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September 30th 2002

  • Sri Govinda Kunda's waters rise above the steps. Pictures.

September 29th

September 28th

September 27th

September 26th
  • Audio: Start your generator, climb the mango tree, the big power of the tiny soul, the Gita's glories... Part four of the room conversation by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in London recorded on his recent 19th World Tour. Audio accompanied by a subject summary.
  • Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. Pictures for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see, and for all to share.

September 25th

  • Many new photos of the recent 19th World Tour in Russia are posted on the Russian site of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math by Aradhana Priya Devi Dasi and the team there. Each of the following pages contains several photos:

September 24th

September 23rd

  • Slides of the London Deities, at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Green Street. Series of five pictures sent by Prabhu Ratnanabha in QuickTime format. (130 K file, corrected link.)

September 22nd

  • Slides with audio: Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur's 165th Appearance Day Festival held at his Bhajan Kutir across the River Ganges in Godrumadwip. A large contingent from our Temple join a grand parikrama and assembly of Vaishnavas to honour this occasion. (6+ minutes. 1.6 MB .mov QuickTime file.)

September 21st
Purnima. Visvarupa Mahotsava. End of month long festival at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

  • Audio: Part Three of the Informal Room Conversation in London posted on 19th September. Srila Govinda Maharaj glorifies the book 'Saranagati' by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, and glorifies Sri Govinda and the cows.
  • Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

September 19th
Appearance of Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

  • Audio: Srila Govinda Maharaj in London. Part One of an Informal Room Conversation from the first sound recording received from the recent World Tour.
  • Audio: Part Two of the Informal Room Conversation in London, successfully uploaded. Includes Srila Govinda Maharaj reciting for the first time in over thirty years a particular song by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

September 17th
26 Hrishikesh. Parshvaika Ekadasi. Fast.

  • Australia 'Sri Govinda Dham' festival of Sri Radhastami: two pages of pictures.
  • Today is the traditional Visvakarma-puja in Bengal. Visvakarma is considered to be the Deva in charge of construction, machinery, etc. Following local custom, machinery, tools and instruments -- including vehicles -- are offered Maha Prasadam and puja in honour of Visvakarma. No construction or works take place for two days.
  • Right: Born into a loving family. Graced with his name by Srila Govinda Maharaj, Nandi is born to Sundari at our Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram, Krishna Shakti Ashram, near Sao Paulo, Brazil.

September 16th

September 15th

September 14th
Gaura-astami.
Sri Radhastami. Srimati Radharani’s appearance at noon. Fast until noon.
Sriman Mahaprabhu wearing a new crown stands by Srila Guru Maharaj as His Temple makes progress in the centre of Sri Govinda Kunda.

September 13th

September 12th

  • Notice of new websites of New York and New Jersey branches of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math announced by Sripad Bhakti Kanan Giri Maharaj. With the aim of maintaining daily postings reflecting the unlimited activities of the spiritual world, His Holiness invites appropriate articles, news, photos, etc. as well as comments, suggestions and questions.
  • Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.

September 11th

September 10th

  • Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

September 9th

September 8th

  • Two devotees received sannyasa initiation yesterday from Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Prabhu Chidananda of America is now Sripad Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj, and Prabhu Alankar Kaustubha of Russia is now Sripad Bhakti Chaitanya Bharati Maharaj. The ceremony took place at our Vrindavan Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and Mission.

September 7th

  • 'Chat' facility added. Sometimes we need to communicate directly with devotees and vice versa. We have arranged this 'chat' page to fulfil this and similar needs. This is a simple, fast chat facility for devotees and sincere seekers. It requires no downloads or specific browser settings.
  • The Italian Website of the Math is now considerably expanded, extensively reformatted and looking even grander -- by the service of Prabhu Mohita Krishna and friends.
  • Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

September 6th

  • Guadalajara, Veracruz, Mexico: two special picture pages of the recent National Assembly of Ministers headed by Sripad Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj and Sripad Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj.
  • Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Dham Puri: recent pictures and mini slide show of the Temple, Ashram, Guesthouse, Deities and devotees there.
  • Diacritic fonts for the Mac: added the bold and italic versions of the diacritic adaptation of the font 'Bodini' of which the Roman version is already on the web.

September 5th

  • Fourteen pictures today of construction progress of the Sri Govinda Kunda projects: the Sevashram, the Sriman Mahaprabhu Chandan Yatra Mandir and the Siva Temple.

September 4th

  • Pictures from California: Sri Krishna Janmastami and Sri Nandotsav in our Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram, Soquel, Santa Cruz, Ashram.
  • The Sevashram and Sri Govinda Kunda projects' progress today for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see while staying in Govardhan, and for all to share.

September 3rd

  • Sri Krishna Janmastami Day in Govardhan, with Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Pictures, including the installation of a large Russian bell.
  • Twelve pictures today of construction progress of the Sri Govinda Kunda projects: the Sevashram, the Sriman Mahaprabhu Chandan Yatra Mandir and the Siva Temple.

September 2nd

  • Audio: Srila Gurudev yesterday. A special 8 kbps MP3 format talk from Govardhan spoken by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj yesterday, the day of Sri Nandotsava and the Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad, is now available at http://www.krsna.cc. It will be digitally cleaned and processed in due course of time and be re-posted in various formats.
  • The Sevashram and Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.


  August 31st 2002
Saturday: Krishna-astami. Sri Sri Krishna Janmastami. Complete fast until midnight (then no grains).

August 30th

  • Veracruz, Mexico: recent photos of ritvik initiations and the devotees there headed by Sripad Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj.
  • Video: A glimpse of the Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (1+ minute video, 440K download, view with RealPlayer.)

August 29th

August 28th

August 27th

August 26th

August 25th

August 24th

  • Video: Sights and sounds today from the Sevashram and Sri Govinda Kunda projects, Nabadwip. (2 minutes video, 580  K. Download and view with RealPlayer.)
  • With Srila Govinda Maharaj's safe arrival in India, the following is a full list of dispatches and pictures received in regard to the just completed Moscow leg of the current Tour:


 

 


 

 

Moscow dispatches:

  • World Tour report by Tunga Prema Devi Dasi writing from Moscow, with one picture each from St. Petersburg and Moscow. (August 16th)
  • Russian 'Morning Darshan Notebook:' Sripad Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva Vikram sharing his notes of Srila Gurudev's teachings on the Tour in Russia so far. (Updated with morning darshan notes of August 16th from Moscow.)
  • Also from the Tour in Moscow, 16th August: "Srila Gurudev is cheerful and as active as ever here. His health seems to be holding up well and of course the Russian devotees and Mission are so inspiring. So far I have seen full page articles in six Russian magazines, and yesterday television people interviewed His Divine Grace at the restaurant. All the devotees are staying in the same retreat centre as past years, about a half hour outside of Moscow, in the woods and next to a lovely lake. It is a very sweet arrangement, like one huge family reunion.... -- Jamuna Priya Devi Dasi"
  • Audio: Srila Govinda Maharaj speaks from Moscow just before his recent return to India at http://krsna.cc by the grace of Prabhu Madhusudan of Hawaii.
  • Writing in the plane, Tunga Prema Devi Dasi reflects on the last few days of the just completed Moscow section of the 19th World Tour.
  • Audio: The successful return of the 19th World Tour. Jamuna Priya Devi Dasi gives a telephone interview from Vrindavan including a first-hand summary of the recent month abroad accompanying His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, and the possibility of a further World Tour this year.

Moscow Pictures:

  • Moscow pictures of a large evening programme, 'Freedom,' with the theme of celebrating India's Independence Day.

The Tour continued to our Govardhan and Vrindavan Temples, here in India.

Please also see the listing of dispatches and pictures received from the U.K. and St. Petersburg legs of the Tour

 

 


 

 


 

 


August 23rd

  • Audio: Srila Govinda Maharaj speaks from Moscow just before his recent return to India. Yesterday we heard the devotees' appreciation of the programmes and Vaishnavas there. Today we have this special opportunity to hear directly His Divine Grace's own words of glorification at http://krsna.cc by the grace of Prabhu Madhusudan of Hawaii.
  • Writing in the plane, Tunga Prema Devi Dasi reflects on the last few days of the just completed Moscow section of the 19th World Tour.
  • Taken during the last two days: photos of Sri Guru and Their Lordships at Vrindavan Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and Mission.
  • Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today, and a likely last chance to see the Kunda's steps for some weeks as flood waters arrive.

August 22nd
Purnima. Appearance of Sri Baladeva. Fast until noon. End of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda.

  • Audio: Today's news by phone from Vrindavan of the successful return of the 19th World Tour. Jamuna Priya Devi Dasi gives a telephone interview including a first-hand summary of the recent month abroad accompanying His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, and the possibility of a further World Tour this year.
  • Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

August 21st

August 20th

  • Archive photos. Three further pages of black and white photos of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, with accompanying meditations from his holy teachings.
  • Audio: Three further Kirttans commonly heard here at the Math.
  • Only brief news from the 19th world Tour during these last three days: they are still in Russia, all is well but there is almost no access to the internet.
  • Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

Today from: Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion, Volume One
by: Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj

We require specific articles to execute worship, such as incense, flowers, lamp, etc. Similarly, if we wish to realise the supersubjective plane, there are three specific necessities: pranipata, pariprasna, and seva. Without these three ingredients, our search will be imitative, unsubstantial and farcical.

Pranipata means 'to fall flat near the feet of the worshipable': "I have come to the end of all enterprise with my previous plane of life; I could find nothing there to fulfil my life's objectives. Finally, after 'completing my errands,' I have come here." This is the practical symptom of pranipata.

Pariprasna means 'sincere enquiry.' Honest and sincere enquiry is allowed. The spirit of such enquiry is, "I want to know how I can be utilised in any way. All the charm for living elsewhere is over. My sole inquiry is 'How can I be utilised here?' "

And seva, service, is the all-important factor. "I have come to serve and to be utilised for the cause of the subject about which I have enquired. I have not come to take anything from here. I have come only to serve, with no other motive."

 


 

 

August 19th
Disappearance of Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri das Pandit Goswami.

  • Audio: Kirttan chanted by the devotees. A window to Kirttans commonly heard here in Nabadwip Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. 'Sri Nama' composed by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
  • Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

August 18th
(Sunday) Pavitraropani Ekadasi. Fast. Beginning of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda and start of the one month festival of Sri Hari Smaran at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

August 17th

  • 19th World Tour: An enlivening report from Moscow by Tunga Prema Devi Dasi, with two recent photos.
  • Also from the Tour in Moscow: "Srila Gurudev is cheerful and as active as ever here. His health seems to be holding up well and of course the Russian devotees and Mission are so inspiring. So far I have seen full page articles in six Russian magazines, and yesterday television people interviewed His Divine Grace at the restaurant. All the devotees are staying in the same retreat centre as past years, about a half hour outside of Moscow, in the woods and next to a lovely lake. It is a very sweet arrangement, like one huge family reunion.... -- Jamuna Priya Devi Dasi"
  • Moscow pictures of last night's programme, 'Freedom,' with the theme of celebrating India's Independence Day.
  • The Math's logo: the larger, black-and-white version in English commonly found in the Temple's publications is now posted on the web available for downloading in our 'Useful Downloads' section.
  • Diacritic PC fonts: The plain, bold and italic of the PC version diacritic font 'Centenary' are now re-zipped and uploaded so as to be consistent on all PC platforms.
  • For those who may be searching today's Sri Govinda Kunda progress pictures, please know here it is a local puja, and a day off for the construction teams.

August 16th

  • Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.
  • With Srila Govinda Maharaj's safe arrival in Moscow, the there is now a full list of dispatches and pictures received from the just completed St. Petersburg leg of the current Tour on our World Tours webpage.

 


 

 

August 15th

  • Additional archive photos of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, adding to His Divine Grace's recently started photo archive.
  • World Tour news: Thankfully Sripad Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva Vikram successfully telephone from Moscow and said all safely reached there and Srila Govinda Maharaj is keeping quite good health.
  • Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

Today from: Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion, Volume One
by: Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj

"Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came to direct us to our real interest within: 'You do not know your own heart. You are a foreigner to your own heart and its demand. There is a wealth within your heart -- try to find it: eliminate the foreign things, and you will find your heart to be a Temple of Krishna. With the help of a proper guide, search your own heart and you will find Krishna there. This is not a foreign thing to you. Every heart is a Temple of the Lord. It is your property, it is your home. Back to God, back to home.'"
 

 


 

 

August 14th

  • Audio of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj: the remainder of Chapter One of Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion - Volume I, adding to the two audio files recently uploaded.
  • Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.
  • Apologies, no further news from the Tour in Russia except a single line saying the phone lines are not working well.

 


 

 

August 13th

August 12th

August 11th

August 10th

  • Sripad Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva Vikram shares more of his notes from Srila Govinda Maharaj's morning darshans in Russia. This latest entry is special.
  • Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

 


 

 

August 9th

Today from: Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion, Volume One
by: Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj

"The destination has been settled, but how shall I reach it? When shall I reach it? Those who come to my aid to take me there--they are my masters, my Gurus: Siksa-gurus and Diksa-guru. Whoever helps me to go there is my Guru. He is my guide who will help me to reach my located destination, the station of my innermost hankering....

"He has helped me to locate my destination; he has educated me how and what to aspire after, and how to reach that highest aspired shelter. I have attained all these things through him. He is my all-in-all in life, the master of my life. There is a boat, and he is the helmsman (guru-karna-dharam). I have surrendered unto him, I have accepted him. I have boarded his boat and he is taking me towards the goal of my life."


 


 

 

August 8th

  • Audio of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj: Today is the Fourteenth Anniversary Disappearance Festival of Srila Guru Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. On this day we start a new section on the Web of audio files of Srila Guru Maharaj. Often technology is taken for granted. However, this capacity to 'directly' hear the spoken voice of the saints, even after their departure, can only be the grace of Sriman Mahaprabhu in this age of Kali. Indeed He allowed this technology, so let us all try to use it for Him and His own.
    Uploaded today: Audio of Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion - Volume I, chapter 1 part 1.
  • The Math's Danish Website inaugurated. Prabhu Premavatar writes: "As this is indeed a special day, I thought it would be a good time to launch the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Danish site http://dansk.scsmath.org. The site is already fully functional. It has articles by our affectionate Guardians, songs (with translations and MP3 files), pictures, info on activities in Scandinavia, a small glossary, calendar and several other functions -- for example, a new quote from our Guardians is posted daily automatically. Some of the texts there are in Swedish and Norwegian, but these are clearly marked, and mostly understandable to the Danish-speaking public.
  • Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

August 7th

August 6th

August 5th
  • Russian 'Morning Darshan Notebook:' Sripad Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva Vikram sharing his notes of Srila Gurudev's teachings on the Tour in Russia so far.
  • Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj recently gave a talk 'The Hidden Chamber of Bhajan' which is related to us by Sripad Bhakti Sudhir Goswami Maharaj in his latest 'Daily Darshan' weblog posting.
  • Srila Gurudev graced over thirty devotees with initiation in St. Petersburg, pictures taken yesterday.
  • Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

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