Shri RadhaKrishnabhyan NamahHOLI SADHANA SHIVIR
From 2nd March to 17 March, 2014 at Bhakti Dham, Mangarh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Festivals during Sadhana Shivir 16th March - mahaprabhu Jayanti 17th March - Holi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sadhana Shivir rules will remain the same as previous years. www.jkp.org | www.facebook.com/JKPIndia | www.youtube.com/JKPIndia contact: +91 967048400, +91 9670485000, +91 9919441222, +91 9919601015 The last rites program (Pushpa Visarjan) of Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj continued at Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu on January 16th, Someshwar Ghat, Nasik, Maharashtra on January 18th and Gomti Ghat, Dwarka, Gujarat on January 20th 2014. Check out JKP Official facebook for full size pictures.
Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj's sacred ashes were immersed at these holy places amid Vedic rituals and congregational chanting of the Holy Names of God by devotees and family of Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj. In addition, senior disciple of Shree Maharaj Ji, Swami Mukundananda, delivered a Sadhana Shivir at Sri Rameshwaram Dham. Please check out the commemorative newsletter of Shree Kripalu Kunj Ashram, Houston, for a description of Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj's ascension by Sushree Braj Banchary Didi. Albany Hindu Temple, New York, proudly presents:
The Essence of the Gita: Chapters 13 - 18. Discourse & Kirtan by Swami Nikhilanand of JKP Radha Madhav Dham. Location & Time: February 2 - 8, 2014 Sun, Feb 2nd: 1.30 - 2.30pm in the Temple Mon & Tues, Feb 3rd & 4th: 6.30 - 7.30pm in the Cultural Center Wed & Thurs, Feb 5th & 6th: 6.30 - 7.30pm in the Temple Fri, Feb 7th: 6.30 - 7.30pm in the Cultural Center Sat, Feb 8th: 6.30 - 7.30pm in the Temple Address: Albany Hindu Temple, 450 Albany Shaker Road Loudonville, New York 12110 Phone: 518-459-7272 www.AlbanyHinduTemple.org Questions/Assistance: Prashant Kaushik MD (701) 202-7217 “As a flush to sizzle out the sinful earth As droplets of water to a thirsty sailor As a shower to the very desert As guideline & pathway to hopeless travelers As a drop of love to harsh hearts GURU landed as the angel of lord! Happy Jagadguru Diwas ” - Poem by Aaprisha Sharma from Nepal In cities in India and around the world, the celebrations for Jagadguru Diwas 2014 and Makar Sankranti 2014 are huge. On this day, thousands of devotees take a holy dip in the Ganges and other holy streams. People offer thousands of their colorful oblations to the Sun in the form of beautiful kites. The act stands as a metaphor for reaching to their beloved God. In the ashrams of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat, we mark this occasion in a joyous and colorful way; even more-so because it is the day when Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj, our Guru, was ordained as "Jagadguru" in 1957. On Sunday, beautiful kites filled the skyline of Radha Madhav Dham USA and Radha Govind Dham New York and devotees of Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj offered their respects to the lotus feet of Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj. In other news, Swami Nikhilanand Ji, senior preacher of Radha Krishna and sanyasi disciple of Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj delivered a profound series of lectures on the significance of the life of Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj. The 6-part series was delivered to devotees at Radha Madhav Dham. All speeches are available for viewing at Radha Madhav Dham's youtube channel www.youtube.com/RadhaMadhavDham or Swami Ji's blog. On December 29th, America commemorated Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj, with flower offerings and shobha yatra at Radha Madhav Dham, Austin. Thousands of spiritual seekers who have been inspired by Shree Maharajji joined the special functions.
Bhakti in the age of Instagram Bhakti in the age of Social Media: Several new social media channels have been launched to connect devotees and promote the path of Radha Krishna devotion in America. Most significantly, Radha Madhav Dham, which is the official center of Radha Krishna devotion in the west, has gone virtual with the introduction of Radha Madhav Dham Official facebook page and Radha Madhav Dham Official twitter page. Radha Govind Dham New York has just launched on instagram, one of the most popular apps today, in addition to facebook and other social media. The instagram page contains regular inspirations by art extraordinaire, Bina. Instagram id is RGDNY. We would like all our readers to get active in Radha Madhav Dham and Radha Govind Dham New York social media. Download the app for instagram and get more inspired and connected with devotion. New Year Kirtan at Radha Madhav Dham Devotees of Shree Maharajji in America gathered at Radha Madhav Dham for 24 hour kirtan. Here is a clip of the climax of the long kirtan session for New Year 2014, where devotees expressed their love for Shree Maharajji and Radha Krishna through chanting and dancing. "Smile, open your eyes, and love" - Poem about Jagadguru Kripalu Ji Maharaj by Bhavana, Architecture Student and satsangee of Jagadguru Kripalu Ji Maharaj, DelhiYou can shed tears that he is gone
or you can smile because he had lived. You can close your eyes and pray that he’ll come back or you can open your eyes and see all he has left. You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back or you can do what he’d want: smile, open your eyes, and love. |