Celebrating the 521st Anniversary of the Appearance Day of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu
On behalf of the Sri Mayapur International Festival Committee and all the assembled residents of Sri Mayapur Project we enthusiastically invites all ISKCON devotees to attend the 2007 Gaura Purnima Festival.
Srila Prabhupada emphasized that when devotees associate together they should take the opportunity to relish sad-priti-laksanam, the six kinds of loving exchanges described in the Upadesamrita (Nectar of Instruction). This is the underlying theme of the Gaura Purnima festival, and the festival committee is intent on developing and expanding the ways in which we can experience these loving exchanges while staying in the most auspicious abode of Sri Mayapur, which ampliies our service a thousand times. This year the festival will inaugurate a special emphasis on this theme including all six varieties as described by Srila Prabhupada:
1) giving charity to the devotees,
2) accepting from the devotees whatever they may offer in return,
3) opening one’s mind to the devotees,
4) inquiring from them about the conidential service of the Lord,
5) honoring prasada, or spiritual food, given by the devotees, and
6) feeding the devotees with prasada.
In this spirit the festival will immerse everyone in kirtans, seminars, celebrations and other innovative programs, highlighted by free prasadam provided by our festival sponsors. Srila Prabhupada saw his Sri Mayapur Project as an “international home” where all devotees could feel cared for and sheltered. The residents and volunteers who are organizing the festival are anxious to care for their visiting brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles with all these varieties of loving exchange and to help forge a strong, caring atmosphere in our ISKCON family that extends to every corner of the world.
Highlights of Gaura Purnima Festival 2007
* 521st Birth Celebration of Lord Gauranga
* Sponsored MIHET Sat-sanga Seminars (No Service Charges)
* Srila Prabhupada’s Disciples Reunion
* Pancha Tattva Abhishek of the Holy Name - Ecstatic Evening Kirtans
* Attractive Cultural Programs
* Navadvipa Dhama Parikrama
* Free Prasadam (except during the period of the Parikrama)
* No festival fee
Festival Cochairmen: HH Jayapataka Swami, HG Praghosa dasa
Festival Coordinator: HH Bhakti Purusottama Swami - bps@pamho.net
Phone: +91-(3472)-245-481 Mobile: +91-9434-506-434
MIHET Seminars: The Mayapur Institute for Higher Education and Training will engage many ISKCON leaders and senior devotees in offering “Sat-sanga Seminars” that will have no service charges. These sponsored seminars will directly address the needs, concerns, and challenges of ISKCON devotees. For more details please visit www.mihet.info
Mayapur Festival Room Booking: Racitambara dasi
Phone: +91-(3472)-245-494 / 245-620; e-mail: mghb@pamho.net;
Online booking: www.mayapur.com/booking
Room booking will start from the last week of October 2006 only.
Navadwip Dhama Parikrama Booking: Parikrama fees $38
Purananda Das - Phone: +91-(3472)-245145; e-mail: purananda.jps@pamho.net
Transportation from Kolkata to Mayapur: Sharadendu dasa
Ph:+91-(3472)-245-728; Mobile: +91-9333-773-425; e-mail: purananda.jps@pamho.net
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