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Srila BA Paramadvaiti Swami in Berlin

The next concert !!!

Sadhu Maharaja in Berlin !

Dear friends!

From the 15-18 June the sweet saint of Bhakti Yoga Sadhu Maharaj is going to visit us in Berlin !

First he will have a program in Surya Vila and then he will be in our Kurukshetra Ashram form Saturday 16 June till Monday 18 June.On Sunday 17 June will be a biger program with our Sunday Festival from 16:00h.

More details about his staying in the Kurukshetra Ashram and the times of the other lectures will come out soon !Everybody is welcomed to hear his lectures and ask questions,participate in the mantra singing,taste prasadam-delicious veg food !

Don´t miss this sadhu-sanga!

Sadhu Maharaj Ki Jay

Gurudeva Ki Jay

Radhe Radhe

The next concert !!!

Sitar Conert with Gaura Shakti

Quotes of Srila Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti

Hello,dear devotees and friends!We are very happy to share with you some drops of netar from our spiritual master Srila Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti Swami from his last visit in Germany.This are notes made from his lectures on the Eastern Mela in Neu-Sammit and in the Kurukshetra Mandir,Berlin.And please share the nectar with others!

Gurudeva Ki Jay!

Zitate/Quotes of Srila Bhakti Aloka Paramadvaiti

Easter Mela, Neu-Sammit (04.04. - 09.04.2012)

05.04.12, morning, “Pain and Suffering”

• Suffering is a show-up of our ego. We suffer pain because and for our ego. Suffering is a sign of our ego.
• Pain should awake us of our blindness.
• The activism within every second is more important than the second itself. The status of being awake and active in every second is the most important.
• Keep active, do not fall in Tama-Guna of self-destruction. Do not make your mind and your body dysfunctional. Intoxication is a slow suicide. Keep your activism!
• A beggar does not instruct somebody to give him something. A beggar pleases humbly someone for something.

05.04.12, morning, “Attachements to the Devotees”

• Keep this always in your mind: doing things together, respecting each other, devoting myself to other devotees because they are representatives of the Spiritual Master, appreciating the projects of others.
• Sacrifice our interest to the well-feeling of others. Our task is “How to make others happy?”
• Only if you give yourself completely to God then you can have a deep relation with Him.
• Follow your Gurudeva and do not be proud. Be strict but not proud.
• Life is tough but Vaishnavas are wonderful.
• I will not ignore the relation with others because of their failures. If do so it is not wise. - I learned that from my Spiritual Master. I made that decision for my life.
• We have to have an active commitment. We have to have an active service, a relationship with devotees and Krsna. We have to activate our consciousness.”
• If we do things inactively and not aware of Krsna then life will supply us with pain and suffering.

05.04.12, evening

• Each individual should think that he/she is not a devotee. But the other devotees are the best devotees. Nevertheless everyone should behave like a good devotee as an idol.
• Only with the blessing of the Guru one can see something from the heart.
• 06.04., morning
• The things don´t become shallow. It is us who get shallow with our mind.
• Self-realization means Service-realization.
• Service is something ad finitum. It has no end.
• Temples are purifying us by providing us with service.
• I am just a humble devotee of Srila Prabhupad who sticks to his dhoti to not come back to the hellish planets.
• To be more serviceable than a tree. A tree gives shade to the one who is cutting him.
• It is not important what you reach, it is important what you do. You are who you are.
• There is always someone who has and is more than you. So why you don´t accept this?

07.04., morning

• You are the history of Srila Prabhupad. It depends on you how much you influence your environment with that.
• Once I know the Krsna-consciousness I am not interested anymore in lower knowledge. As soon as you know some rules and regulations, e.g. traffic rules, you are not allowed to break them anymore.

07.04., morning, “Association with Devotees”

• You really want to practice Krsna-consciousness? – Then you need to live with or around devotees. Then, Krsna-consciousness will become something natural for you.
• Don´t depend so much on others. Do it yourself.

07.04., evening

• Life is delightful if you have something to do.
• A real beautiful Vaishnava is the one who surrenders to the Vaishnava.
• At ever cost pray Krsna-consciousness. Wherever and whenever.
• You can´t demand nor command love. You just can inspire love. 

08.04., morning

• First thing in serving is first to listen to the one to who you want to serve (so, to your Guru).
• Go and distribute the seeds of Bhakti – everywhere.
• An ashram is a manifestation of grace.
• An ashram is a place for overcoming the egos.
• Humility and kindness is the on-going and important mantra.

Visit in Berlin (09.04.-13.04., 22./23.04. 2012)

10.04., morning

• When a clan is forming itself you have to become humble.
• We should reduce our ego from 100% to 3%, 97% are for God.
• In a marriage 94% are for God, so two times 3% are for their egos, 3% for each.
• If I am with God, I am safe.
• Spiritual community means everyone is indifferent.
• Krsna doesn´t care what you have. He cares for what you want to give to Him.

11.04., morning, “Sri Isopanisad”

• Depression und das Zerbrechen als etwas Positives für einen möglichen Wandel. (Depression and a breakup as something positive for a possible change.)
• Das Leid ist vollkommen. Geburt und Tod sind auch vollkommen. (The suffering is complete. Birth and death are also complete.)
• Nimm nicht mehr als du brauchst, sonst wirst du verstrickt in karmische Reaktionen. Gott gibt dir alles, was du brauchst. (Don´t take more than you need, otherwise you get involved in karmic reactions. God gives you everything what you need.)
• Sei zufrieden, sei bescheiden, verschwende nicht. (Be satisfied, be modest, don´t waste.)
• Gott weiß genau welche Wahl Er dir gibt. (God knows exactly which opportunity He is giving you.)
• Du hast kein Recht, die Wahrheit herauszufordern. (You don´t have the right to challenge the truth.)
• Die Seele kann nie umgebracht werden. (The soul never can be killed.)

12.04., morning

• Permakultur bedeutet jedem Platz einzuräumen, den er braucht. (Perma culture means to give everyone the space he needs.)
• Permakultur: perma bedeutet permanent; kult bedeutet Verehrung. Sprich, es ist die permanente Verehrung der Natur. (Perma culture: perma means permanent; kult means worship. So, it is the permanent worship of Nature.)
• Alles sich anzusammeln und einzuheimsen ohne an die Folgen zu denken, ist Unwissenheit. (Everything what you accumulate without thinking of the reactions is ignorance.)
• 12.04., evening
• Ein Gottgeweihter ist jemand, der um das Wohl eines jeden bemüht und besorgt ist. (A devotee is someone who is worried and anxious about the well-being of everyone.)
• Das Gottgeweihtsein ist ein Segen und eine Kraft. (To be consecrated to God is mercy and a strength.) 
• Wer chantet, bekommt ein neues Bewusstsein, eine neue Ausrichtung, ein neues Ziel, eine neue Aufgabe. (Who is chanting gets a new consciousness, a new orientation, a new aim, a new task.)
• In der Liebe gibt es keine Unterschiede. Es geht nur darum, einander zu mögen. (In love there are no differences. It is just about caring for each other.)
• Dass wir alle liebessüchtig sind, ist eine Tatsache. (It is a fact that we are all addicted to love.)

13.04., morning

• Oida-Veda-Therapie bedeutet Krsna-Bewusstsein zu praktizieren. (Oida-Veda-Therapy means to practice Krsna-consciousness.)
• Oida-Therapie bedeutet eine ewige, nachhaltige und immerwährende Heilung. Es ist eine Seelen-, Körper- und Verstandsheilung. (Oida-Therapy means an eternal, sustainable and everlasting healing. It is a healing of the soul, the body and the mind.)
• Im Krsna-Bewusstsein müssen wir jeden Tag aufs Neue bei Krsna Zuflucht suchen. (In Krsna-consciousness we need to take shelter in Krsna every day from the very first beginning again and again.)
• Haribol – und keine Klagen. (Haribol – and no complains.)

22.04.2012 (Sunday Festival)

• Radharani ist unsere Freude. (Radharani is our joy.)
• Radharani ist auf dieser Welt erschienen, um uns alle in die spirituelle Welt zu bringen. (Radharani came to this world to bring all of us back to the spiritual world.)
• Erst, wenn du dich danach sehnst, wonach Gott sich sehnt, dann wird dein Leben erst richtig interessant. (First you need to long for that what also God is longing for, then your life gets really interesting.)
• Die oberste Priorität ist selbst spirituelle Energie zu tanken. Als allererstes den Heiligen Namen zu singen. (The highest priority is to fill yourself with spiritual energy. Firstly to sing the Holy Name.)
• Krsna-Bewusstsein bedeutet mitzumachen. Du kannst nur verstehen, wenn du mit Liebe dienst. (Krsna-consciousness means to take part. You just can understand if you serve with love.)

23.04.2012, morning

• Wer im Dienst verweilt, der wird niemals verloren sein. (Who always sticks to the service will never be lost.)
• Zieh das Beste aus diesem Leben. (Make the best out of this life.)
• Ein wirklicher devotee ist ein Freund aller Lebewesen. (A real devotee is a friend of all living entities.)
• Krsna-Bewusstsein bedeutet die anderen Seelen zu feiern. (Krsna-consciousness means celebrating the other souls.

Srila B.A. Paramadvaiti, ki jay!

The Appearance Day Of Harijan Maharaj

Hello,dear friends!We want to invite you for the celebration of The Appearance Day of Srila Bhimal Harijan Swami in Kurukshetra Ashram on the 16 May.The program will start at 17:00 with mantra singing,then at 18:00 lecture about Harijan Maharaj ,19:00-Arati and then Prasadam.

Harijan Maharaj Ki Jay!

Electronic Mantra Music with "The Bhaktas"

Welcome to Narasimha Deva Appearance Day

Welcome to the celebration of Narasimha Deva Appearance Day !This time the festival will be in Vrinda Kunja Ashram,all details you can see on the poster!We will wait for you ! :) 

Sunday Feast with Srila BA Paramadvaiti Swami 22.04

Our dear Gurudeva will visit us again for the Sunday Festival on the 22 April from 16 h !

All are welcomed! 

Kurukshetra Temple,Invalidenstr.145,Berlin-Mitte

Ramanavami - The Appearance Day Of Lord Rama

Haribol Liebe Devotees und Liebe Freunde

Es ist uns ein Fehler unterlaufen, Rama Navami ist gar nicht am Samstag sondern am Sonntag ( in Südamerika ist er am Samstag )

Also in dem Sinne entschuldigt die Verwirrung, und wir feiern dann alle zusammen am Sonntag den 1.4 ab 16 Uhr das Erscheinen von Lord Ramachandra und freuen uns auf Euch.

Hari bol.

Euer Kurukshetra Team

Haribol Dear Devotees and Dear Friends

We made a mistake, Rama Navami is not on Saturday but on Sunday ( only in Southamerika on Saturday )

So for that please excuse the confusion and we will celebrate the appearance of Lord Ramachandra on Sunday the 1th of April.

We will start in 4pm.

Happy to see you.

Hari bol.

Your Kurukshetra team

Srila BA Paramadvaiti Swami in Berlin !!!

"Time is the chance to Love and to Give."

Our spiritual master, Paramadvaiti Maharaj, visits us in Berlin.
From 09.04 to 13.04 at 08:00 h and 18:30 h he is giving a lecture about the Vedic philosophy.

We invite you to our Cultural Center and Hindu Temple.

Cultural Center Kurukshetra, Invalidenstraße 145, 10115 Berlin.

Vyasapuja of Gurudeva Atulananda

Today 20 March 2012 is the appearance day of our beloved Gurudeva Atulananda.Remembering his poetry,transcendental kirtans and a humble smile ,we want to offer our obesanses to Him and pray that he will visit us soon in Europe.

Gurudeva Atulananda Ki Jay!

Vyasapuja Festival Ki jay!

Nitai Gaura Premanande Hari Bol!

THE WORLD PRAYER AND KIRTAN DAY

Concert of Sri Ram Prabhu-Riccardo Monti

Deutsch:

Liebe Freunde und Devotees,

wir möchten Euch informieren über ein Konzert Riccardo Monti - einem Gottgeweihten unserer Gemeinde:

Der italienische Der italienische Liedermacher ist nach langer Reise – nach innen und außen – nun auch in Berlin angelangt und genießt die multikulturelle und aufgeschlossene Atmosphäre der Stadt.

Monti begleitet sich selbst mit der Gitarre, vermischt seine eigenen Songs mit mystisch, orientalischen “Mantras” und “Ragas” und mit der leidenschaftlichen westlichen Musik der letzten Jahrzehnte.

http://www.noymanmiller.de/?page_id=57

Dienstag, 20. März

20:30-21:30 Uhr

Liedermacher: Riccardo Monti

Freier Eintritt / Künstler-Obolus erbeten

https://www.facebook.com/music.monti

English:

Dear Friends and Devotees,

we like to inform you about a concert of Riccardo Monti - a devotee of our community.

The Italian singer-songwiter Riccardo Monti has arrived after a long journey - to the inside and outside - in Berlin, and he is enjoying the multicultural and open mood of the city.

Monti accompanies himself with a guitar, he mixes his songs with mystical, oriental "mantras" and "ragas" and the passionate music from the West of the last decades.

http://www.noymanmiller.de/?page_id=57

Tuesday, March 20th 

8:30 pm - 9:30pm

Singer-songwriter: Riccardo Monti

Free entrance / Donations are free to give

https://www.facebook.com/music.monti

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Hindu-Gemeinde e.V. Berlin

Kurukshetra

Invalidenstr. 145

10115 Berlin-Mitte

Tel: (+49)30 28 388 397

tempel@hindu-gemeinde.de

Vrinda Kunja

Kopenhagenerstr. 34

13407 Berlin

Tel: (+49)30 91 686 681 

Welcome Today on Gaura Purnima Feast

DEUTCH:

Liebe Freunde und Devotees

Wir möchten euch am 8. März 2012 ganz herzlich zum Gaura-Purnima Fest einladen. Es wird im Kurukshetra-Tempel stattfinden.

Das Erscheinen von Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ist etwas ganz Besonderes und so soll auch das Fest etwas ganz Besonderes sein.

Wir möchten gaaanz viele verschiedene Speisen kochen und laden euch alle ein mitzumachen auch von Euch zubereitete Speisen bei uns opfern zu dürfen.

Das Programm sieht wie folgt aus:

 

17:00 Uhr Bhajan

17:30 Uhr Abisheka (Caitanya wird gebadet )

18.15 Uhr Vortrag (über das Leben Caitanyas )

19.00 Uhr Arati ( Altarzeremonie )

19.30 Uhr Vegetarisches Festmahl

 

Bitte kommt zum Fest und bringt Eure Freunde mit.

Wir freuen uns auf Euch!

ENGLISH:

Dear Friends and Devotees,

We like to invite you to come to the Gaura-Purnima Feast on March, 8th, 2012 (Thursday). It will take place in the Kurukshetra Temple.

The Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is something very very special and therefore the Feast should become very big!

We would like to have many many preparations which we cook for Mahaprabhu, and you are very much invited to also bring some food with you :)

The Program is the following:

17:00 Uhr Bhajan

17:30 Uhr Abisheka (Caitanya is bathed )

18.15 Uhr Lecture (about the life of Caitanya )

19.00 Uhr Arati ( Altarceremony )

19.30 Uhr Vegetarian Feast

Please come and take your friends with you!

We look forward to see you all there!!!

 

JAYA GAURA HARI KI JAY

Sadhu-sanga with B.R. Swami Maharaj

Shivaratri Feast with BR Swami Maharaj

Indian Night Feast 17.02