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September 30th 2002

• Sri Govinda Kunda's waters rise above the steps. Pictures.

September 29th

• Three additional pictures chosen by Srila Govinda Maharaj taken after he gave sannyasa to Sripad Avadhut Maharaj yesterday. In addition a personal prayer to all Vaishnavas from Sripad Avadhut Maharaj.
• Audio: You must be benefited if you proceed properly. Second and final part of the public lecture posted yesterday, including glorification of the Russian devotees and Russian Mission headed by Jagannath Vallabha Prabhu, now Sripad Avadhut Maharaj. Accompanied by a full transcription.
• Audio: Successfully uploaded a higher quality sound file of the first part of the lecture of 11th August 2002 uploaded yesterday.
• Audio: A new special fifty minute internet radio talk by Srila Gurudev from Calcutta on September 19, 2002 is now available by the service of Prabhu Madhusudan at: http://www.krsna.cc

September 28th

• Taking the big, big step and giving up so much for the satisfaction of Srila Gurudev, Sripad Jagannath Vallabha Prabhu receives sannyasa and the name Sripad Bhakti Bimal Avadhut Maharaj from Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
• Audio: It is. You do. Everything will come to you. 15+ minutes, first part of a public lecture by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at the St. Petersburg Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Russia, on 11th August 2002 during Srila Gurudev's recent World Tour. Audio accompanied by a full transcription.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. A further eight pictures.

September 27th

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. Eight pictures.

• Audio: Start your generator, climb the mango tree, the big power of the tiny soul, the Gita's glories... Part four of the room conversation by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in London recorded on his recent 19th World Tour. Audio accompanied by a subject summary.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. Pictures for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see, and for all to share.

September 25th

• Many new photos of the recent 19th World Tour in Russia are posted on the Russian site of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math by Aradhana Priya Devi Dasi and the team there. Each of the following pages contains several photos:

• - The public program at the "Other World" Centre
• - Sankirttan in National Library (St. Petersburg)
• - Agnihotra Yajna
• - Independence Day of India
• - Nagar Sankirttan in St. Petersburg
• - Museum of Religion (St. Petersburg)

September 24th

• Invitation for Sri Vyasa-Puja 2002 of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj to be held in Nabadwip from 29th October to 1st November 2002.
• The Vyasa-Puja Festivals will be followed by Karttik Pilgrimage and Parikramas based at our Govardhan and Vrindavan Temples, with an adventurous option to travel there and back by bus.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

September 23rd

• Slides of the London Deities, at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Green Street. Series of five pictures sent by Prabhu Ratnanabha in QuickTime format. (130 K file, corrected link.)

September 22nd

• Slides with audio: Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur's 165th Appearance Day Festival held at his Bhajan Kutir across the River Ganges in Godrumadwip. A large contingent from our Temple join a grand parikrama and assembly of Vaishnavas to honour this occasion. (6+ minutes. 1.6 MB .mov QuickTime file.)

September 21st
Purnima. Visvarupa Mahotsava. End of month long festival at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

• Audio: Part Three of the Informal Room Conversation in London posted on 19th September. Srila Govinda Maharaj glorifies the book 'Saranagati' by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, and glorifies Sri Govinda and the cows.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

September 19th
Appearance of Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

• Audio: Srila Govinda Maharaj in London. Part One of an Informal Room Conversation from the first sound recording received from the recent World Tour.
• Audio: Part Two of the Informal Room Conversation in London, successfully uploaded. Includes Srila Govinda Maharaj reciting for the first time in over thirty years a particular song by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

September 17th
26 Hrishikesh. Parshvaika Ekadasi. Fast.

• Australia 'Sri Govinda Dham' festival of Sri Radhastami: two pages of pictures.
• Today is the traditional Visvakarma-puja in Bengal. Visvakarma is considered to be the Deva in charge of construction, machinery, etc. Following local custom, machinery, tools and instruments -- including vehicles -- are offered Maha Prasadam and puja in honour of Visvakarma. No construction or works take place for two days.
• Right: Born into a loving family. Graced with his name by Srila Govinda Maharaj, Nandi is born to Sundari at our Sri Chaitanya Sridhar Govinda Seva Ashram, Krishna Shakti Ashram, near Sao Paulo, Brazil.

September 16th

• The recently inaugurated Math's 'chat' facility is now updated and functioning properly after some recent server problems.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.

September 15th

• New website launched as a showcase of selected artwork of devotees of the Math. The 'Hope Art Cooperative' is coordinated by Prabhu Navasundar in Australia.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.

• Hapaniya Festival (pictures) for Srimati Radharani's Appearance Day.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.

Sriman Mahaprabhu wearing a new crown stands by Srila Guru Maharaj as His Temple makes progress in the centre of Sri Govinda Kunda.

September 13th

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.

September 12th

• Notice of new websites of New York and New Jersey branches of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math announced by Sripad Bhakti Kanan Giri Maharaj. With the aim of maintaining daily postings reflecting the unlimited activities of the spiritual world, His Holiness invites appropriate articles, news, photos, etc. as well as comments, suggestions and questions.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.

September 11th

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Two pictures.)

September 10th

• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

September 9th

• Picture page of the sannyasa initiations of 7th September in Vrindavan.
• A second page of sannyasa initiation pictures added, including a particular classic.
• Welcoming Srila Govinda Maharaj back in our Dum Dum Park, Calcutta, Temple. (Pictures.)

September 8th

• Two devotees received sannyasa initiation yesterday from Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Prabhu Chidananda of America is now Sripad Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj, and Prabhu Alankar Kaustubha of Russia is now Sripad Bhakti Chaitanya Bharati Maharaj. The ceremony took place at our Vrindavan Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and Mission.

September 7th

• 'Chat' facility added. Sometimes we need to communicate directly with devotees and vice versa. We have arranged this 'chat' page to fulfil this and similar needs. This is a simple, fast chat facility for devotees and sincere seekers. It requires no downloads or specific browser settings.
• The Italian Website of the Math is now considerably expanded, extensively reformatted and looking even grander -- by the service of Prabhu Mohita Krishna and friends.
• Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

September 6th

• Guadalajara, Veracruz, Mexico: two special picture pages of the recent National Assembly of Ministers headed by Sripad Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj and Sripad Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj.
• Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Dham Puri: recent pictures and mini slide show of the Temple, Ashram, Guesthouse, Deities and devotees there.
• Diacritic fonts for the Mac: added the bold and italic versions of the diacritic adaptation of the font 'Bodini' of which the Roman version is already on the web.

September 5th

• Fourteen pictures today of construction progress of the Sri Govinda Kunda projects: the Sevashram, the Sriman Mahaprabhu Chandan Yatra Mandir and the Siva Temple.

September 4th

• Pictures from California: Sri Krishna Janmastami and Sri Nandotsav in our Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram, Soquel, Santa Cruz, Ashram.
• The Sevashram and Sri Govinda Kunda projects' progress today for Srila Govinda Maharaj to see while staying in Govardhan, and for all to share.

September 3rd

• Sri Krishna Janmastami Day in Govardhan, with Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Pictures, including the installation of a large Russian bell.
• Twelve pictures today of construction progress of the Sri Govinda Kunda projects: the Sevashram, the Sriman Mahaprabhu Chandan Yatra Mandir and the Siva Temple.

September 2nd

• Audio: Srila Gurudev yesterday. A special 8 kbps MP3 format talk from Govardhan spoken by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj yesterday, the day of Sri Nandotsava and the Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad, is now available at http://www.krsna.cc. It will be digitally cleaned and processed in due course of time and be re-posted in various formats.
• The Sevashram and Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.

• Srila Gurudev's extensive internet radio talk from Moscow is now available in text form by the sincere service of Vrindavanesvari Devi Dasi, at Prabhu Madhusudan's website: http://www.krsna.cc

August 30th

• Veracruz, Mexico: recent photos of ritvik initiations and the devotees there headed by Sripad Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj.
• Video: A glimpse of the Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (1+ minute video, 440K download, view with RealPlayer.)

August 29th

• The Sevashram and Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.

August 28th

• The Sevashram and Sri Govinda Kunda projects today.

August 27th

• Video: Sripad Bhakti Nirmal Acharyya Maharaj returns to Nabadwip and reflects on the Russian sectors of the recent World Tour of Srila Govinda Maharaj. (5 minutes video, 1.6MB. Download and view with RealPlayer.)
• Veracruz, Mexico: sharing pictures of Lord Balarama's Appearance Festival hosted by Prabhu Raghunandan and Madhuchanda Devi Dasi.

August 26th

• Video: Web version of a video of the three new sannyasis arriving in Nabadwip two days after their initiation by Srila Govinda Maharaj last month. (6+ minutes video, 2.1 MB. Download and view with RealPlayer.)
• The Sevashram and Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Panorama picture.)

August 25th

• Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in Vrindavan and Govardhan Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Maths. Pictures taken today and yesterday.
• The Sevashram and Sri Govinda Kunda projects today. (Pictures.)

August 24th

• Video: Sights and sounds today from the Sevashram and Sri Govinda Kunda projects, Nabadwip. (2 minutes video, 580  K. Download and view with RealPlayer.)
• With Srila Govinda Maharaj's safe arrival in India, the following is a full list of dispatches and pictures received in regard to the just completed Moscow leg of the current Tour:

August 23rd

August 22nd
Purnima. Appearance of Sri Baladeva. Fast until noon. End of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda.

August 21st

August 20th

We require specific articles to execute worship, such as incense, flowers, lamp, etc. Similarly, if we wish to realise the supersubjective plane, there are three specific necessities: pranipata, pariprasna, and seva. Without these three ingredients, our search will be imitative, unsubstantial and farcical.

Pranipata means 'to fall flat near the feet of the worshipable': "I have come to the end of all enterprise with my previous plane of life; I could find nothing there to fulfil my life's objectives. Finally, after 'completing my errands,' I have come here." This is the practical symptom of pranipata.

Pariprasna means 'sincere enquiry.' Honest and sincere enquiry is allowed. The spirit of such enquiry is, "I want to know how I can be utilised in any way. All the charm for living elsewhere is over. My sole inquiry is 'How can I be utilised here?' "

And seva, service, is the all-important factor. "I have come to serve and to be utilised for the cause of the subject about which I have enquired. I have not come to take anything from here. I have come only to serve, with no other motive."

August 19th
Disappearance of Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri das Pandit Goswami.

August 18th
(Sunday) Pavitraropani Ekadasi. Fast. Beginning of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda and start of the one month festival of Sri Hari Smaran at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

• 19th World Tour: Morning Darshan notes recorded by Yudhamanyu Prabhu updated with his entry from Moscow of 16th August.
• Invitation to Sri Krishna Janmastami, and notification of events during this traditional one month festival of Sri Hari Smaran at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
• Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

August 17th

• 19th World Tour: An enlivening report from Moscow by Tunga Prema Devi Dasi, with two recent photos.
• Also from the Tour in Moscow: "Srila Gurudev is cheerful and as active as ever here. His health seems to be holding up well and of course the Russian devotees and Mission are so inspiring. So far I have seen full page articles in six Russian magazines, and yesterday television people interviewed His Divine Grace at the restaurant. All the devotees are staying in the same retreat centre as past years, about a half hour outside of Moscow, in the woods and next to a lovely lake. It is a very sweet arrangement, like one huge family reunion.... -- Jamuna Priya Devi Dasi"
• Moscow pictures of last night's programme, 'Freedom,' with the theme of celebrating India's Independence Day.
• The Math's logo: the larger, black-and-white version in English commonly found in the Temple's publications is now posted on the web available for downloading in our 'Useful Downloads' section.
• Diacritic PC fonts: The plain, bold and italic of the PC version diacritic font 'Centenary' are now re-zipped and uploaded so as to be consistent on all PC platforms.
• For those who may be searching today's Sri Govinda Kunda progress pictures, please know here it is a local puja, and a day off for the construction teams.

August 16th

• Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.
• With Srila Govinda Maharaj's safe arrival in Moscow, the there is now a full list of dispatches and pictures received from the just completed St. Petersburg leg of the current Tour on our World Tours webpage.

August 15th

• Additional archive photos of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, adding to His Divine Grace's recently started photo archive.
• World Tour news: Thankfully Sripad Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva Vikram successfully telephone from Moscow and said all safely reached there and Srila Govinda Maharaj is keeping quite good health.
• Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

Today from: Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion, Volume One
by: Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj

"Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came to direct us to our real interest within: 'You do not know your own heart. You are a foreigner to your own heart and its demand. There is a wealth within your heart -- try to find it: eliminate the foreign things, and you will find your heart to be a Temple of Krishna. With the help of a proper guide, search your own heart and you will find Krishna there. This is not a foreign thing to you. Every heart is a Temple of the Lord. It is your property, it is your home. Back to God, back to home.'"
 

August 14th

• Audio of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj: the remainder of Chapter One of Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion - Volume I, adding to the two audio files recently uploaded.
• Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.
• Apologies, no further news from the Tour in Russia except a single line saying the phone lines are not working well.

August 13th

• Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

August 12th

• Audio of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Original audio of the next pages of Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion - Volume I, continuing from the first upload on 8th August.
• Treasure description from St. Petersburg by Tunga Prema Devi Dasi, of recent days on the 19th World Tour. This posting is taken from this afternoon's entry in the 'Home Comfort' Vaishnava Forum.
• I'm not in Russia, but Vaikuntha -- a heartfelt article by Divyashakti Devi Dasi.
• Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

August 11th

• Palace Visit. Srila Govinda Maharaj visits the 'Hermitage,' one of the palaces of Peter the Great, in St. Petersburg. (Two pages of pictures.)
• Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

August 10th

• Sripad Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva Vikram shares more of his notes from Srila Govinda Maharaj's morning darshans in Russia. This latest entry is special.
• Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

August 9th

• Archive black and white photos in special remembrance of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and his great gift to this world.
• World Tour report this evening by Tunga Prema Devi Dasi writing from St. Petersburg giving inspiration with the latest news of Srila Gurudev and the programmes there. This is a posting from the 'Home Comfort' Vaishnava Forum.
• Russia, St. Petersburg: The Disappearance Festival of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj led by his most dear disciple and full successor, Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Pictures of yesterday's function.
• Video: The Disappearance Festival held here at Nabadwip Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math yesterday. 4 minutes video, 1.3 MB download, view with RealPlayer.
• Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

Today from: Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion, Volume One
by: Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj

"The destination has been settled, but how shall I reach it? When shall I reach it? Those who come to my aid to take me there--they are my masters, my Gurus: Siksa-gurus and Diksa-guru. Whoever helps me to go there is my Guru. He is my guide who will help me to reach my located destination, the station of my innermost hankering....

"He has helped me to locate my destination; he has educated me how and what to aspire after, and how to reach that highest aspired shelter. I have attained all these things through him. He is my all-in-all in life, the master of my life. There is a boat, and he is the helmsman (guru-karna-dharam). I have surrendered unto him, I have accepted him. I have boarded his boat and he is taking me towards the goal of my life."

August 8th

• Audio of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj: Today is the Fourteenth Anniversary Disappearance Festival of Srila Guru Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. On this day we start a new section on the Web of audio files of Srila Guru Maharaj. Often technology is taken for granted. However, this capacity to 'directly' hear the spoken voice of the saints, even after their departure, can only be the grace of Sriman Mahaprabhu in this age of Kali. Indeed He allowed this technology, so let us all try to use it for Him and His own.
  Uploaded today: Audio of Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion - Volume I, chapter 1 part 1.
• The Math's Danish Website inaugurated. Prabhu Premavatar writes: "As this is indeed a special day, I thought it would be a good time to launch the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Danish site http://dansk.scsmath.org. The site is already fully functional. It has articles by our affectionate Guardians, songs (with translations and MP3 files), pictures, info on activities in Scandinavia, a small glossary, calendar and several other functions -- for example, a new quote from our Guardians is posted daily automatically. Some of the texts there are in Swedish and Norwegian, but these are clearly marked, and mostly understandable to the Danish-speaking public.
• Projects at Sri Govinda Kunda, pictures today.

August 7th

August 6th

August 4th

August 3rd

August 2nd

August 1st

• Updates for June and July 2002
• Updates for earlier this year, 2002
• Updates for 2001