WVA Newsletter #3
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.
In this edition of the WVA Newsletter we share a few news of the vaishnava world, special darshans from Sri Vrindavan Dham deties, and a bit of nectar of the Acaryas.
Satyaraja Prabhu joins WVA Publication Committee
Satyaraja Prabhu (Steven J. Rosen), chief editor of the Journal of Vaishnava Studies, USA, joined the WVA Publication Committe as the Secretary of Literature.
The non-sectarian spirit of WVA, Paris
To share with all vaishnavas the visit of Tapasvi Maharaja, WVA Secretary for Croatia on the month of april 2014 in France, Paris. And of Madhava Maharaja also in Paris and Rouen Gopaldev temple on the month of May.
Assuming Responsibility of Being Guru
Written by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupad
We have taken upon ourselves the responsibility of welcoming this grave charge. All in the audience have accepted ordinary seats, I alone have been provided with a lofty seat. All are being told in effect – “Do have a look at a big animal from the Zoo-gardens. What arrogance! So foolish! So wicked! Have you ever seen such a big brute? Garlands of flowers have been put around his neck! What laudations! What bombastic long-drawn and hyperbolic adjectives! And how complacently too he is listening to the praise of his own achievements, how intently, and with his own ears! He also evidently feels delighted in mind! Is he not acting in plain violation of the teaching of Mahaprabhu? Can such a big brute, so selfish and insolent, be ever reclaimed from brutishness?”
Nrsimha Jayanti
Nrsimha Jayanti celebrates the incarnation of Lord Vishnu in the form of Nrsimha (half man – half lion) to save Prahlad from demon Hiranyakasipu. Nrsimha is the fourth of the ten avatars of Lord Vishnu. According to Puranas, Lord Vishnu appeared as Nrsimha on the Caturdasi day in the month of Vaishaka.
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Explanation of Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaja from
“Dasavatara - The Ten Manifestations of God”
Chapter 4: “Sri Nrsimha-avatara”
Sri Nrsimha Caturdasi at Radha Syamasundar Temple
Special darshan at Sri Sri Radha Syamasundar Temple in celebration of Sri Nrsimha Caturdasi.
Sri Radha Raman appearance day
Sri Radha Raman appeared over 500 years ago. The deity was installed by Gopal Bhatta Goswami on the full moon day in the month of Vaishaka (April-May) in the year 1542, it is always celebrate one day after Nrsimha Caturdasi.
Ecstatic Kirtan of Srila B.B. Tirtha Maharaja, 1999
Historical moment of Srila Bhakti Ballah Tirtha Maharaja leading an ecstatic kirtan at the Vrinda Kunja mandir, Vrindavan, on Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami Maharaja's tirobav, 1999.
Vaishnava Calendar
Vrindavan, U.P., India (077E40 27N35, Time zone = +5.30)
8 June Gaur-dasami.
Sri Ganga Puja.
Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini.
9 June Gaur-dwadasi. Fasting for Nirjala-ekadasi.
10 June Gaur-trayodasi. Paran by 9:22 am.
Source: sreecgmath.org
In the service of Sri Guru, Vaishnavas and Bhagavan,
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WVA Internet Committee