New York Kirtan

ar 12, 2013 at 10:40 PM Tue, 10:40 PM Message starred FROM Timothy Brown TO 1 recipient 14 MSF--Sat. March. 23, 1:00-4:30 p.m. in Union Sq

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:40:13 +1900

Dear Maharajas, Prabhus, and Matajis,

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

After a short break due to Superstorm Sandy, to our moving to another residence, and to our recent pilgrimage to Sri Mayapur Dham, we are happy now to continue our monthly sankirtana festivals. By the mercy of the devotees of the Lord, the monthly sankirtana festivals, and the daily Harinams led by Rama Raya Prabhu, may not stop, but increase more and more.

The next (14th) Monthly Sankirtana Festival (MSF) will be on Saturday, March 23, 2012 from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. in Union Square, somewhere on the south side of the square. (If it is raining, it will be inside the Union Square subway station.) Please join us!

We hope many wonderful devotees will get together and try to help distribute Srila Prabhupada's books and participate in the kirtan.

Please feel free to let us know if you are coming or if you have any questions.

Although I am practically on the path of death, still I cannot forget about my publications. I wish that if I live or die you should take very serious care for my publications.
(Letter to Hayagriva, 10 June 1967)

Your servants,
Atmanivedana das & Subhangada dasi

Gita & Kirtan Program TO 1 recipient Bhagavad Gita Class & Kirtan at 5:30 p.m., Saturd

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:58:54 +1900

Dear Friends,

We are having our next meeting this Saturday, January 19, at 5:30 p.m.
at the storefront at 26 2nd Ave. (between 1st St. and 2nd St.). We
will start our Bhagavad Gita As It Is class at verse 20 of chapter 5.

There is no charge for attending our event. Donations are welcome,
but not required. Please R.S.V.P., if possible--although it's not
necessary.

At our last program, Atma gave a presentation on Bhagavad Gita, verse
19 of chapter 5: " Those whose minds are established in sameness and
equanimity have already conquered the conditions of birth and death.
They are flawless like Brahman, and thus they are already situated in
Brahman." Atma and Kaliya Krishna led kirtans. Matthew made a
delicious vegetarian feast and brought donuts. Among those who
attended: Atma, Subhie, Barbara, Matthew, Nandlal Gaur, Joe, Venu
Gopal, Anup, Delphin, Rahul, Goranga Prema, Kaliya Krishna, Brian,
Ananda and AC.

Om tat sat.

Best wishes,
Atma & Subhie

Bhagavad Gita Class & Kirtan at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, January 12, 26 2nd Ave.

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:05:15 +1900

Dear Friends,

We are having our next meeting this Saturday, January 12, at 5:30 p.m.
at the storefront at 26 2nd Ave. (between 1st St. and 2nd St.). We
will start our Bhagavad Gita As It Is class at verse 19 of chapter 5.

There is no charge for attending our event. Donations are welcome,
but not required. Please R.S.V.P., if possible--although it's not
necessary.

At our last program, Atma gave an amazing presentation on Bhagavad
Gita, verse 18 of chapter 5: " The humble sages, by virtue of true
knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a
cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste]." Durga made a
very nice vegetarian feast. Matthew brought donuts. Among those who
attended are: Atma, Subhie, Durga, Matthew, Ananda, Anup, Barbara,
Avi, Adrianne, Rebecca, Laura, Arvind, Joe, Meaghan, Nina, Tina,
Bridgette, Michelle, Nandlal Gaur and Delphina.

Om tat sat.

Best wishes,
Atma & Subhie

Bhagavad Gita Class & Kirtan at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, January 5, 26 2nd Ave.

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:53:37 +1900

Dear Friends,

We are having our next meeting this Saturday, January 5, at 5:30 p.m.
at the storefront at 26 2nd Ave. (between 1st St. and 2nd St.). We
will start our Bhagavad Gita As It Is class at verse 18 of chapter 5.

We are looking forward to see you all for our first program in 2013.

There is no charge for attending our event. Donations are welcome,
but not required. Please R.S.V.P., if possible--although it's not
necessary.

At our last program, Danavir Goswami gave an amazing presentation on
Bhagavad Gita, verse 17 of chapter 5: " When one's intelligence, mind,
faith and refuge are all fixed in the Supreme, then one becomes fully
cleansed of misgivings through complete knowledge and thus proceeds
straight on the path of liberation." Durga made an amazing vegetarian
feast. Among the 33 who attended are: Atma, Subhie, Rahul, Nirmala
prema, Anup, Venu Gopal, Asth Mangala and family, Fred, Sudevi-priya,
Max, Pavitra, Durga, Oma, Barbara, AC, Danavir Goswami, Martin, Bh.
Govind, Jaya Radhe, Raul, Rasaraj, Sonal, Krishna Benny, and a family
from Ohio.

Om tat sat.

Best wishes,
Atma & Subhie
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Gita & Kirtan Program TO 1 recipient CANCELLED: Sat., Dec. 15 Bhagavad Gita & Kirtan Program at 26 2nd Ave.

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:58:11 +1900

Dear Friends,

We regret to inform you that our usual Saturday evening program at 26 2nd Ave. is cancelled this coming Saturday, December 15.
We are cancelling because of other events scheduled at the same time and because we, Atma and Subhie, are moving our place of residence this day. However, please don't mind my reminding you that at this time in order to run this program, we need more steady assistance (organizing, bringing things, cleaning, etc.) from some of our participants. For those who would like to volunteer to help in a steady and reliable way, please let us know, and that will help us to maintain this program as we have been, but for the long run.

Please note that the following Saturday, December 22, we have a very special guest giving class and leading kirtans, His Holiness Danavir Goswami.

Om Tat Sat.

Best wishes,
Atma & Subhie

Special Program w/ Ghaneshyam Prabhu, 5:30 p.m., Sat., Dec. 1, at 26 2nd Ave.

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 04:48:49 +1900

Dear Friends,

We are having our next meeting this Saturday, December 1, at 5:30 p.m. at the storefront at 26 2nd Ave. (between 1st St. and 2nd St.). We will start our Bhagavad Gita As It Is class at verse 12 of chapter 5. Once again, fortunately, the special speaker will be our monk and our friend, Ghanashyam Prabhu.

We will begin the first kirtan on time, at 5:30. There is no charge for attending our event. Donations are welcome, but not required. Please R.S.V.P., if possible--although it's not necessary.

At our last program Ghaneshyam led the first kirtan and gave class on verses 8-11 chapter 5 of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is: "A person in the divine consciousness, although engaged in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving about, sleeping and breathing, always knows within himself that he actually does nothing at all. Because while speaking, evacuating, receiving, or opening or closing his eyes, he always knows that only the material senses are engaged with their objects and that he is aloof from them. One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water. The yogis, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, intelligence and even with the senses, only for the purpose of purification." Kaliya Krishna led the second kirtan. Durgarani made an amazing vegetarian feast. Amongst those who attended are: Atma, Subhie, Kirtan Ron, Venu Gopal, Kaliya Krishna, Anup, Meaghan, Regina, Avi, Max, Rama Raya, Pradyumna, Ghaneshyam, and Ananda.

Om tat sat.

Best wishes,

Atma & Subhie

Special Gita Presentation w/Visakha & Kirtan, 5:30 p.m., Sat., Oct. 20, at 26 2nd Ave.

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:00:00 +1900

Dear Friends,

We are having our next meeting this Saturday, October 20, at 5:30 p.m. at the storefront at 26 2nd Ave (between 1st St. and 2nd St.). This Saturday we will have a special power point presentation on Bhagavad Gita called "A Bumpy Journey Toward Harmony with the Bhagavad-gita" presented by Vishaka.

Vishaka is a female disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). In 1971 she traveled to India, where she met Srila Prabhupada, read his Bhagavad-gita As It Is and eventually became his student. As a photographer, she traveled with and photographed Srila Prabhupada and his students in India, Europe, and the United States. As a writer, she wrote numerous magazine articles and three books on the Bhagavad-gita. Visakha also assists her husband, Yadubara, in making documentary films. Torchlight Publishing’s Bhagavad-gita: A Photographic Essay (2010) written by Visakha won the Bronze Medal in the 2011 Independent Publisher’s Book Awards for the best Spiritual/Inspirational title.

Do not miss it! Please be on time. PLEASE BRING YOUR FRIENDS!

We will begin the first kirtan on time, at 5:30. There is no charge for attending our event. Donations are welcome, but not required. Please R.S.V.P., if possible--although it's not necessary.

At our last program, Atma led the first kirtan and gave class on verse 6 of chapter 5 of the Bhagavad Gita As It Is: "Merely renouncing all activities yet not engaging in the devotional service of the Lord cannot make one happy. But a thoughtful person engaged in devotional service can achieve the Supreme without delay." Ecstatic devotees from Czech Republic led a jolly and energetic kirtan after class. Rama Raya also sang a final kirtan. Matthew made a delicious vegetarian feast despite he could not attend program. Among the 19 of us who attended are: Atma, Subhie, Govind, Avi, Kirtan Ron, Barbara, Venu-gopal, Anup, Vishnujana, Prahlad, Rama Raya, Brahma Haridas, Nandalal, Caroline, Meaghan, Narayana, Pam and Aditi.

Photos from the last program can be seen here: http://www.meetup.com/Kirtan-and-Disc ... vad-Gita/photos/11276012/

Best wishes,

Atma & Subhie

www.meetup.com/Kirtan-and-Discourses-on-Bhagavad-Gita/

Saturday, Sept. 29, 1:00-4:30 pm, Union Sq.--11th MSF; Report on 10th MSF

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:10:00 +1900

Dear Maharajas, Prabhus, and Matajis,

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

The next (11th) Monthly Sankirtana Festival (MSF) will be on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. It will be on the southeast corner of Union Square (or possibly on the southwest corner). (If it is raining, it will be inside the Union Square subway station.)

Please let us know if you want to participate in the next monthly sankirtan festival.

What follows is our Report on Srila Prabhupada's 10th Monthly Sankirtana Festival (MSF). The 10th MSF took place on Saturday, August 25 , 2012, from 1:00-4:30p.m. in Union Square. Over 40 devotees and friends of Krishna participated.

Videos of the 10th MSF can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ANvk ... dex=15&feature=plpp_video

Photos of many wonderful devotees at the 10th MSF are attached to this email. Additional Photos will follow in a second email.

Chandrashekar Maharaj, a devotee from Detroit, Govinda Prabhu (from Vrindavana), and Atmanivedana das led ecstatic kirtans. The book distributors included Candrasekhar Maharaja, Atma, Subhangada, Matthew, Ramananda, Venu Gopal, Sundarananda, Bhakta Govind, and a couple of Matajis from Boston. We distributed about 80 of Srila Prabhupada's books.

Thanks to all of you who participated and also to those who supported our preaching event from behind the scenes. Amongst the 40 or so devotees who participated are: Atma, Subhie, Chandrasekar Maharaj, Bhakta Govind, Avi, Kokila, Venu Gopal, Josiah, Matthew, Ramananda, Prabhu Kripa, Ashta Mangal and his family, Om, Rahul, Govinda, Jivatma, Nirmala, Sameer, Rama Raya, Fred, Aditi, Rachel, Nandlal Gaur, Max, Premarnava, and groups of wonderful devotees from each of Boston and Detroit.

"This, our book distribution, is the most important task in our society. Therefore I am giving so much stress and I am working so hard on this. Because this is my life and soul according to the order of my Guru Maharaja. And by his grace it is to some extent successful. And I took it seriously. I take it seriously still now. That is my life and soul. I never tried in India to construct big temples or even in your country we didn't. I never tried. But I was selling personally books. That is the history."

Srila Prabhupada, Room Conversation, Bombay, December 31, 1976.

"Print as many books as possible, this is my real pleasure. By printing these books of our Krishna Conscious philosophy in so many languages we can actually inject our movement into the masses of persons all over the world, especially there in the Western countries and we can literally turn whole nations into Krishna Conscious nations."

Srila Prabhupada, Letter to Hrdayananda, December 21, 1974.

Your servants, with gratitude,

Atmanivedana das & Subhangada dasi

atma@kirtanandgitanewyork.com

Next (10th) MSF--Sat. Aug. 25, 1:00-4:30 p.m. in Union Sq; AND Report on 9th MSF in

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:30:00 +1900

Dear Maharajas, Prabhus, and Matajis,

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

The next (10th) Monthly Sankirtana Festival (MSF) will be on Saturday, August 25, 2012 from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. in Union Square, in the southeast or southwest corner. (If it is raining, it will be inside the Union Square subway station.) Please join us. Please R.S.V.P. if possible. We hope many wonderful devotees will get together and try to help distribute Srila Prabhupada books and participate in the kirtan.

What follows is our Report on Srila Prabhupada's 9th MSF. Photos of so many magnificent devotees who participated in sankirtana yajna are attached to this email. Instead of, or in addition to, opening the attached photos, you may visit the following webpage to view videos: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF89216AB6FD8E223 Videos 22-37 on that webpage are of the 9th MSF.

The 9th MSF took place on Saturday, July 25, 2012, from 1:00-4:30 p.m. in Union Square. Candrasekar Swami and Rama Raya, Govinda and Nruhari Prabhus led ecstatic kirtans. So many people stopped and listened the holy name. The book distributors included Chandrasekhar Maharaja, Atma, Matthew, Ramananda, Subhangada, Manjulali, Vaijayanti, Jivatma, and Sundarananda. We distributed about 100 of Srila Prabhupada's books.

Amongst over 35 devotees who attended are: Atma, Subhie, Rama Raya Candrasekar Swami, Govinda, Asth Mangala and two of his children, Ramanada, Anshika, Arnav, Jaya Lakshmi, Matthew, Aditi, Sundarananda, Amala Gopi, Shyam, Balaram, Nirmala Prema, Amanda, Nruhari, Vaiayanti, Venu Gopal, Nand Lal Gaura, Raul, Jivatma, Lakshmi Nrsimha, Manjulali, Murali Gopal, Hanuman, Fatima, Rachel and Denisse.

Your servants,

Atmanivedana das & Subhangada dasi

email: atma@kirtanandgitanewyork.com

Bhagavad Gita Class & Kirtan at 5:30 p.m., Sat., August 11, 26 2nd Ave.

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:52:49 +1900

Dear Friends,

We are having our next meeting this Saturday, August 11 at 5:30 p.m. at the storefront at 26 2nd Ave. (between 1st St. and 2nd St.). We will start with our Bhagavad Gita class with verse 39 of chapter 4. We will begin the first kirtan on time at 5:30.

There is no charge for attending our event. Donations are welcome, but not required at all. Please R.S.V.P., if possible.

Last Saturday we had ecstatic kirtans with Govinda and Rama Raya. Class was on verse 38 of chapter 4 of the Bhagavad Gita: "In this world, there is nothing so sublime and pure as transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge is the mature fruit of all mysticism. And one who has achieved this enjoys the self within himself in due course of time." Malati Madhavi Mataji made a wonderful vegetarian feast. 28 persons attended including: Malati Madhavi, Shilpa, Remington, Barbara, Atma, Subhie, Durga, Rama Raya, Govinda, Aditi, Avi, Kokila, Venu Gopal, Kevin, Carley, Vasanta, Melody, Josiah, Chandra, Kimmee, Kunti, Jyoti, Zoleta, Nicole, Oma, Lee, and John.

Best wishes,

Atma & Subhie
email: atma@kirtanandgitanewyork.com