Radha-Govinda - Tempel

Mittwoch, 17. Februar 2010

Shivaratri in Kurukshetra,Berlin

We had a special visit from

Lord Gopeshvar Mahadev

in the ashram:)

Also another special guest was Bhakti Raksak Swami Maharaj.The event attened also our Srauti Maharaj,Cheitya Guru -who performed an abishake and arati ceremony to Gopeshvar Mahadev,other devoties and guests.

A lot of sweet bhajans...This is Gopal Nsrmha.

His wife-Yashoda Shakti was doing all this pictures!

Jaganath Prasad gave us a lot of inspiration with his prayers...

The ceremonies:

It is good to remind for the pure devoties of the Lord and that we have respect for them!
Sri Sri Guru Gouranga Gandharvika Govinda Sundaram Ki Jay!

Kurukshetra team

Freitag, 12. Februar 2010

A mercyful visit from Bhakti Rakshak Swami Maharaj in Berlin (10-15.02)

We have the ouprtunity to have the asosiation of B.R.Swami Maharaj,who is now doing a great job in Mexico yatra.There he has the responsability of a temple president and of taking care for a wonderful preaching with standart and love.He will be 4 weeks out of Mexico and we have the chanse that in some of this days he can be with us in Berlin.Welcome on sadhu-sanga and classes-saturday(13.02),sunday(14.02),monday(15.02) morning from 06,00 h ,saturday(13.02) evening 19,30 and sunday(14.02) for the sunday festival (from 16h.).

Kurukshetra team

Shivaratri 12.02.2010

We are celebrating the day of Lord Shiva,Gopeshvar Mahadev.He is the protector of Vrindavan and one should respect him propaly.Vaishnavas are worshiping him as The Lord Of The Gopis-Gopishvara.

vrindavanavani-pate! jaya soma! soma-maule!
sanaka-sanandana-sanatana-naradedya
gopisvara! vraja-vilasi-yuganghri-padme
prema prayaccha nirupadhi namo namas te

O gatekeeper of Vrindavana! O Soma, all glories to you! O you whose forehead is decorated with the moon, and who is worshipful for the sages headed by Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and Narada! O Gopisvara! Desiring that you bestow upon me prema for the lotus feet of Sri Radha-Madhava, who perform joyous pastimes in Vraja-dhama, I offer obeisances unto you time and again.

Kurukshetra team

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

gita - art of singing

vadya - art of playing on musical instruments

nrtya - art of dancing

natya - art of theatricals

alekhya - art of painting

visesakacchedya - art of painting the face and body with colored unguents and cosmetics

tandula-kusuma-bali-vikara - art of preparing offerings from rice and flowers

puspastarana - art of making a covering of flowers for a bed

dasana-vasananga-raga - art of applying preparations for cleansing the teeth, cloths and painting the body

mani-bhumika-karma - art of making the groundwork of jewels

sayya-racana - art of covering the bed

udaka-vadya - art of playing on music in water

udaka-ghata - art of splashing with water

citra-yoga - art of practically applying an admixture of colors

malya-grathana-vikalpa - art of designing a preparation of wreaths

sekharapida-yojana - art of practically setting the coronet on the head

nepathya-yoga - art of practically dressing in the tiring room

karnapatra-bhanga - art of decorating the tragus of the ear

sugandha-yukti - art of practical application of aromatics

bhusana-yojana - art of applying or setting ornaments

aindra-jala - art of jugglery

kaucumara - art of kaucumara - a kind of art

hasta-lagava - art of sleight of hand

citra-sakapupa-bhaksya-vikara-kriya - art of preparing varieties of salad, bread, cake and delicious food

panaka-rasa-ragasava-yojana - art of practically preparing palatable drinks and tinging draughts with red color

suci-vaya-karma - art of needleworks and weaving

sutra-krida - art of playing with thread

vina-damuraka-vadya - art of playing on lute and small x-shaped drum

prahelika - art of making and solving riddles 29a. pratimala - art of caping or reciting verse for verse as a trial for memory or skill.

durvacaka-yoga - art of practicing language difficult to be answered by others

pustaka-vacana - art of reciting books

natikakhyayika-darsana - art of enacting short plays and anecdotes

kavya-samasya-purana - art of solving enigmatic verses

pattika-vetra-bana-vikalpa - art of designing preparation of shield, cane and arrows

tarku-karma - art of spinning by spindle

taksana - art of carpentry

vastu-vidya - art of engineering

raupya-ratna-pariksa - art of testing silver and jewels

dhatu-vada - art of metallurgy

mani-raga-jnana - art of tinging jewels

akara-jnana - art of mineralogy

vrksayur-veda-yoga - art of practicing medicine or medical treatment, by herbs

mes-kukkuta-lavaka-yuddha-vidhi - art of knowing the mode of fighting of lambs, cocks and birds

suka-sarika-prapalana (pralapana?) - art of maintaining or knowing conversation between male andfemale cockatoos

utsadana - art of healing or cleaning a person with perfumes

kesa-marjana-kausala - art of combing hair

aksara-mustika-kathana - art of talking with letters and fingers

mlecchita-kutarka-vikalpa - art of fabricating barbarous or foreign sophistry

desa-bhasa-jnana - art of knowing provincial dialects

puspa-sakatika-nirmiti-jnana - art of knowing prediction by heavenly voice or knowing preparation of toy carts by flowers

yantra-matrka - art of art of mechanics

dharana-matrka - art of the use of amulets

samvacya - art of conversation

manasi kavya-kriya - art of composing verse mentally

kriya-vikalpa - art of designing a literary work or a medical remedy

chalitaka-yoga - art of practicing as a builder of shrines called after him

abhidhana-kosa-cchando-jnana - art of the use of lexicography and meters

vastra-gopana - art of concealment of cloths

dyuta-visesa - art of knowing specific gambling

akarsa-krida - art of playing with dice or magnet

balaka-kridanaka - art of using children's toys

vainayiki vidya - art of enforcing discipline

vaijayiki vidya - art of gaining victory

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

Kurukshetra team

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.