Sri Vaikuntha Ekadashi at ISKCON Bangalore]

January 23, 2009

Suprabhata Seva Darshan

Shri Shrinivasa Govinda ready to receive abhisheka

The transcendental body of the Supreme Lord being massaged with Sandalwood paste

Lord being bathe with milk

Lord being bathe with the curds

Lord being bathe with sweet water

Lord being bathe with fruit juice

Lord being bathe with consecrated water

Lord being bathe with sanctified water from the nava-kalashas

Nija-pada darshana

Lord receiving puspa-abhisheka

Shrila Prabhupada entering the Vaikuntha Dvara

All the seva-kartas following our beloved spiritual master Shrila Prabhupada

Shri Shri Lakshmi Narayana – Shri Vaikunthadvarapati

Vishesha alankara to Shri Shrinivasa Govinda

Kalyanotsava seva was performed to the utsavar – Shri Krishna, Rukmini Satyabhama

Shrila Prabhupada desired that anyone who comes to temple should receive sumptuous prasadam to the stomach full quantity

More than a lakh names of Shri Krishna were chanted

Devotees numbering in lakhs got a confirmation to Vaikuntha

-- There's no reason to suffer in material existence any longer. All we have to do to become free forever from all suffering is take complete shelter of Lord Sri Krishna, the original person, the source of all existence. He is our ever well-wishing benefactor. He wants only the best for us because His love for us is unlimited. Even if we are caught up in heavy apparently unsolvable anxieties such as being eaten by a tiger, if we completely surrender ourselves to Lord Krishna, we will wake up from our nightmare and realize that it was only a dream. There was no tiger about to devour us. We will see that there is Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And there is His devotees. We will see that we are also one of His devotees and we can joyfully Him and His devotees for all of eternity in a state of ever-increasing ecstasy.

Chant:Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare HareHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare