Guest guest Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 Vedic Cultural Center <info (AT) vedicculturalcenter (DOT) org> wrote: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 02:34:07 -0400 (EDT) Vedic Cultural Center <info (AT) vedicculturalcenter (DOT) org> vrnparker August Vedic Cultural Center Community Newsletter .mainfont{ font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: 8pt; color: #000099; } .warningfont { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-weight : normal; color: #ff0000; } .antiSpamCheck h3 { text-align: center; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 1ex; } .antiSpamCheck p { text-align: center; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 1ex; } .spamThresholdLow { padding: 3px; background-color: #008000; color: white; } .spamThresholdModerate { padding: 3px; background-color: yellow; color: black; } .spamThresholdHigh { padding: 3px; background-color: red; color: white; } .scoreBox { border: 1px black solid; margin: 10px; padding: 5px; width: 10%; } .scoreLabel { text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; color: blue; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1ex; } .scoreGraphic { width: 300px } .scoreNumber { width: 1.7em; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px; } .spamItemTable { border-collapse: collapse; padding: 50px; } .spamItemTable * td, .spamItemTable * th { border-bottom: 1px solid #b2b2e0; padding-left: 1ex; padding-right: 1ex; } The Vedic Cultural Center Community Newsletter Editor Desk August 2006 In this issue Upcoming Events Reports Seva / Service Dear Devotees and Friends, Hare Krishna! Welcome to the August edition of our newsletter. We hope you will enjoy reading this as much as our previous newsletters and thus keep in touch with our Temple and our Community. With Janmashtami and our Annual Yatra approaching, we have a lot of exciting events planned for this month. We are happy to inform you about a new section added in our Newsletter from this month called “Words to reflect on” which would carry some nice and brief writings of Srila Prabhupada, the founder acharya of ISKCON. Don’t miss out on it!. We welcome constructive feedback from you to further assist the development of our newsletter services by dropping us an email to editor (AT) vedicculturalcenter (DOT) org .We very much hope that you would like this edition of the Vedic Cultural Center newsletter. Warm Regards, Vidya Sundar Balaram Jayanti We cordially invite you all for the appearance day festival of Lord Balaram which is going to be celebrated here at the Vedic Cultural Center on August 9th ’06. Lord Balaram, is the elder brother and the first expansion of Lord Krishna. Together Krishna and Balarama enacted many pastimes as cowherd boys in the land of Vrindavana. Lord Balarama carries a plow and club and is known for His great strength. The devotees offer special prayers to Lord Balaram on this day to receive spiritual strength from Him. The schedule of programs on August 9th are as follows: 7.00 – 7.30 pm – Gaura Arathi 7.30 – 8.30 pm – Lecture 8.30 – 9.00 pm – Abhishek 9.00 pm – Feast Krishna Janmashtami The long awaited day is finally approaching and the devotees are all busy with the various preparations to celebrate Janmashtami with pomp and show. Krishna Janmashtami celebrates the appearance day of Lord Krishna. Here at the Vedic Cultural Center we have a grand celebration that includes Maha Abhishekam, Arati, Jhulan Yatra, Stage Entertainment and lots more on August 16th ’06 starting from 7 pm till midnight. We welcome you all to visit us on this auspicious day and get the causeless mercy of Sri Sri Radha Neelamadhava. More details will follow soon. If you would like to volunteer for any service like vegetable cutting, temple cleaning, temple decoration etc, please write to govinda (AT) winisp (DOT) net. Srila Prabhupada’s Apperance Day Festival We would like to invite you all for the auspicious appearance day festival of His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivendanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder acharya of ISKCON. Srila Prabhupada took birth in this world on the day after Lord Krishna’s appearance day, in Calcutta in 1896. He came to the West on the order of his spiritual master to preach the timeless message of Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatham and soon founded the International society for Krishna Consciousness. After preaching for 11 years in the West, he had created 108 centers worldwide, written 51 volumes of transcendental literature, traveled around the world eight times and initiated over 5000 disciples. He had created the world’s largest publisher of Vedic literature, a scientific preaching academy and many other trusts to insure the continuity of ISKCON. Please join us on this auspicious day to celebrate the appearance day festival of our dearest Srila Prabhupada. The schedule of programs on August 17th are as follows: 7.00 – 7.30 pm – Gaura Arathi 7.30 – 8.30 pm – Lecture 8.30 – 9.00 pm - Pushpanjali & Guru Pooja 9.00pm – Feast We would also celebrate this auspicious occasion on Sunday, August 21st ’06 during the Sunday Feast festival. Radhashtami – Apperance day festival of Srimati Radharani The auspicious appearance day of Srimati Radharani, the eternal consort of Lord Krishna, will be celebrated on August 31st ’06. We extend our cordial invitation to you and your family to visit us on this most auspicious day and get the blessings of the mother of universe, Srimati Radharani. A spectacular abhishekam or bathing ceremony of Lord Krishna and Srimati Radharani will be perfomed followed by ecstatic kirtans, a wonderful lecture glorifying Srimati Radharani and an opulent feast. The schedule of programs on August 31st as follows: 7.00 – 7.30 pm – Gaura Arathi 7.30 – 8.30 pm – Lecture 8.30 – 9.00 pm – Abhishek 9.00 pm – Feast Rath Yatra 2006 – The Festival Of India Our Annual Rath Yatra festival will be celebrated this year from September 2nd – 4th in Alki Beach, Seattle. Ratha Yatra, the Festival of The Chariots, originated thousands of years ago in Jagannatha Puri in Orissa on the North Eastern coast of India, where it is still observed by the entire population. Over 5 million people attend the event, and it is also celebrated in every town across India. The main event is the enthronement of three large deities – Jagannatha (Krishna), His brother Balarama and Their sister Subhadra – each onto Their own wooden chariot. These three huge chariots are then hauled by ropes held by hundreds of Their devotees along a parade route lined by admirers, worshippers and spectators. Please join us in this auspicious procession of our deities and participate in many of the events that is being organized. More details on the Seattle Rath Yatra will follow soon. Vedic and Sunday School We have two regular schools for the kids on every Sunday. The Vedic and Sunday school has been going great. The children show immense enthusiasm and are eager to learn about Krishna and work as a team in group activities. For a detailed information on the schools, click http://www.vedicculturalcenter.org/education.htm If you have children aged from 3 and over, feel free to bring them from 4.30pm – 6.15 pm for the Vedic School and 6:15 - 7:30pm for the Sunday school, or if you would like to donate any supplies or money to the school that would be wonderful. Hare Krishna! Each week we read a pastime of Lord Krishna in a story format and color a corresponding picture. But the activities the children relish the most is playing games and doing services in the temple. VCC Annual Summer Camp 2006 Our Annual summer camp this year which was held on July 22nd and July 23rd was a blend of fun and educative for the kids who attended it. The response was overwhelming like last year and the children had a very fruitful time learning about various exalted devotees of Lord Krishna, participating in bhajans, fun games, Yoga, Rath Yatra and much more. We would like to thank all the teachers of the Sunday School and the student counselors who put in their efforts to make this event a grand success. “WORDS TO REFLECT ON” “On Chanting” by Srila Prabhupada Chanting the transcendental vibration Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare is the sublime method of reviving our transcendental consciousness or Krishna consciousness. The three words namely Hare, Krishna and Rama, are the transcendental seeds of the maha mantra. The chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and his internal energy to protect the conditioned soul. This chanting is like the genuine cry of a child for its mother. Mother Hara helps the devotee achieve the grace of the Supreme Father, Hari or Krishna, and the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants this mantra sincerely. Therefore no other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy as the chanting of the maha-mantra. Seva / Service For Lord Radha Neela Madhava Our devotees do a lot of service in the temple especially on Saturdays and Sundays. If you are interested in doing any service on these days, please email us seva (AT) vedicculturalcenter (DOT) org Kitchen and Food preparation: Cutting vegetables Help in cooking etc Prasadam distribution: Serving Prasadam Kitchen cleaning Managing the parking lot on Sunday evening If you have any specific skills, please write to us. We can take down your details and contact you regarding these at a later date. Any enquiries can be directed to me at editor (AT) vedicculturalcenter (DOT) org or just reply to this e-mail. 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