Dear devotees,
We are happy to announce the upcoming arrival of dear Vishakha Devi Dasi. She will be staying in America for a month, which gives us a wonderful opportunity for Vaishnava association. This is her schedule:
August
16th-19th— SCS Seva Ashram, San Jose, CA
18th — Namahatta at the 497 N. 17th Street Ashram, San Jose, CA
19th — Outdoor kirtan concert with Jayadeva das at SCS Seva Ashram, San Jose, CA
(Please RSVP with Kumkum Didi if you plan on attending this event. This is a CDC-compliant program. Masks will be required indoors. https://covid19.sccgov.org/public-health-orders)
20th-25th — SCS Seva Ashram, Soquel, CA
20th — Pleasure Point Yoga, Santa Cruz, CA 7:30 pm
26th-31st — Austin, Texas
27th — Casa De Luz, Synergy Room, Austin, TX 6:30 pm
28th — Open House at Sridhar Govinda Seva Sanctuary, Dripping Springs, TX 11:30-3 pm
September
1st-6th — Salt Lake City, UT
7th-11th — Programs in Santa Barbara, CA
11th — Namahatta in Dana Point, CA 3:30-7:30 pm
12th-14th — Tijuana, Mexico
15th-17th — Ojai, CA
16th — Kirtan and pool party at the Ananda Verandah, Ojai, CA
18th — Namahatta at the house of Krishnashraya Prabhu, Berkeley, CA
19th-20th — SCS Seva Ashram, Soquel, CA
For any questions, please contact Cinmoy Dev das: (831) 239-0235
Sri Bhakti Lalita Devi Dasi will also speak in San Jose on Friday, September 25th in the evening, for the Appearance of Lord Vamandev and Srila Jiva Goswami.
Audio. Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur’s Appearance Day, 1981. Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj tells us how Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur by the order of Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur took Gaura Kishor Das Babaji as Gurudev formally, but knowing Bhakti Vinod Thakur was his real guru from the internal consideration. He was filled with Bhakti Vinod Thakur in the spiritual sense. He installed many Maths where the name of the Deities were Vinod Vilas, Vinod Ram, Vinod Ananda, etc. He knew that his attempt to approach Radha Govinda and Mahaprabhu was inconceivable without Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur’s intervention. He saw Radharani and Gadadhar in Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur – the highest ideal of Guru Tattva, in Gaura lila, Gadadhar; and in Krishna lila, Radharani. He also told once that if we rise a little higher and look, we shall find Radharani in Gurudev. The source of the grace of the guru is coming from the original source of service, so he used to see Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur under that light.
Audio: Appearance of Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinod Thakur. 6 September 2006 morning informal discourse by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at our Dum Dum Park Temple, Kolkata. “Srila Guru Maharaj… mentions…: ‘Not only is he (Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur) the giver of service to Vrindavan Dham, he can give service to Radharani.'”
Sri Bhakti Lalita Devi Dasi will be staying at the San Jose Seva Ashram until October 10th and will be speaking on the following occasions:
We are fortunate to have the opportunity to associate with Sri Vishakha Devi Dasi for just a couple more days. She will leave for China on the 18th for ten days, then return again to Santa Cruz.
Dear devotees and friends of the Ashram,
