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Sunday
Open House Festival
Everyone is invited to attend our
weekly sunday festival - an experience of spiritual bliss!
But
those who worship Me, giving up all their activities unto Me and being
devoted to Me without deviation, engaged in devotional service and always
meditating upon Me, having fixed their minds upon Me, O son of Prtha --
for them I am the swift deliverer from the ocean of birth and death.
Bhagavad-Gita
As It Is (4.6-7)
Schedule
5:00pm - Bhajans
(Spiritual music & singing)
6:00 - Artik ceremony
accompanied by singing & dancing.
6:30 - Discourse
on Basic Krishna Conscious Philosophy
7:30 - Tulsi Artik
7:45 - Prasadam
(Vegetarian Feast)
8:15 - Artik along
with more bhajans
Bhajans
The
word "bhajan" means "to glorify the Lord". Typically are songs sung
with Vedic instruments (mrdunga drums & cymbals). In Chicago
we are especially fortunate to have a devotee who has a professional singing
background, Vamsidhari das. He plays
the harmonium and sings many wonderful songs that he himself composed in
Hindi along with many tunes of the Hare Krishna maha mantra. To learn the
various songs we sing please click on the following link: Vaishnava
Bhajans
Artik
 A
traditional ceremony where one offers items (such as flower, incense, etc.)
to the Deities as an offering of love and devotion.
Prasadam
The
word "Prasadam" means "mercy". Everything we cook is offered to Lord
Sri Krishna in the mood of loving devotion. Such sanctified foodstuffs
are referred to as prasadam. For instructions on how to offer your
food at home click this link: Offering
Sponsorship
If you
would like to sponsor the sunday feast in honor of someone please contact our
temple president Sunil Madhava das at the
temple . We will post your sponsorship in the temple room,
annouce it, and place it on our web site as well. We serve at least
200 plates of prasadam every Sunday. Sponsorship is $251 and we recommend
that you reserve it at least one month in advance if you have a particular
date in mind. |
