It is All in the Sanga

[Guest guest]

Dear Devotees,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

In the material world, every person wants love and happiness. As we all

know, 99.9% of the people on this planet are unfortunately seeking this love

and happiness in the wrong places and in the wrong ways.

 

Sridhama Mayapur is a special place where genuine love and happiness can

easily be found because in this dhama, which manifests ever-increasing sakti

as Kali-yuga progesses, devotional service is easier to perform and such

devotional service benefits the devotee a thousand times more than if

performed elsewhere.

 

During Gaura Purnima 2007: The Festival of Loving Exchanges, you can

associate with wonderful devotees from all over the world, renew old

friendships, and begin new ones. Their merciful Lordships, Sri Sri

Panca-tattva, bestow innumerable blessings on pilgrims in Their

transcendental land of Mayapur.

 

As you can probably guess from the name the Mayapur Festival Com-mittee has

given the 2007 Gaura Purnima festival, this year's theme is the six kinds of

loving exchanges between devotees. These exchanges dramatically enhance our

love for Krishna and His devotees. We sincerely hope you will share the love

and happiness that will abound during this year's festival.

 

Your servant,

Krsna-krpa dasa

 

 

. Gaura Purnima 2007: The Festival of Loving Exchanges Schedule .

 

February 15 Devotees Arrive

 

February 16 Festival Inauguration

 

February 16 - 19 Panchatattva Abhisheka of the Holy Name

Sponsored MIHET Sat-sanga Seminars

(No Service Charges)

 

February 18 Tamal Krishna Goswami's Disappearance:

- Je Anila Prema Dhana Prayers after Mangalarati

- Other Ceremonies to be Announced

Congregational Preaching Night

 

February 19 Book Distribution Awards

 

February 20 - 26 Navadvipa Dhama Parikrama

 

February 25 Bhaktitirtha Swami's Vyasapuja

 

February 26 - March 2 Festivities and Cultural Programs

 

February 27 - March 2 Sponsored MIHET Sat-sanga Seminars

(No Service Charges)

 

February 27 Sri Sri Radha-Madhava Boat Festival

World Excellency Awards Distribution

 

February 28 Santipur Festival

 

March 1 Ganga Puja / Immersion of Departed Souls' Ashes

 

March 2 Ratha-yatra

 

March 3 Gaura Purnima / Lord Gauranga's Abhisheka

 

March 4 Jagannath Mishra's Feast

 

March 5 Devotees Depart

 

 

. Pre-Festival Schedule .

 

January 20 - March 2 MIHET Gaura Purnima Courses

(VTE-style Courses with Service Charges)

 

January 31 Lord Nityananda's Appearance

 

February 5 - 15 GBC Meetings

 

February 7 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur's Vyasapuja

Gour Govinda Swami's Disappearance

 

 

Sri Panca-tattva Abhishek of the Holy Name

 

The Gaura Purnima festival offers a unique opportunity for sankirtana-yajna.

This year the Mayapur Festival Committee will inaugurate the Sri

Panca-tattva Abhishek of the Holy Name. ISKCON's best kirtaneers will lead

kirtans in the Sri Panca-tattva temple room February 16–19 from 4:30 p.m.

till 10 p.m. with a break for evening arati. Please contact Gopal dasa at

gopalaji108 for details.

 

 

Opportunities to Increase Your Devotional Service

 

The Mayapur Institute for Higher Education and Training (MIHET) in

cooperation with the Mayapur Festival Committee will again offer the

Sat-sanga Seminars, which festival donors sponsor and are, therefore, open

to all without service charges.

 

 

Sat-Sanga Seminars

 

Facilitator Seminar

 

Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami Receiving Charitable Gifts

 

Candramauli Swami Loving Exchanges in Lord Caitanya's

and Lord Krishna's Pastimes

 

Danavir Goswami Personal Development

 

Danavir Goswami Relationship Improvement

 

Danavir Goswami Vedic Cosmology Research DVD

 

Danavir Goswami Brain Gain (Benefits of Celibacy)

 

Danavir Goswami Krishna-lila from Garga-samhita

 

Devamrita Swami Sanga in Separation:

Lord Caitanya's Puri Pastimes

 

Gopal Krishna Maharaja Teachings of Lord Rsabhadeva

 

Hridayananda Goswami Can You Trust Devotees?

Can Devotees Trust You?

 

Janananda dasa An Ocean of Compassion (Haridasa Thakura)

 

Janananda dasa Life Begins at 50? (Vanaprastha Asrama)

 

Jasomatinandan dasa Devotional Exchanges in Caitanya-Lila

 

Jayapataka Swami Caitanya Lila

 

Jayapataka Swami Congregational Development Workshop

 

Jayapataka Swami To be Announced

 

Krishna-kripa dasa Problems with Popular Scientific Theories

 

Madhavananda dasa Mathura Meets Vrindavan:

The Pure Devotion of Vraja

 

Tamohara dasa Basic Child Protection Seminar

 

Vijaya dasa Determination, Compassion, and

Humility on Book Distribution

 

Visuddha-sattva dasa Brahmanda-veda-vijnanam:

Vedic Understanding of the Universe

and its Structure

 

 

The MIHET will also offer the following Gaura Purnima Courses for nominal

service charges:

 

Gaura Purnima Courses

 

Facilitator Course

 

Atul Krishna dasa VTE Teacher Training Course One

 

Atul Krishna dasa, VTE Teacher Training Course Two

Su-gita Vani devi dasi

 

Atul Krishna dasa VTE Bhakti-sastri Teacher Training Course

 

Bhima-Karma dasa Mridanga According to the Vaisnava Acaryas 1

 

Bhima-Karma dasa Mridanga According to the Vaisnava Acaryas 2

 

Bhima-Karma dasa Mridanga According to the Vaisnava Acaryas 3

 

Jananivasa dasa, Temple Worship, Level One

Pankajanghri dasa,

Nrsimha Kavaca dasa

 

Jananivasa dasa, The Transcendental Art of Deity Dressing

Kurma Caitanya dasa

 

Jananivasa dasa, Temple Worship, Level Two

Pankajanghri dasa,

Nrsimha Kavaca dasa

 

Krsnabhishek dasa Nectarean Pastimes of Lord Jagannatha

(Sponsored - no service charges)

 

Dr. Liladhar Gupta Ayurvedic Self-healing One

 

Lokanath Swami (men), Sri Isopanisad

Nanda devi dasi (women)

 

Ravindra Svarupa dasa Vedic Cosmology in the Fifth Canto

 

Sacinandana Swami To be Announced

 

Srimati dasi Let's Make Friends with the Holy Name,

Levels 1 & 2 (Sponsored-no service charges)

 

Tattvavit dasa Comma Sutra:

Avoiding 108 Common English Errors

 

Tattvavit dasa Comma Sutra 2: Editing

 

 

For details on the above seminars and courses, please go to www.mihet.org.

 

For details on Gaura Purnima 2007: The Festival of Loving Exchanges, please

visit www.mayapur.com.