April 2012 ISKCON-London Community Newsletter

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April 2012 Highlights

• Youth Preaching • Book Distribution • Govinda’s Restaurant

Ramanavami • Radha’s Boutique London 2012 • Outreach

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Ramanavami

We were graced with classes from His Holiness Indradyumna Swami and Her Grace Urmila devi dasi.

The month of April began with the auspicious celebration of Ramanavami.

As usual the day was packed with festivities, kirtans, dramas, and a wonderful feast. The celebrations went on late into the night with a blissful lila-kirtan delivered by Radha-Londonisvara dasa.

The appearance day of Lord Ramachandra was celebrated with great enthusiasm at ISKCON London.

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London 2012 With the Olympics taking place in the UK’s capital ISKCON London have been regularly meeting and discussing how to utilise the opportunity for an extensive preaching program involving all areas of temple outreach.

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Youth Preaching

KC Lounge

Despite the Easter break, this month enjoyed a range of activities on the preaching front. The main highlights are outlined below.

The weekly Friday Programme sessions also continued this month.

University Preaching

The main highlights were an invigorating session led by Virabhadra dasa based on ‘Srila Prabhupada and the hippies’, and an eventful outdoor session in Regents Park tailored for new and recent attendees.

This month we focused on kirtan for our university programs. This took the form of meditation sessions that were held to relieve the stress of the upcoming exam and coursework deadline season.

These sessions continue to draw a varied group of participants eager to experience something new and wholesome in the midst of their hectic student lives.

We also participated in a larger event called ‘COEXIST’, which focused on unity in diversity as demonstrated through music in different religious faiths.

Our presentation was facilitated by Jahnavi from As Kindred Spirits, with assistance from several other devotees, and was based on kirtan along with a broad introduction to the philosophy of kirtan and Krishna Consciousness.

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Book Distribution During the month of April we distributed 1,108 books, collected ÂŁ3,429 for a total of 1,119.5 book points.

The scores were as follows:

Book Points

Name

Days Lakshmi

Bhakta Andrew

1

2.00

0.75

Bhakta Robert Revel

1

3.00

2.00

Bhakta Pasha

1

9.00

2.25

I.E.S

1

10.00

4.00

Bhaktin Louise

2

27.00

4.25

Jayananda das

1

11.00

5.25

Bhava Bhakti Counselle Smart Box

1

33.00

7.50

Vijaya Das

1

22.00

13.25

Sachi Kumar Nimai das

1

51.00

22.00

WW South

1

120.00

27.50

Bhakta Alexey

5

106.00

30.75

Sharada dd

1

219.00

52.00

Bhava Bhakti Conselle Cans

1

159.00

60.00

Weekend Warriors

1

154.00

66.50

HDG AC Bhaktivendanta Swami Prabhupada

1

380.00

109.00

NPKTSP

3

485.00

176.00

Bhakta Laurie

10

657.00

223.00

Sundara Nitai das

9

981.00

313.50

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Maha Big Medium Small Hard 1

1

1 9 2 1

5

7

6

1

7

16

6

6

5 28

32

10

1

28

3

6

87

23 30

5 7 31

28

22

50

36

66

4

140

88

43

102

138

26

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Govinda’s Restaurant Govinda’s collected £55,042.43 in April, of this amount: catering £150 and books £19.50. ********************************************************* Govinda’s takings: £54,872.93 ********************************************************* • • •

31 working days.

Average day for the restaurant: £1,834.75. £4,491.89 more then April 2011.

Radha’s Boutique Radha’s Boutique collected £7,099.77 in April.

Outreach During the month of April Jai Nitai dasa was away visiting family in America.

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In the beginning there may be some failures. That is quite natural. Just as a child is trying to stand, he may fall down. But that does not mean he should give up the idea. Go on. A time will come when he will be perfect.

A time will come when you will be perfect, Krishna conscious.

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada In his talks in Los Angeles, 1st January, 1969

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Daily Programme Times Arati Times 4.30am – Mangala Arati 5.00am – Tulasi Arati 7.00am – Deity Greeting 8.00am – Dhoop Arati 12.30pm – Raj Bhoga Arati 4.15pm – Dhoop Arati 7.00pm – Sundara Arati 9.00pm – Dhoop Arati

Darshan Times 4.30am to 5.00am 7.00am to 7.30am 8.00am to 11.45am 12.30pm to 1.00pm 4.15pm to 6.30pm 7.00pm to 7.30pm 9.00pm to 9.30pm Lunch Programme Monday to Saturday 1.00pm to 2.15pm

Classes 7.30am – Bhagavatam or Caitanya Caritamrta 1.00pm – Introductory Talk 6.00pm – Bhagavad Gita (except Sunday) Sunday Programme 3.30pm – Bhajans 4.15pm – Dhoop Arati 4.30pm – Introductory Talk 5.30pm – Sunday Feast 6.00pm – Questions & Answers 7.00pm – Gaura Arati

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International Society for Krishna Conciousness Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada