Gaura Purnima 2007: The Festival of Loving Exchanges

September 11, 2006

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 amplifies 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, namely:

giving gifts to devotees,

accepting gifts from the devotees,

revealing one’s mind in confidence to the devotees,

inquiring confidentially from them,

honoring prasada given by the devotees, and

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, nieces, nephews, 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. We look

forward to serving you.

Gaura Purnima Festival Schedule

February 15 Devotees Arrive

February 16 Festival Inaugaration

February 16-19 Srila Prabhupada Disciples Reunion

Evening Cultural Programs

Panchatattva Abhishek of the Holy Name

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