Caitanya Caritamrita class every Sunday in Walnut Creek
Bill Costello
Please accept my dandavat pranams. All glories to Sri Sri Guru & Gauranga! All glories to Sri Sri Radha Govinda!
I would like to extend an invitation to our sanga and any guests that would like to attend classes on Caitanya Caritamrita, Sanatan Siksa, which we will be hosting every Sunday at our home in Walnut Creek. It will be an ‘abbreviated program’, less than 2 hours: 30 minutes bhajan before class, 1-hour class and then light refreshments afterwards. Anyone is also welcome to come just for the class.
Sanatana Siksa is one of the most important sections of CC and these teachings of Mahaprabhu comprise 5 chapters from 20-24 in the Madhya lila. Mahaprabhu imparted to Sanatana the knowledge of sambhanda, abhideya, and prayojana for 56 days at Dashaswamedha Ghat in Varanasi. I have been studying and teaching this online to the Philippines for two years continuously and am currently in Madhya lila, Chptr. 22, The Process of Devotional service, which contains key essential points regarding how to practice bhakti from vaidhi sadhana to raganuga bhakti sadhana. Now, I would like to open these classes up to our local sanga, if anyone is interested in attending.
You are welcome to come to our house for association, bhajan, class and prasad, or if you would like to just attend the class on line, email me and I will send you the link.
Every Sunday from 4:30 PM – 6:45 PM (when I am in town) starting this Sunday, April 13th.
Program schedule
4:30 – 5:00 PM - Gauranga bhajan
5:00 – 6:00 PM - Class on Sanatan Siksa
6:00 – 6:15 PM - Comments and Q&A
6:15 – 6:45 PM - Light refreshments
Seva Kunja Ashram
Radhakanta Prabhu and Ratikala dd's home
Location: 1741 1st Ave., Walnut Creek, CA 94597
If taking BART exit Pleasant Hill Bart station, then it is a short 15 minute walk.
RSVP: text to Ratikala 925-352-3041
Vaisnavadas
anudas abhilasa,
Radhakanta das
“Everybody has a desire for their own happiness, their own pleasure. If somebody has less desire for his own happiness and pleasure, then we can say that he is a mahat, a great personality. But one who is completely forgetful, completely indifferent to his own happiness, is su-mahat, a very great personality. And those who are giving pleasure and enjoyment and happiness to Krishna at the cost of their own pleasure and happiness, are param-mahan, supremely great, incomparable, and all-worshipable. They are the gopīs.”
Srila Gour Govinda Swami Lecture on Caitanya-caritāmṛta ādi-līlā 11.37 - Bhubaneswar – April 17, 1993
Jerry Alvarez
On Apr 10, 2025, at 4:21 PM, Bill Costello <radha...@bhaktiprojects.org> wrote:
Dear Devotees of the Bay Area Sanga,
Please accept my dandavat pranams. All glories to Sri Sri Guru & Gauranga! All glories to Sri Sri Radha Govinda!
I would like to extend an invitation to our sanga and any guests that would like to attend classes on Caitanya Caritamrita, Sanatan Siksa, which we will be hosting every Sunday at our home in Walnut Creek. It will be an ‘abbreviated program’, less than 2 hours: 30 minutes bhajan before class, 1-hour class and then light refreshments afterwards. Anyone is also welcome to come just for the class.
Sanatana Siksa is one of the most important sections of CC and these teachings of Mahaprabhu comprise 5 chapters from 20-24 in the Madhya lila. Mahaprabhu imparted to Sanatana the knowledge of sambhanda, abhideya, and prayojana for 56 days at Dashaswamedha Ghat in Varanasi. I have been studying and teaching this online to the Philippines for two years continuously and am currently in Madhya lila, Chptr. 22, The Process of Devotional service, which contains key essential points regarding how to practice bhakti from vaidhi sadhana to raganuga bhakti sadhana. Now, I would like to open these classes up to our local sanga, if anyone is interested in attending.
You are welcome to come to our house for association, bhajan, class and prasad, or if you would like to just attend the class on line, email me and I will send you the link.
Every Sunday from 4:30 PM – 6:45 PM (when I am in town) starting this Sunday, April 13th.
Program schedule
4:30 – 5:00 PM - Gauranga bhajan
5:00 – 6:00 PM - Class on Sanatan Siksa
6:00 – 6:15 PM - Comments and Q&A
6:15 – 6:45 PM - Light refreshments
Seva Kunja Ashram
Radhakanta Prabhu and Ratikala dd's home
Location: 1741 1st Ave., Walnut Creek, CA 94597
If taking BART exit Pleasant Hill Bart station, then it is a short 15 minute walk.
RSVP: text to Ratikala 925-352-3041
Vaisnavadas anudas abhilasa,
Radhakanta das
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“Everybody has a desire for their own happiness, their own pleasure. If somebody has less desire for his own happiness and pleasure, then we can say that he is a mahat, a great personality. But one who is completely forgetful, completely indifferent to his own happiness, is su-mahat, a very great personality. And those who are giving pleasure and enjoyment and happiness to Krishna at the cost of their own pleasure and happiness, are param-mahan, supremely great, incomparable, and all-worshipable. They are the gopīs.”
Srila Gour Govinda Swami Lecture on Caitanya-caritāmṛta ādi-līlā 11.37 - Bhubaneswar – April 17, 1993
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