Mittwoch, 3. Februar 2010

64 Tanscendental Arts of Srimati Radharani

 
 


 




ananada-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhis
tabhir ya eva nija-rupataya kalabhih
goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhuto
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami 
 

"I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, residing in His own realm, Goloka, with Radha, resembling His own spiritual figure, the embodiment of the ecstatic potency possessed of the sixty-four artistic activities, in the company of Her confidantes (sakhis), embodiments of the extensions of Her bodily form, permeated and vitalized by His ever-blissful spiritual rasa."
Sri Brahma-samhita, Text 37



  1. gita - art of singing
  2. vadya - art of playing on musical instruments
  3. nrtya - art of dancing
  4. natya - art of theatricals
  5. alekhya - art of painting
  6. visesakacchedya - art of painting the face and body with colored unguents and cosmetics
  7. tandula-kusuma-bali-vikara - art of preparing offerings from rice and flowers
  8. puspastarana - art of making a covering of flowers for a bed
  9. dasana-vasananga-raga - art of applying preparations for cleansing the teeth, cloths and painting the body
  10. mani-bhumika-karma - art of making the groundwork of jewels
  11. sayya-racana - art of covering the bed
  12. udaka-vadya - art of playing on music in water
  13. udaka-ghata - art of splashing with water
  14. citra-yoga - art of practically applying an admixture of colors
  15. malya-grathana-vikalpa - art of designing a preparation of wreaths
  16. sekharapida-yojana - art of practically setting the coronet on the head
  17. nepathya-yoga - art of practically dressing in the tiring room
  18. karnapatra-bhanga - art of decorating the tragus of the ear
  19. sugandha-yukti - art of practical application of aromatics
  20. bhusana-yojana - art of applying or setting ornaments
  21. aindra-jala - art of jugglery
  22. kaucumara - art of kaucumara - a kind of art
  23. hasta-lagava - art of sleight of hand
  24. citra-sakapupa-bhaksya-vikara-kriya - art of preparing varieties of salad, bread, cake and delicious food
  25. panaka-rasa-ragasava-yojana - art of practically preparing palatable drinks and tinging draughts with red color
  26. suci-vaya-karma - art of needleworks and weaving
  27. sutra-krida - art of playing with thread
  28. vina-damuraka-vadya - art of playing on lute and small x-shaped drum
  29. prahelika - art of making and solving riddles 29a. pratimala - art of caping or reciting verse for verse as a trial for memory or skill.
  30. durvacaka-yoga - art of practicing language difficult to be answered by others
  31. pustaka-vacana - art of reciting books
  32. natikakhyayika-darsana - art of enacting short plays and anecdotes
  33. kavya-samasya-purana - art of solving enigmatic verses
  34. pattika-vetra-bana-vikalpa - art of designing preparation of shield, cane and arrows
  35. tarku-karma - art of spinning by spindle
  36. taksana - art of carpentry
  37. vastu-vidya - art of engineering
  38. raupya-ratna-pariksa - art of testing silver and jewels
  39. dhatu-vada - art of metallurgy
  40. mani-raga-jnana - art of tinging jewels
  41. akara-jnana - art of mineralogy
  42. vrksayur-veda-yoga - art of practicing medicine or medical treatment, by herbs
  43. mes-kukkuta-lavaka-yuddha-vidhi - art of knowing the mode of fighting of lambs, cocks and birds
  44. suka-sarika-prapalana (pralapana?) - art of maintaining or knowing conversation between male andfemale cockatoos
  45. utsadana - art of healing or cleaning a person with perfumes
  46. kesa-marjana-kausala - art of combing hair
  47. aksara-mustika-kathana - art of talking with letters and fingers
  48. mlecchita-kutarka-vikalpa - art of fabricating barbarous or foreign sophistry
  49. desa-bhasa-jnana - art of knowing provincial dialects
  50. puspa-sakatika-nirmiti-jnana - art of knowing prediction by heavenly voice or knowing preparation of toy carts by flowers
  51. yantra-matrka - art of art of mechanics
  52. dharana-matrka - art of the use of amulets
  53. samvacya - art of conversation
  54. manasi kavya-kriya - art of composing verse mentally
  55. kriya-vikalpa - art of designing a literary work or a medical remedy
  56. chalitaka-yoga - art of practicing as a builder of shrines called after him
  57. abhidhana-kosa-cchando-jnana - art of the use of lexicography and meters
  58. vastra-gopana - art of concealment of cloths
  59. dyuta-visesa - art of knowing specific gambling
  60. akarsa-krida - art of playing with dice or magnet
  61. balaka-kridanaka - art of using children's toys
  62. vainayiki vidya - art of enforcing discipline
  63. vaijayiki vidya - art of gaining victory
  64. vaitaliki vidya - art of awakening with music at dawn 
Kurukshetra team


Samstag, 30. Januar 2010

Join the World Prayer and Kirtan Day in Kurukshetra


Kurukshetra team

Donnerstag, 28. Januar 2010

Lord Nityananda's appearance day


 


"So today, the appearance day of Nityänanda Prabhu... Nityänanda Prabhu is Baladeva, Baladeva-tattva.So Balaräma... In the Vedic literature it is said, näyam ätmä bala-hinena labhyaù; na bahunä çrutena. So bala means strength. This bala, this strength, is different from the material strenght. This is spiritual strength.So today is Nityänanda Prabhu’s appearance day. We shall always pray Nityänanda Prabhu, “Kindly keep me under your shelter so that...I am very unhappy. Under the shelter of Your lotus feet I shall be happy.” And that is real happiness. "

part of lecture from  Srila A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

You are also very welcome to celebrate with us this holly day in Kurukshetra ashram,Invalidenstr.145,for more info contact us



 

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Mittwoch, 27. Januar 2010

वराह Varaha Avatar appearance day




Varaha is the third avatar of  Vishnu, in the form of a boar. He appeared in order to defeat Hiranyaksa, a demon who had taken the Earth(Prithvi) and carried it to the bottom of what is described as the cosmic ocean in the story. The battle between Varaha and Hiranyaksa is believed to have lasted for a thousand years, which the former finally won. Varaha carried the Earth out of the ocean between his tusks and restored it to its place in the universe.He saved the earth.:)

Kurukshetra team

Dienstag, 26. Januar 2010

Bhaimi Ekadasi-26.01.2010


                                                   
   Jaya Ekadashi 26th January 2010 
This Ekadasi is also observed as Bhoumi Ekadasi and Bhishma Ekadashi by other Hindu communities.
Jaya Ekadashi is observed in the Shukla Paksha of Magha Month in Orissa during the waxing phase of the moon. As the festival is associated with Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram and Bhishma, Lord Puri Jagannath is worshipped with utmost gaiety.
The half-day fast (vrata) for the appearance of Lord Varahadev is also observed on this Ekadasi day, and the utsav (festival celebration - pujas and feasting, etc.) is observed on the Dvadasi, which is when He appeared. 


As in all ekadashi days of the year is recomended to chant the holly names of the Lord and to meditate upon purifying ourselfs,mostly internaly.The stories for each ekadashi are very intersting,but one should be careful to don't fell into the believe that making sinful activities can be purified with chanting the names of the Lord,this is also one of the 10 ofences against the holly name.So,dear devoties and friends,have a nice day ,make as much good things as you can,help others as much as you can,fast as much as you can,chant as much as you can and hari bol!

                                                                                                   Kurukshetra team


Today is Ekadasi.What Srila Prabhupada said about the Day of Ekadasi?




''' The Inner Meaning of Ekadasi
Submitted by Harmonist staff on June 3, 2009 – 8:54 pm13 Comments
By Swami B. V. Tripurari

I was walking with Srila Prabhupada once and one of my Godbrothers asked, “Prabhupada, is Ekadasi auspicious or inauspicious?” In other words, do we observe certain practices on Ekadasi because the stellar arrangement is inauspicious and we seek to counteract that influence, or is it simply auspicious to observe Ekadasi? And if it is auspicious, why do we do things like fasting and so forth? Prabhupada replied, “Ekadasi is most auspicious, and it is not about fasting; it’s about feasting.”



               
                                                                                               Kurukshetra team

Freitag, 22. Januar 2010

Sri Advaita Acharya







Advaita acarya appeared some sixty years before Lord Caitanya's own advent. He was the first among the associates of Lord Caitanya to appear within the material world to deliver the conditioned souls. It was Advaita acarya who asked Lord Caitanya to descend. Before Lord Caitanya's advent, Advaita acarya had already begun chanting Krishna's names in the streets with devotees and discussing scriptures on devotional service to Krishna. Advaita acarya's name indicates that He is avaita-i.e., nondifferent- from Lord Hari (Krishna), and He is called Acarya (one who teaches by example) because He taught bhakti in all directions, Advaitacarya lived in Santipura and Maypura, in what is now West Bengal, and was the head of the Vaisnava community of Nadia.


When Advaita Prabhu saw that the total human society was full of materialistic activities and devoid of devotional service, which alone could save mankind from the threefold miseries of material existence, He, out of His causeless compassion for the age-worn human society, prayed fervently for the incarnation of the Lord and continually worshiped the Lord with water of the Ganges and leaves of the holy tulasi tree.

Sri Advaita Acharya Ki Jay!
                                                          
                                                                                                                               Kurukshetra team



Mittwoch, 9. Dezember 2009

Gurudeva Atulananda in Berlin

The last week we had the wonderful visit of Gurudeva Atulananda.
We want to share with all you some photos of his visit in Berlin.

 
Gurudeva Atulananda singing the holy names of the Lord in Vrinda Kunja Ashram





Gurudeva Atulananda was giving classes very day in Kurukshetra Temple.



Sunday Festival





 
....and of course the wonderful Kirtan 



................and much more Kirtan.


Gurudeva Atulananda in Berlin ki jay !!!!!







Dienstag, 1. September 2009

Bhakti Vicar Vishnu Maharaj in Berlin

One of the sucessor acaryas of the mission of Srila Bhakti Vaibhav Puri Goswami Maharaj, has been staying for some days in our temple in Berlin.
BV Vishnu Maharaj is also the vice-president of the World Vaishnava Asocciation.


Visnu Maharaj giving his sweet hari-katha



Kirtan with Vishnu Maharaj



Vishnu Maharaj distributing Maha-Sweets to the devotees




Visnu Maharaj was visiting our new Bramacary Ashram in Berlin















and in this video he speaks on very important topics for all the vaishnavas....

The last images of Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaj - Vrindavan, India

Mittwoch, 15. Juli 2009

Vegan Vegetarian Summer Fest

In the end of june there was a nice festival near the asrham where a lot of different vegan and vegetarian animal protecting activists took part.There was a free food,workshops,music and sun.The devoties from "Kurukshetra" and "Vrinda Kunja" were distributing the message of love in the form of the project Spoon Revolution,with ministry in Berlin-Kurukshetra.



Preaching in the park...



Colecting e-mails...



People interested from the conscious comics "NIMAI"




GO VEG!!!



I don't eat my friends,and you?



In front...



A lot of animals found their new home...



Love animals-don't eat them.Love humnas-don't cheat them!



Messages...



Very young spoonrevolutioners took action in the fest...



Waiting for future vegetarians...




your servant:S.D.D.

Sonntag, 12. Juli 2009

Vegetarian Happy Hour - June Version



From the boutique-reception everyone was happy even fyghting who to recieve the quests... :)



The yoga - seminar room...



Mystic sounds from Sri Ram,Goura Shakti and Babu...



Entering in the VEG CLUB room...



Where "Quirio" is performing...



While distributing...



In the process of cooking...


Prasadam Ki Jay!

your servant:S.D.D.

Mittwoch, 8. Juli 2009

Berlin is laughing...ha ha ha


In the middle of june,2009,there was a nice festival for theater and street culture''Berlin is laughing'' in the alternative part of Berlin.We had a nice place with enthusiasm,posters,flyers,OK animals,comics,CD's...


Different volunteers took part in promoting vegetarism and the Original Kingdom of the Spoon revolution by the project Vegetarisch-in-Berlin...

There was interest...

Part of our materials...


Intersting people liked the projects and took certificates that they are vegetarians...


And so many children took for home one new friend with them for a small donation...




Being atracted by the call for help from the animals...


Citizens in the Original Kingdom....


And many fans....

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Vegans also took certificates...



So many friends of the Spoon Revolution we met there....



Colecting donations for a farm with a donkey ... :)






Some people became a part from the Meateaters Anonimus....

GM ki jay
Sankirtan Ki Jay
hari bol



your servant:S.D.D.

Montag, 22. Juni 2009

1. Mai - Löffelrevolution

All Berlin was there...

Manny messages...our love revolution also was there...
A lot of spoons were taking action...




Samstag, 25. April 2009

European Vaishnava Mela in Germany

The Easter we celebrated another of our unforgettable Melas.
Krakow am See, 2 hours north of Berlin by road, provided us with a splendid setting for our 5 day stay next to a lake in a deep forest.
Gurudeva was accompanied by Vaisnavas from many European countries.


Their Lordships Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharvika Govinda Sundaram



Class



...........kirtan, kirtan and much more kirtan.



Full cooking.



Circle with Gurudeva on the lake.



An exciting perfomance Music: Qüirio



Spoon Revolution theater: very humorous and special theater !!!



Gurudeva giving seminars.



Agni Hotra Yajnya.



Receiving supreme mercy in the form of harinama initiation.


Circle of love & vaishnava union in the Vrinda Kunja Ashram - Berlin






Donnerstag, 12. März 2009

Vegetarian Club Fest 2

The 2nd Fest from our Vegetarian Club. The place was packed with many visitors, who enjoyed a music perfomance with a very tasty prasadam.


............some guest in prasadam time.



...........and who could resist this wonderful prasadam?



An exciting perfomance Music: Qüirio Kids, Gaura Shakti & Sri Ram

Qüirio Kids



Gaura Shakti


Sri Ram

Dienstag, 10. März 2009

Swami B.A. Paramadvaiti in Berlin



Haribol Liebe Devotees, haribol Liebe Freunde.


Wir möchten Euch mitteilen, dass unser geistiger Meister B.A. Paramadvaiti Swami zu uns nach Berlin kommt.

Er wird bereits in den Tagen vom 25.-27. März in Berlin sein.
Die Vorträge werden morgens um 8.00 Uhr (ausgenommen am 25. März) und abends um 18.30 Uhr stattfinden.

Ihr seid alle Herzlich eingeladen!

Desweiteren wird er die Zeit vom 7.-17. April in Berlin verbringen, ausser vom 8.-13. April (sie "Osterfest 2009").

In Berlin werden die Programme wie immer um 8.00 Uhr und 18.30 Uhr stattfinden.


Alles Liebe und Haribol
Euer Kurukshetrateam

Anmeldung: govinda@hindu-gemeinde.de
Habt ihr Fragen zu Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten oder zu anderen Details, dann meldet euch ebenfalls bei mir.

Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2009

Mela in Germany: Osterfest 2009

Haribol liebe Freunde, liebe Devotees!

Ihr seid alle recht herzlich zum Osterfest 2009 in Deutschland eingeladen.
Das Osterfest beginnt am Mittwoch den 08.04.2009 und endet am Montag den 13.04.2009.
Anmeldeschluss ist der 15.03.2009

Bei Fragen stehe ich Dir gerne telefonisch unter 01635880967 oder auch per E-Mail unter Kuntidevidasi@goldmail.de zur Verfügung.
Die Kosten betragen 108 Euro pro Person.

Wir freuen uns, Euch alle bei der Mela wieder zu sehen.

Die Details als PDF-Datei: Deutsch / Englisch

Sri Sri Gauranga Gandharvika Govindasundara Ki Jay

Donnerstag, 8. Januar 2009

New Year 2009 !!!

We wish you a happy and inspired new year in Krsna consciousness


Donnerstag, 18. Dezember 2008

Dezember: Swami B.A. Paramadvaiti in Berlin

Gurudeva has been in the Berlin Temple for 10 days and blessed us with some wonderful classes.


Gurudeva giving initiation. Fredrick from Sweden , who received a new name: Nitai Karuna Das.


An inspired impromt performance to see the new year in.



Gurudeva presented the new temple project called "Vrinda Kunja Berlin". We had an inauguration of it, dancing, singing, prasadam..... We are reconstructing the future temple for our Deities. Here you can see some pictures of the buildings: vrindakunjaberlin


On Sylvester we were given a very nice theater about the inevitability of death and how to prepare for it.


....Also on Sylvester the devotees prepared exotic fruit drinks which went down very well !!!


A star perfomance from Sri Ram Das.


The Sylvester Buffet took place in the seminar room and the the restaurant room, and many guest came.