Newsletter March 2020

Dear devotees and friends of Goloka Dhama, Hare Krsna

We are very happy to share with you the highlights of February in Goloka Dhama community.

Right after the Nityananda festival, we received a visit from Adi Purusha Prabhu who is surely an excellent teacher of Bhakti Sastri (scriptures). For 10 days, most of our temple members received 4 hours of daily training on Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita and the Nectar of Devotion. It was certainly our founder acharya Srila Prabhupada’s great desire that his disciples and followers would study his books very carefully.

Adi Purusa Prabhu´s knowledge of the scriptures is amazingly deep and during his course, all devotees are able to keep asking questions as they came up. In this way, his lessons were very dynamic and very interesting. Additionally, he was using an overhead-projector so that we could read verses and quotations as he presented them. Finally, some written exams and essays helped us to assimilate the knowledge better. Moreover Adi Purusa´s style of presenting philosophy has a very powerful emphasis on practical applications. A great thank you for his precious and nourishing association.

One of the long-lasting inspirations I received was connected to pure devotional service. It has 6 characteristics and one of them is that pure devotional service brings all auspiciousness. Rupa Goswami then subdivided them into 4 subdivisions. One is that the performance of pure devotional service requires the development of all good qualities. Yet another one was that we would become kind to everyone. One could then ask: “Isn’t being kind to everyone already a good quality?” The answer is that Rupa Goswami mentioned, “being kind to others” separately because that good quality is the root of all other good qualities. Our homework was to carry out 5 acts of kindness each day.

On 16th March, we will have our annual Bhakta course (introductory teaching of Bhakti yoga) for 2 months. This opportunity is given to all sincere aspiring devotees and combines the beautiful mixture of studying the scriptures with devotional activities such as cooking, music and worship. Set aside two months of your life and start building a strong foundation for your eternal benefit!

We are happy to provide a systematic education for aspiring devotees on the path to pure devotional service. This training will allow devotees and friends of Krsna to learn all the secrets in the art of serving and loving the divine couple.

This course will lay down a solid spiritual foundation which will allow one to build one’s life up with the building blocks of spiritual vision and strength. To learn all the secrets of Krsna Bhakti in direct association with experienced and mature devotees is a very rare opportunity. The world is filled with opportunities to learn, online courses, universities etc.… but receiving spiritual training while living an ashram life is most transformative and exciting.
For more information, please look at our web page.

Registrations at: damodara-priya.sns@pamho.net