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Dear <<First Name>>,

The Gaur Purnima Celebration Satsang event is scheduled at Nayan Prabhu & Trisha Mataji's home on Saturday. Please join us and be a part of the event which includes Abhisheka, Kirtan, Lecture and Dinner Prasadam. Associating with devotees is essential for spiritual advancement and invokes the mercy of the Lord. Looking forward to seeing you. All are invited.

We had a great Satsang last week with Bhadra Prabhu from Alachua. We also had a very useful Natural Healing Workshop by Surapala Dasa and Krishna Mayi Devi Dasi, Thank you so much Bhadra Prabhu, Surapala Dasa and Krishna Mayi Devi Dasi. Thanks to Sudhir Prabhu and Renuka Mathaji for inviting us and organizing the events.

Hope to see you all in the Satsang programs this week.

Your Bhakti Yoga Team

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Meeting Venues

Saturday: Tampa

Date: March 11th

Time: 5 PM to 8 PM

Experience Kirtan, Explore the Science of Self Realization from Bhagavad Gita and Vedic literature. Special Abisheka for Gaura Nitai will be performed.

Venue:

10711 Bamboo Rod Circle,
Riverview, FL 33569

Contact:
Nayan Prabhu 813-373-1915
Trisha Mathaji 415-914-0589

Sunday: Alachua

Date: March 12th

Time: 4:30 AM to 8:00 PM

Visit the Alachua Temple for Gaura Purnima Celebration Arati, Kirtan, Lecture, Prasadam and much more.
Please refer below EVENT SCHEDULE section for full details.

Venue:
17306 NW 112th Blvd
Alachua, Fl 32615

Contact:
Temple Office
386-462-2017

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Gaura Purnima - Appearance Day of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Sunday, March 12th, 2017
Fasting Until Moon Rise

This festival celebrates the appearance of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. It is observed annually (in February - March) by Krishna devotees all over the world—especially in the area of Mayapur, India, the place where Mahaprabhu appeared in the year 1486.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Person, Krishna Himself, appearing as His own devotee, to teach us that we can gain full enlightenment simply by chanting the holy names of the Lord:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

Those who witnessed Mahaprabhu's pastimes saw Him dance and chant with ecstatic love for God, the likes of which had never been seen before. He encouraged everyone to follow this same process. He taught that anyone—regardless of background or spiritual qualification—could develop their innate love of God and experience great spiritual pleasure by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra.

The present-day International Society for Krishna Consciousness continues the work begun by Lord Chaitanya, who predicted that the chanting of the holy names of Krishna would spread all over the world.

Gaura Purnima means "golden full moon," signifying that:
1) Lord Chaitanya was “born” during a full moon, and
2) The Lord blesses everyone with the soothing, moon like rays of His sublime teachings.

His followers generally observe this festival by fasting and chanting the holy names all day. At moon rise, a vegetarian feast is offered to the Lord and then enjoyed by all.

Thank you very much,

Your Bhakti Yoga Team

EVENT SCHEDULE:

Gaura Purnima Festival - the Holy Appearance Day of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

Sunday, March 12, 2017 (fasting until moonrise)

Lord Caitanya

Schedule of Events for the Day:

4:30 a.m. - Mangal Arati
7:20 a.m. - Guru Puja
8:00 a.m. - Deity Greeting (New Outfit)
8:30 a.m. - Lecture - Caitanya Lila
9:30 a.m. - Abhisheka of Gaura Nitai Deities- all participate
9:30 a.m. - Ongoing bhajans
12:00 noon - Raj Bhoga Arati
4:15 p.m. - Utthapana Arati and Kirtan
5:00 p.m. - Drama under the Pavilion
5:30 p.m. - Sri Caitanya Astatarasatta Nama Fire Yajna (Homa)
6:00 p.m. - Prasadam Feast
6:30 p.m. - Sundhaya Arati and maha kirtan, distribution of Holi colors
7:00 p.m. - Burning of Holika

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Dear << Test First Name >>,

This week we will have satsang at two places. Satsang at Valrico in Sudhir Prabhu and Renuka Mathaji's home and at Tampa in Anand Prabhu and Bhargavi Mathaji's home. Dear devotees for your convenience there are two satsang, please choose the nearest satsang location and be part Bhakti Yoga Satsang and get the divine nectar. Looking forward for all your association.

We had a grand Harinam Sankirtan at the Gasparilla Event in Tampa last week. Thank you devotees from Alachua and Gainesville for wonderful Harinam, thank you Tampa devotees for serving prasadam feast and thank you everyone for joining us.

Hope to see you all in the Satsang program this week.

Your Bhakti Yoga Team

Meeting Venues

Saturday: Valrico

Date: February, 4th

Time: 6 PM to 9PM

Experiance Kirtan, Explore the Science of Self Realization from Bhagavad Gita and Vedic literatures, Kids activity and Education and a Delicious prasadam meal.

Venue:

2248 Landside Drive,
Valrico FL 33594

Contact:
SudhirPrabhu 813-523-5458
Renuka Mathaji 813-226-7071

Saturday: Tampa

(Mallory Square Apartments)

Contact:
Anand Prabhu 847-850-9398
Bhargavi Mathaji 847-830-4228

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Advaita Acharya Apperance Day
Friday, Februaury 3rd, 2017

Advaita Acharya appeared in fifteenth century Bengal, India, as a teacher of Krishna consciousness. He is frequently mentioned in the biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Chaitanya Charitamrita, as an intimate associate of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and as an avatar of Krishna (specifically an incarnation of Sadashiva and Maha-Vishnu).

Chaitanya Charitamrita relates how Advaita Acharya was so pained to see the degraded condition of the people in Kali Yuga, the Age of Quarrel, that He fervently prayed for Krishna Himself to descend and remedy the situation. Sri Advaita worshiped Krishna on the banks of the Ganges with Ganges water and Tulasi leaves, crying out and begging for the Lord to come save the suffering souls. In response to Sri Adwaita Acharya's devotion and compassion, Krishna decided to appear, in the form of His own devotee—Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Advaita Acharya was the first among Mahaprabhu's associates to appear within the material world. Some sixty years prior to Mahaprabhu's own advent, Advaita Acharya had already begun chanting Krishna's names in the streets with devotees and discussing scriptures on devotional service to Krishna.

Advaita Acharya's name indicates that He is nondifferent—advaita—from Krishna, and spiritual master—acharya—because He taught devotional service to Krishna. Advaita Acharya lived in Shantipura and Mayapura, in what is now West Bengal, and was the head of the Vaishnava community of Nadia.

Lord Nityananda's Apperance Day
Wednesday Februaury 8rd, 2017

Nityananda Prabhu appeared as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's principal associate for spreading the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord. He appeared in 1474 in the village of Ekachakra, now in West Bengal. He especially spread the holy name of Krishna throughout Bengal. His beauty was so enchanting and He was so full of ecstatic love for Krishna that, wherever He moved, crowds of people would follow and become lovers of God. He is considered an incarnation of Krishna's principal expansion, Balarama.
Fast until noon in observance of the appearance anniversary of Lord Nityananda.

Thank you very much,

Your Bhakti Yoga Team