside to the Pushpa Samadhi Mandir of Srila Govinda Maharaj. Ramai Prabhu offered the beautiful feast prepared by Rajani didi and the other dedicated cooks to Srila Govinda Maharaj as the devotees chanted the Mahamantra. Afterward he offered arotik and everyone sang His Divine Grace’s arotik song: Jaya Jaya Gurudever Aroti Ujjvala…

Photos by Murali Mohan Prabhu and Swarnangii didi.

Sri Gaura Purnima

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Friday, March 16th, 2012 in 2012 Photo Gallery | Comments (0)
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This year Sripad Sarvabhavana Prabhu led the Sri Gaura Purnima festivities. After singing many vaishnava songs all together in the temple room, while the kitchen crew worked hard and the children prepared their costumes, he summarized Lord Chaitanya’s pastimes very nicely and then read from Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita about the Lord’s appearance lila.

Many old friends and several new guests joined us for this happy festival. Now that it has come and gone we still feel invigorated and inspired to go on chanting and dive a little deeper into spiritual life.

Photos by Swarnangii didi with captions by Jatindra Mohan Prabhu:

Sri Chaitanyadev: The Most Generous Absolute

Posted by Vrinda Devi Dasi on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 in Seva Ashram Post | Comments (0)

Srila Sridhar Maharaj explains in this excerpt from Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion the beautiful and unique quality of distribution that is found in Sri Chaitanyadev, the most generous Absolute. Read full article…

 


Invitation to Sri Gaura Purnima

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 in Events | Comments (0)
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Invitation to Sri Gaura Purnima – Seva Ashram Home

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