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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@vedicculturalcenter.org .We very much hope that you would
like this edition of the Vedic Cultural Center newsletter.
Warm Regards,
Vidya Sundar
Yesudas Live In Concert
VCC proudly presents Yesudas Live In Concert which is to be held on
Saturday, the 5th August ’06 at the Roethke
Auditorium, University of Washington. Dr.K.J.Yesudas is one of the legendary
vocalist in the Carnatic music artists. He has enthralled the audiences
across the world and is the recipient of many awards and accolades. Some
popular classical songs rendered by Yesudas are Krishna Nee Begane Baro, The
Gita retical , Kshira Saggara. Please join us with your family and friends
for this breathtaking performance.
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@winisp.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@vedicculturalcenter.org
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Kitchen and Food preparation:
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Cutting vegetables
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Help in cooking etc
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Prasadam distribution:
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Serving Prasadam
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Kitchen cleaning
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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@vedicculturalcenter.org
or just reply to this e-mail.
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