Advaita Acharya Apperance Day Celebrations (Monday 01/26/2015)

[ISKCON BALTIMORE]

Hare Krishna Dear Devotees,

This coming Monday (Jan 26th 2015) is the appearance day of Srila Advaita Acharya.

We will be having ecstatic bhajans and discourse on AdvaitaAcharya, so please join with us and experience the transcendental bliss.

Program Schedule:-
6:00pm  -  6:30PM       Bhajan and Kirtan
6:30pm  -  7:00PM       Pushpa Abhishekham
7:00pm  -  7:30PM       Arati

7:30pm  -  8:15PM       Discourse on Sri Advaita Acharya

8:15pm                       Shayan Arti

8:20pm                       Prasadam feast

Please feel free to forward to your friends and family members who might be interested in participating.

In Your Service,

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Who is Advaita Acharya?

Advaita Acharya (1434-1539), (born Kamalaksha Bhattacharya) was a notable disciple and companion of the founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and guru of Haridasa Thakur. He was born at Navagrama-Laur village in the present-day Sylhet District of Bangladesh in 1434, some fifty years before Chaitanya, and spent most
of his adult life in the town of Shantipur with his wife and family (Advaita Acarya had six sons, Acyutananda, Krsna Misra, Gopala dasa, Balarama, Svarupa, and Jagadisa) teaching the philosophy of Bhagavad Gita and Bhagavata Purana and promoting Bhakti Yoga.

In his latter years Advaita Acharya became increasingly saddened by the pursuit of materialistic goals that, he believed, lead to a dysfunctional, unhappy society and concluded that the only solution was to offer prayers, begging his Supreme Lord Krishna to come as an avatar and attract people back to the joy of the spiritual life. Advaita Acharya is said to have prayed for several months, crying out and worshipping him in the form of his Shaligram Shila with sacred Tulasi leaves and Ganges water. At the end of thirteen months during an eclipse of the full moon, his prayers were answered when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born.

He is known to have been a close friend of both Chaitanya and Nityananda in their mission of spreading the Hare Krishna mantra. Advaita Acharya is said to have told Chaitanya "Wherever you are is Vrindavan. He is considered a combined incarnation (avatar) of both Maha Vishnu and Shiva (collectively named Harihara) within the Gaudiya tradition. On the day marking his birth, members hold a celebration in his honour then read and discuss stories of his life.

 

Chant and be Happy....

Hare Krishna ~ Hare Krishna ~ Krishna Krishna ~ Hare Hare

Hare Rama ~ Hare Rama ~ Rama Rama ~ Hare Hare