Sri Rama Navami Festival

On behalf of the Perth Hare Krishna community we are glad to invite you to the celebration of Rama Navami 2008.

Date:
Monday, 14 April 2008

Venue:
Australia-Asia House,
275 Stirling St (Corner of Stirling Street & Bulwer Street),
Perth

Time:
5.30 PM onwards

Program:

• 5:30 pm - Bhajans
• 6:30 pm - Class
• 7:20 pm - Offering of gifts
• 7:30 pm - Arati & Kirtan
• 8.00 pm - Prasadam Feast

Please bring a gift for Lord Sri Ramachandra !

We are looking forward to seeing you there, please bring your relatives and friends.

Contact us for more information.

Gaura Purnima - Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Appearance Day

Date:
Friday, 21 March 2008

Venue:
Australia-Asia House,
275 Stirling St (Corner of Stirling Street & Bulwer Street),
Perth

Time:
5.00 PM onwards

Program:

• Bhajan
• Abhishek (Bathing Ceremony)
• Discussion
• Slide show
• Gaura Arati
• Offering gifts
• Prasadam (Feast)

Please bring a gift for Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu

Sponsorships are available for hall decorations, feast, hall hire, Abhishek etc.

Contact us for more information.

Nityananda Trayodasi - Appearance day of Sri Nityananda Prabhu

Date:
Tuesday, 19 February 2008

Venue:
Australia-Asia House,
275 Stirling St (Cnr Stirling St & Bulwer St),
Perth

Time:
5.00 - 8.30 PM

Program:

• Bhajan
• Abhisheka
• Class
• Arati
• Prasadam

Contact us for more information.

Hare Krishna!

Sri Krishna Janmastami

Date: Tue 4th September 07

Venue: Australia-Asia House 275 Stirling Street, Highgate

Timing: 6:30 - 1:am

Program: Bhajans, Abhishek (Bathing Ceremony) Arati Cultural Program, Discussion, Offering Gifts, Vegetarian Feast

and a Special Midnight Arati.

Please bring a Gift, Everyone is Welcome.

For more Info Contact:

Sita Rama Lakshmana Dasa: 0422 045 525 or 9370 1552 Please Chant Hare Krishna and be Happy

Dear Vaisnavas / Vaisnavis

Please accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

You are invited to attend the Baladeva Purnima festival to be held on Tuesday the 28th of August at Australia Asia house 275 Stirling Street Highgate (East Perth) from 5.30 PM.

The program is as follows

5.30 Bhajans

6.00 Abhiseka

6.30 Lila Kirtan and slideshow with His Grace Bhurijana Prabhu

7.50 Gifts

8.00 Arati and Kirtana

8.30 Feast Please bring a gift for Lord Balarama.

Your Servant Yadu Srestha

Hare Krishna,

We would like to invite you all for the appearance day celebrations of Lord Nrsimha Deva. This festival is on Tuesday 1 May and will be celebrated at the Australasia house,275 Stirling Street(Corner of Bulwer & Stirling Street), Highgate. The program is follows:
5.00 PM Bhajans
5.30 Abhishek( The bathing ceremony)
6.15 Video presentation
6.45 Discussion- Appearance and Pastimes of
Lord Nrsimha deva
7.30 Offering gifts
7.40 Arati & Kirtan
8.00 Feast prasadam

Please come and join us in the celebration and also bring a friend.

If you like to help sponsor the feast or hall decorations or the abhishek, Please call Sita Rama Lakshmana dasa or Yadusrestha dasa on 9370 1552 or 0422 045 525.

Thank you

Sita Rama Lakshmana dasa

Hare Krishna! Please join the devotees of Perth, Western Australia for Gaura Purnima Festival at Australia-Asia House, 275 Stirling Street, East Perth on the 3rd of March.

Also be sure to check out our video made by Pralhad Bhakta, Trevor Gore and Murlinatha Das entitled "Hare Krishna Solutions to Community Waste" on GoogleVideo, which will be premiered at our festival. The short film is about organic recycling of vegetable waste, farming fruits and vegetables and offering the produce to the Lord at our festivals. Try and spot yourself in it!

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"Hare Krishna Solutions to Community Waste"

WATCH MOVIE HERE)

Perth, Western Australia.... Considered by most to be an uninhabitable wasteland deep within the Australian Outback, devotees struggle to create a sustainable recycling system and organic farm in adverse conditions such as unemployment, desert soil, drought and extreme weather conditions.

While the rest of the world humorously considers Perth as 'Gods Waiting Room' due to its high age limit, for the devotees this takes a different meaning, as a place to practice serving God. The devotees attempt to sow the seeds of Krishna in this infertile soil and throw off the retirement home mentality to implement a recycling and organic farm project for the temple and the devotees in order to offer organic foodstuffs to Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The short film explores the importance of environmental stability as proposed by Srila Prabhupada, the process of recycling, creating organic compost, meeting with government officials for funding, and finally offering the produce to the Lord and honouring the sanctified food amongst the devotees at an auspicious festival.

The 15 minute video is available in its entirety complete with interviews, animations and a compelling soundtrack on GoogleVideo (see link below or click HERE) or available from Bhakta Trevor Gore (Producer) on DVDr for AU$4 (Hagglers: $5) or write to iskconperth@optus.com.au

Dear Prabhus &  Matajis,

Please accept my humble obeiscances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Wednesday 31 January is the appearance day of Lord Nityananda. Its Half day
fast.

There will be a special program starting at 5 Pm at the temple

The program includes

Bhajans

Abhishek( Bathing ceremony of Lord Nityananda and lord Chaitanya)

Special class about the Advent and pastimes of Lord Nityananda By H G
Jagattarini Mataji

Special Gaura Arati

Maha feast

Please come and join us in the celebrations and get the mercy of Lord
Nityananda.

If you like to help with any of the above programs please contact myself or
Yadu Prabhu

If you like to sponsor any of the above events please contact Yadu prabhu,
Rasa prabhu or myself.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Your servant

Sita Rama Lakshmana Dasa

Prabhupada’s Parrots.

The Science of Repetition.
13/01/07
Deenanath dasa

Srila Prabhupada encouraged repetition of the sastra as a principle of disciplic succession and at the same time he condemned it as artificial and unscientific. Let’s examine the two positions with quotes from him.
The importance of repeating the words and instruction of Krishna of the disciplic sucession is repeated time and time again by Srila Prabhupada. He said, “We simply repeat the words and the instruction given by the predecessor.” In the Bhagavad-gita Krishna indicates that the acceptance and unadulterated repetition of the teachings of the disciplic succession constitute the process of knowledge:
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The spirit

The spirit in which the brahmacaris and the grhastas are to be trained according to the following verse from Siksastakam

trnad api sunicena
taror api sahisnuna
amanina manadena
kirtaniyah sada harih

"One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street. One should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly." Siksastaka 3

What is most important is the spirit, that we teach our devotees to be proper Vaisnavas according to their varna and asrama; that we give them personal guidance and we oversee their spiritual lives with great care and attention; that we think of every possible way a devotee may need help; that we create services in which we can help each other. All devotees who have ever come with a sincere heart to participate in the Krishna consciousness movement should never feel neglected, but should feel that the other devotees love them and care for them and want to help them. They should feel that the temple is such a wonderful place to take shelter of. We should try with all our energy to make sure that each devotee is really experiencing happiness in the association of the Krishna consciousness movement. Srila Prabhupada personally put so much effort to try to make devotees happy within his society, and it is our duty to do the same. People cannot be happy in our society unless they are Krishna conscious, unless they are learning how to serve, learning how to chant, learning how to hear, learning how to interact with each other, and learning how to engage their propensities in Krishna's service. If we have this spirit we will definitely be able to make a tremendous improvement to all of our services to the Vaisnavas.

Deity Worship

Deity worship is basically run by the brahmacaris, but the grihasthas perform so much puja also. On a regular basis special seminars could be held for all brahmacaris and grihasthas where intensive training in Deity worship and Vaisnava etiquette are provided. High standards of Deity worship should be applied; before devotees are allowed to touch the Deities or do any seva on the altar they have to go through extensive training and they have to pass both written and practical exams. The idea is that devotees should take Deity worship very, very seriously.

The Reception

During festivals or on a normal day, when a new person enters the temple, there should always be someone guiding them and introducing them to Their Lordships. Guests should be greeted with folded palms and welcomed to take caranamrta and have darshan of the Lord. They should then be given prasadam and also updated on the upcoming festivals or home programs. This is the responsibility of both the grhastas and the brahmacaris. Devotees must be trained in the art of hospitalitity. In this way, newcomers become very attracted to the movement.