Radhadesch News Mars & Avril 2017

Membership

We already asked you to support the Rama Navami festival, but the best way to support Radhadesh, is to simply become a member. In this way you can support Radhadesh more intimately. Ofcourse devotional service is ever-increasing, eternal and ecstatic, so becoming a member does not exclude you from supporting one festival or another.

But to become a member is more intimate, as it makes you a member of Radhadesh, you are more closely connected.

Please check the following link to see the different membership programs:

http://www.radhadesh.com/en/members/

Prabhupada Says

If one wants to be successful on the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he must be thoroughly conscious of the personality of Gaurasundara as well as the personality of Kṛṣṇa. Knowing the personality of Gaurasundara means knowing the personalities of śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda. The author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, pursuant to the authorities, stresses this principle for perfection in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

CC Adi 8.9, Translation and Purport

Maha-mantra

One of them stated that "Hare Rāma" refers to Śrī Balarāma, and the other protested that "Hare Rāma" means Lord Rāma. Ultimately the controversy came to me, and I gave the decision that if someone says that the "Rāma" in "Hare Rāma" is Lord Rāmacandra and someone else says that the "Rāma" in "Hare Rāma" is Śrī Balarāma, both are correct because there is no difference between Śrī Balarāma and Lord Rāma.

CC Adi 5,132, Translation and Purport

March

8 Fasting for Amalaki vrata Ekadasi

9 Break fast 07:09 - 10:58 (LT),

Sri Madhavendra Puri [D]

12 Gaura Purnima: Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

(fasting till moonrise - 18:40 (LT))

13 Festival of Jagannatha Misra

20 Sri Srivasa Pandita [A]

24 Fasting for Papamocani Ekadasi

25 Break fast 06:33 - 09:06 (LT),

Sri Govinda Ghosh [D]

26 First day of Daylight Saving Time

April

1 Sri Ramanujacarya [A]

5 Rama Navami: Appearance of Lord Sri Ramacandra (fasting till sunset - 20:20 (DST))

7 Paksa vardhini Mahadvadasi, Fasting for Kamada Ekadasi, Damanakaropana Dvadasi

8 Break fast 07:02 - 11:30 (DST)

10 Sri Balarama Rasayatra, Sri Krsna Vasanta Rasa, Sri Vamsivadana Thakura [A], Sri Syamananda Prabhu [A]

14 Tulasi Jala Dan begins.

18 Sri Abhirama Thakura [D]

21 Vrndavana Dasa Thakura [D]

22 Fasting for Varuthini Ekadasi

23 Break fast 06:31 - 11:18 (DST)

26 Sri Gadadhara Pandita [A]

29 Aksaya Trtiya. Candana Yatra starts. (Continues for 21 days)