WVA Newsletter #6
World Vaishnava Association
Vishva Vaishnava Raj Sabha
World Vaishnava Association
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!
All glories to Jagadguru Sri Srimad Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada and Guru Parampara!
Respected sannyasis, vaishnavas and vaishnavis
Please accept our humble obeisances from the WVA-VVRS' Internet Committee.
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur 100 Tirobhav
100th Disappearance Festival celebration of Nitya lila pravishta om vishnupada paramahamsa His Divine Grace Sri Srimad Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur at Svananda Sukhada Kunja, Svarup Ganj (Godrumadvip), in which many devotees from several Gaudiya Math joined the event.
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Written by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaja
namo bhaktivinodaya saccidananda-murtaye
gaura-shakti-svarupaya rupanuga-varaya te
I offer my obeisances to you, O Bhaktivinoda, the form of eternity, knowledge and bliss, the incarnation of Gaura’s potency and the best of the followers of Rupa Goswami.
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s transcendental identity is revealed to the members of his spiritual family. He is the best of the followers of Rupa Manjari who is the leader of Lalita Sakhi’s entourage. Lalita Sakhi is the foremost of Radharani’s eight girlfriends. In various places in his own writings, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur has indicated this divine identity:
yugala-sevaya, shri-rasa-mandale, niyukta kara amay
lalita-sakhira, ayogya-kinkari, vinoda dhariche pay
Bhaktivinoda holds your feet and asks you to engage this unworthy servant of Lalita Sakhi in the service of the Divine Couple while they are performing the rasa-lila.
(Kalyana-kalpataru)
Sadhus, MPs and MLAs to be part of Ganga cleaning mission: Uma Bharti
Will treat Sutlej on par with Ganga: Centre New Delhi (TIP): The Centre has decided to treat the Sutlej river on par with the Ganga. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who on June 12 called on Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti and Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, said the Centre had decided to treat the Sutlej at par with the Ganga, which is being cleaned under the prestigious National Mission.
Not only Ganga, will clean all rivers: Uma Bharti
Petition: Rights of Mother Nature
The WVA-VVRS kindly asks all members, friends and visitors of all the WVA's media channels to take a few minutes to sign this important petition for the Rights of Bhumi Mata.
http://www.rightsofmotherearth.com/
Ratha Yatra at Sri Vrindavan Dham
In Vrindavan Dham many mandirs took Lord Jagannath to the streets on His rath at the great day of Sri Ratha Yatra. See a few pictures of this special event:
Video: WVA Meeting, Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math, 1995
Vaishnava Calendar
(India Standard Time)
07 (Monday) Gaura-dasami.
Punar Yatra of Sri Jagannatha Deva (Return car festival).
08 (Tuesday) Gaura-ekadasi
Fasting for Shayan Ekadasi. Beginning of Chaturmasya. Observation of Chaturmasya (when started on ekadasi).
09 (Wednesday) Gaura-dvadasi.
Paran between 6:01am and 9:28 am. Beginning of Chaturmasya (when started on dvadasi).
12 (Saturday) Purnima.
Sri Guru Purnima. Disappearance of Srila Sanatan Goswami Prabhu. Beginning of Chaturmasya (when started on purnima).
14 (Monday) Krishna-dvitiya.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Van Maharaj and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saurabh Bhaktisar Maharaj.
17 (Thursday) Krishna-panchami.
Disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami.
19 (Saturday) Krishna-astami.
Disappearance of Srila Lokanath Goswami.
Source sreecgmath.org
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