ISKCON Columbus

Please join us at 5.00 PM on this Sunday (September 28, 2008) for the ISKCON Columbus weekly Sunday feast celebration! This Sunday feast program will be held at the First Unitarian Church

Location
First Unitarian Church
93 W Weisheimer Rd
Columbus OH 43214

Feast Sponsor
Prashanth, Joshii

To sponsor a Sunday feast, please contact Piyush prabhu (gulla007@hotmail.com) or Naveen Krishna Prabhu (NaveenPotham@hotmail.com).

Feast schedule for Sunday, September 28, 2008
5.00 PM:Bhajans by Bhakta Hari & Govinda
5.30 PM:Speaker: H.G. Kamagiri Dasi
6.15 PM: Arati Kirtan by Dhiralalitha Das
6.45 PM:Sri Nrsimha Prayers and Announcements
7.00 PM:Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

Shuttle Service
4.15 PM Temple to Church
4.15 PM Church to Temple

Upcoming Events
October 1st, 2008 Transcendence 2008
Contact Gurjeet babbar_2@yahoo.com for more information
October Diwali & Govardhan Puja

Bhagavad Gita 3.36 & 3.37

arjuna uvaca
atha kena prayukto 'yam
papam carati purusah
anicchann api varsneya
balad iva niyojitah

TRANSLATION
Arjuna said: O descendant of Vrsni, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force?

PURPORT
A living entity, as part and parcel of the Supreme, is originally spiritual, pure, and free from all material contaminations. Therefore, by nature he is not subjected to the sins of the material world. But when he is in contact with the material nature, he acts in many sinful ways without hesitation, and sometimes even against his will. As such, Arjuna's question to Krsna is very sanguine, as to the perverted nature of the living entities. Although the living entity sometimes does not want to act in sin, he is still forced to act. Sinful actions are not, however, impelled by the Supersoul within, but are due to another cause, as the Lord explains in the next verse.

Bhagavad Gita 3.37

sri-bhagavan uvaca
kama esa krodha esa
rajo-guna-samudbhavah
mahasano maha-papma
viddhy enam iha vairinam

TRANSLATION
The Blessed Lord said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material modes of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring, sinful enemy of this world.

PURPORT
When a living entity comes in contact with the material creation, his eternal love for Krsna is transformed into lust, in association with the mode of passion. Or, in other words, the sense of love of God becomes transformed into lust, as milk in contact with sour tamarind is transformed into yogurt. Then again, when lust is unsatisfied, it turns into wrath; wrath is transformed into illusion, and illusion continues the material existence. Therefore, lust is the greatest enemy of the living entity, and it is lust only which induces the pure living entity to remain entangled in the material world. Wrath is the manifestation of the mode of ignorance; these modes exhibit themselves as wrath and other corollaries. If, therefore, the modes of passion, instead of being degraded into the modes of ignorance, are elevated to the modes of goodness by the prescribed method of living and acting, then one can be saved from the degradation of wrath by spiritual attachment.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead expanded Himself into many for His ever-increasing spiritual bliss, and the living entities are parts and parcels of this spiritual bliss. They also have partial independence, but by misuse of their independence, when the service attitude is transformed into the propensity for sense enjoyment, they come under the sway of lust. This material creation is created by the Lord to give a facility to the conditioned souls to fulfill these lustful propensities, and when they are completely baffled by prolonged lustful activities, the living entities begin to inquire about their real position.

This inquiry is the beginning of the Vedanta-sutras, wherein it is said, athato brahma-jijnasa: one should inquire into the Supreme. And the Supreme is defined in Srimad-Bhagavatam as janmady asya yato 'nvayad itaratas ca, or, "The origin of everything is the Supreme Brahman." Therefore, the origin of lust is also in the Supreme. If, therefore, lust is transformed into love for the Supreme, or transformed into Krsna consciousness--or, in other words, desiring everything for Krsna--then both lust and wrath can be spiritualized. Hanuman, the great servitor of Lord Rama, engaged his wrath upon his enemies for the satisfaction of the Lord. Therefore, lust and wrath, when they are employed in Krsna consciousness, become our friends instead of our enemies.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the Sunday Feast!

Hare Krishna!

For questions or more information, contact us or call (614) 421-1661

ISKCON COLUMBUS
379 West 8th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43201

Please join us at 5.00 PM on this Sunday (September 21, 2008) for the ISKCON Columbus weekly Sunday feast celebration! This Sunday feast program will be held at the ISKCON Columbus temple

Location
Columbus Krishna House
379 W 8th Ave
Columbus OH 43201

Feast Sponsor
Prashanth, Joshii

To sponsor a Sunday feast, please contact Piyush prabhu (gulla007@hotmail.com) or Naveen Krishna Prabhu (NaveenPotham@hotmail.com).

Feast schedule for Sunday, September 21, 2008
5.00 PM:Bhajans by Bhakta Hari & Govinda
5.30 PM:Speaker: H.G. Narottam Das
Topic: One Simple Way to Start Running into God's Mercy Instead of Away From It
In this message, we will look at the one simple step we need to take that will make us notice how God - our dearmost friend - is personally working in our life.
6.15 PM: Arati Kirtan by Dhiralalitha Das
6.45 PM:Sri Nrsimha Prayers and Announcements
7.00 PM:Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

Shuttle Service
No shuttle service as this week's program is at the temple

Upcoming Events
October Diwali and Govardhan Puja

Bhagavad Gita 3.27

Sri-Bhagavan uvaca
prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni
guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ
ahańkāra-vimūḍhātmā
kartāham iti manyate

TRANSLATION
The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by nature.

PURPORT
Two persons, one in Krsna consciousness and the other in material consciousness, working on the same level, may appear to be working on the same platform, but there is a wide gulf of difference in their respective positions. The person in material consciousness is convinced by false ego that he is the doer of everything. He does not know that the mechanism of the body is produced by material nature, which works under the supervision of the Supreme Lord. The materialistic person has no knowledge that ultimately he is under the control of Krsna. The person in false ego takes all credit for doing everything independently, and that is the symptom of his nescience. He does not know that this gross and subtle body is the creation of material nature, under the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as such his bodily and mental activities should be engaged in the service of Krsna, in Krsna consciousness. The ignorant man forgets that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is known as Hrsikesa, or the master of the senses of the material body, for due to his long misuse of the senses in sense gratification, he is factually bewildered by the false ego, which makes him forget his eternal relationship with Krsna.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the Sunday Feast!

Hare Krishna!

For questions or more information, contact us or call (614) 421-1661

ISKCON COLUMBUS
379 West 8th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43201

Please join us at 5.00 PM on this Sunday (September 14, 2008) for the ISKCON Columbus weekly Sunday feast celebration! Please note that this week's Sunday feast program will be held at the ISKCON Columbus temple

Location

Columbus Krishna House
379 W 8th Ave
Columbus OH 43201

Feast Sponsor

Naveen Krishna Das & family

To sponsor a Sunday feast, please contact Piyush prabhu (gulla007@hotmail.com) or Naveen Krishna Prabhu (NaveenPotham@hotmail.com).

Feast schedule for Sunday, September 14, 2008

5.00 PM:Bhajans by H.G. Amrita & Krishna Balaram Prabhu
5.30 PM:Speaker: HG Tapasvini Prabhu
Topic: Sunday 9/14 is Srila Prabhupada's sannyas anniversary and 9/13 is disappearance day of Srila Haridasa Thakura. Tapasvini prabhu will be briefly talking about Prabhupada's Sannyas anniversary, Haridasa Thakura and may discuss about one of Haridas Thakura's songs
6.15 PM: Arati Kirtan by H.G. Harinamananda Prabhu
6.45 PM:Sri Nrsimha Prayers & announcements
7.00 PM:Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

Shuttle Service

No shuttle service as this week's program is at the temple

Upcoming Events

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Looking forward to seeing you all at the Sunday Feast!

Hare Krishna!

For questions or more information, contact us or call (614) 421-1661

ISKCON COLUMBUS
379 West 8th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43201

Sri Brahma-Samhita 5.1

īśvarah paramah krsnah
sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahah
anādir ādir govindah
sarva-kārana-kāranam

TRANSLATION

Krsna who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.

PURPORT

Krsna is the exalted Supreme entity having His eternal name, eternal form, eternal attribution and eternal pastimes. The very name "Krsna" implies His love-attracting designation, expressing by His eternal nomenclature the acme of entity. His eternal beautiful heavenly blue-tinged body glowing with the intensity of ever-existing knowledge has a flute in both His hands. As His inconceivable spiritual energy is all-extending, still He maintains His all-charming medium size by His qualifying spiritual instrumentals. His all-accommodating supreme subjectivity is nicely manifested in His eternal form. The concentrated all-time presence, uncovered knowledge and inebriating felicity have their beauty in Him. The mundane manifestive portion of His own Self is known as all-pervading Paramātmā, Īśvara (Superior Lord) or Visnu (All-fostering). Hence it is evident that Krsna is sole Supreme Godhead. His unrivaled or unique spiritual body of superexcellent charm is eternally unveiled with innumerable spiritual instrumentals (senses) and unreckonable attributes keeping their signifying location properly, adjusting at the same time by His inconceivable conciliative powers. This beautiful spiritual figure is identical with Krsna and the spiritual entity of Krsna is identical with His own figure.

The very intensely blended entity of eternal presence of felicitous cognition is the charming targeted holding or transcendental icon. It follows that the conception of the indistinguishable formless magnitude (Brahman) which is an indolent, lax, presentment of cognitive bliss, is merely a penumbra of intensely blended glow of the three concomitants, viz., the blissful, the substantive and the cognitive. This transcendental manifestive icon Krsna in His original face is primordial background of magnitudinal infinite Brahman and of the all-pervasive oversoul. Krsna as truly visioned in His variegated pastimes, such as owner of transcendental cows, chief of cowherds, consort of milk-maids, ruler of the terrestrial abode Gokula and object of worship by transcendental residents of Goloka beauties, is Govinda. He is the root cause of all causes who are the predominating and predominated agents of the universe. The glance of His projected fractional portion in the sacred originating water viz., the personal oversoul or Paramātmā, gives rise to a secondary potency — nature who creates this mundane universe. This oversoul's intermediate energy brings forth the individual souls analogously to the emanated rays of the sun.

Please join us at 5.00 PM on this Sunday (August 31, 2008) for the ISKCON Columbus weekly Sunday feast celebration! This week's Sunday feast program will be held at the ISKCON Columbus temple

Location
Columbus Krishna House
379 W 8th Ave
Columbus OH 43201

Feast Sponsor
Open

To sponsor a Sunday feast, please contact Piyush prabhu (gulla007@hotmail.com) or Naveen Krishna Prabhu (NaveenPotham@hotmail.com).

Feast schedule for Sunday, August 31, 2008
5.00 PM:Bhajans by H.G. Kalanipuna & Bhaktin Tulasi
5.30 PM:Speaker: Bhakta Piyush Prabhu
6.15 PM: Arati Kirtan by H.G. Harinamananda Prabhu
6.45 PM:Sri Nrsimha Prayers by Bhaktin Gurjeet
7.00 PM:Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

Shuttle Service
No shuttle service as this week's program is at the temple

Upcoming Events
09/07 Radhashtami

Looking forward to seeing you all at the Sunday Feast!

Hare Krishna!

For questions or more information, contact us or call (614) 421-1661

ISKCON COLUMBUS
379 West 8th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43201

Please join us at 5.00 PM on this Sunday (August 17, 2008) for the ISKCON Columbus weekly Sunday feast celebration! This Sunday feast program will be held at the First United Unitarian Church (UU church).

Location
First Unitarian Church,
93 W Weisheimer Rd,
Columbus, OH 43214

Feast Sponsor
Naveen Krishna, Vrajabhakti and Narahari

To sponsor a Sunday feast, please contact Piyush prabhu (gulla007@hotmail.com) or Naveen Krishna Prabhu (NaveenPotham@hotmail.com).

Feast schedule for Sunday, August 17, 2008
5.00 PM:Bhajans by Bhakta Hari & Govinda
5.30 PM:Speaker: H.G. Vrajabhakti Prabhu
Topic: Lord Balaram's Pastimes
We will discuss about the different kinds lessons we have to learn from the past times of Lord Krishna and Lord Balaram.Especially the demons that were killed by Lord Balaram represent different anarthas in our heart. We will focus on each anartha(depending on the time) that destroys our inclination to serve Krishna and Vaishnavas and how we have to be very careful in the process of serving vaishnavas.
6.15 PM: Arati Kirtan by Bhakta Krishnakumar
6.45 PM:Sri Nrsimha Prayers by H.G.Dhiralalitha Prabhu
7.00 PM:Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

Shuttle Service
4:15 PM: Temple to UU
8:30 PM: UU to Temple

Upcoming Events
08/23 Sri Krishna Janmashtami
08/16 Srila Prabhupada Appearance Day

Bhagavad Gita 12.2
Sri-Bhagavan uvaca

mayy avesya mano ye mam
nitya-yukta upasate
sraddhaya parayopetas
te me yuktatama matah

The Blessed Lord said: He whose mind is fixed on My personal form, always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith, is considered by Me to be most perfect

Looking forward to seeing you all at the Sunday Feast!

Hare Krishna!

For questions or more information, contact us or call (614) 421-1661

ISKCON COLUMBUS
379 West 8th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43201

Please join us at 5.00 PM on this Sunday (August 10, 2008) for the ISKCON Columbus weekly Sunday feast celebration! This Sunday feast program will be held at the First United Unitarian Church (UU church).

Location

First Unitarian Church,
93 W Weisheimer Rd,
Columbus, OH 43214

Feast Sponsor

Pavan & Venkatesh from Dayton

To sponsor a Sunday feast, please contact Piyush prabhu (gulla007@hotmail.com) or Naveen Krishna Prabhu (NaveenPotham@hotmail.com).

Feast schedule for Sunday, August 10, 2008

5.00 PM:Bhajans by Bhakta Hari & Govinda
5.30 PM:Speaker: H.G. Jagannath Prabhu

Topic:All Glories to Sri Guru & Gauranga!
A wide variety of glories drawn from both the material and spiritual worlds will be shown to be the property of the Supreme Lord and His representatives. This is followed by a brief discussion regarding what glories each person has access to in our own lives and how we can use them more fully for the pleasure of Sri Guru and Gauranga.

6.15 PM: Arati Kirtan by H.G. Harinamananda Prabhu
6.45 PM:Sri Nrsimha Prayers by H.G.Harinamananda Prabhu
7.00 PM:Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

Shuttle Service

4:15 PM: Temple to UU
8:30 PM: UU to Temple

Upcoming Events

08/16 Lord Balaram Appearance Day
08/23 Sri Krishna Janmashtami
08/16 Srila Prabhupada Appearance Day

Bhagavad Gita 2.13
dehino 'smin yatha dehe
kaumaram yauvanam jara
tatha dehantara-praptir
dhiras tatra na muhyati

As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change

Looking forward to seeing you all at the Sunday Feast!

Hare Krishna!

For questions or more information, contact us or call (614) 421-1661

ISKCON COLUMBUS
379 West 8th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43201

Please join us at 5.00 PM on this Sunday (July 27, 2008) for the ISKCON Columbus weekly Sunday feast celebration! This Sunday feast program will be held at the First United Unitarian Church (UU church) located at:

First Unitarian Church,
93 W Weisheimer Rd,
Columbus, OH 43214

Feast schedule for Sunday, July 27, 2008
5.00 PM: Bhajans by H.G. Amrita
5.30 PM: Speaker: Bhakta Krishnakumar
Topic: Morality - Mundane and Supra-mundane
Mundane morality appears very enticing for living beings. Weʼll briefly discuss the inherent shortcomings of mundane morality, the basis and the importance of supra-mundane morality in perfecting oneʼs life.
6.15 PM: Arati Kirtan by H.G. Harinamananda Prabhu
6.45 PM: Sri Nrsimha Prayers by Bhaktin Gurjeet
7.00 PM: Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

We will be providing shuttle service at the following times:

4:15 PM: Temple to UU
8:15 PM: UU to Temple

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Hare Krishna!

For questions or more information, contact us or call (614) 421-1661

ISKCON COLUMBUS
379 West 8th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43201

Please join us at 5.00 PM on this Sunday (July 20, 2008) for the ISKCON Columbus weekly Sunday feast celebration! This Sunday feast program will be held at the First United Unitarian Church (UU church) located at:

First Unitarian Church,
93 W Weisheimer Rd,
Columbus, OH 43214

Feast schedule for Sunday, July 20, 2008
5.00 PM: Bhajans by Bhakta Hari & Govinda
5.30 PM: Speaker: H.G.Narottam Prabhu
Topic: Krishna Consciousness and Economics
The current economic slowdown and complications of industrialization are forcing us to explore alternate economic systems. We will discuss some aspects of the Krishna conscious economic system known as varnashrama dharma.
6.15 PM: Arati Kirtan by H.G. Narottam Prabhu
6.45 PM:Sri Nrsimha Prayers by Bhaktin Gurjeet
7.00 PM: Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

We will be providing shuttle service at the following times:

4:15 PM: Temple to UU
8:30 PM: UU to Temple

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Hare Krishna!

For questions or more information, contact us or call (614) 421-1661

ISKCON COLUMBUS
379 West 8th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43201

Please join us at 5.00 PM on this Sunday (July 13, 2008) for the ISKCON Columbus weekly Sunday feast celebration! This Sunday feast program will be held at the First United Unitarian Church (UU church) located at:

First Unitarian Church,
93 W Weisheimer Rd,
Columbus, OH 43214

Feast schedule for Sunday, July 13, 2008
5.00 PM: Bhajans by Bhakta Krishnakumar
5.30 PM: Speaker: H.H. Danavir Goswami Maharaj
6.30 PM: Arati Kirtan & Sri Nrsimha Prayers by H.G. Harinamananda Prabhu
7.15 PM: Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

We will be providing shuttle service at the following times:

4:15 PM: Temple to UU
8:30 PM: UU to Temple

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Hare Krishna!

For questions or more information, contact us or call (614) 421-1661

ISKCON COLUMBUS
379 West 8th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43201

Please join us at 5.00 PM on this Sunday (July 06, 2008) for the ISKCON Columbus weekly Sunday feast celebration! This Sunday feast program will be held at the First United Unitarian Church (UU church) located at:

First Unitarian Church,
93 W Weisheimer Rd,
Columbus, OH 43214

Feast schedule for Sunday, July 06, 2008

5.00 PM: Bhajans by H.G Kalanipuna DD & Bhaktin Gurjeet
5.30 PM: Speaker: H.G Tapasvini Prabhu
Topic: External and internal cleanliness and importance of it in spiritual life.
Srila Prabhupada in his purport in Bhagavat Gita explains how cleanliness is essential for making advancement in spiritual life. Tapasvini prabhu will be focusing on cleanliness standards service wise as well as general standards that are considered proper and then we will transition to internal cleanliness and how the two are related.
6.15 PM: Arati Kirtan & Sri Nrsimha Prayers by H.G. Harinamananda Prabhu
7.00 PM: Vegetarian Feast (Prasadam)

We will be providing shuttle service at the following times:

4:15 PM: Temple to UU
8:15 PM: UU to Temple

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Hare Krishna!

For questions or more information, contact us or call (614) 421-1661

ISKCON COLUMBUS
379 West 8th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43201