ISKCON Congregation Newsletter

March 2020

Hare Krishna!

“In jubilation everyone was chanting the holy name of the Lord — “Hari! Hari!” — and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then appeared, after first causing the appearance of the holy name.” (Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 13.21)

The month of March is made even more auspicious because this year’s Gaura Purnima – the Appearance Day of Lord Caitanya – falls on the 9th of March. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared on earth with the purpose of making everybody chant the Holy Name of the Lord – Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. The Congregational Development Ministry is committed to serving this purpose of Lord Caitanya through its various outreach programs.

We at the CDM urge you to actively participate in this mission, by contributing financially, attending the courses or joining one of our many programs, and thus feel the jubilation available in spreading this glorious message.

Your servants at ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry.

Expressing our sincere gratitude:

The kind financial support of our donors is greatly assisting the CDM in carrying out its role function of conducting various seminars, courses and programs in pursuit of Lord Caitanya’s mission of bringing everybody closer to becoming devotees of Krsna. This is a joyful process, as alluded to by our Founder-Acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who said, “Chant Hare Krsna and be happy.” We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to all of you and pray for your eternal spiritual benefit.

As an act of gratitude to our sponsors, we, the Congregational Development Ministry, arrange a monthly offering of puja on behalf of all our donors. Subscribe and get a monthly puja for Lord Nrsimhadeva done in your family’s name!

To subscribe to the monthly offering to Lord Nrsimhadev in the name of your family, please visit our website https://iskconcongregation.com/cdm-subscriptions/

Report on ILS:

During the month of February 2020, the biannual ISKCON Leadership Sanga(ILS)was held in Sridham Mayapur. This year’s theme for the CDM was “Everyone Can Preach”, underlining the universality of Krsna consciousness and the importance of sharing it with others.

Special Programs:

We would like to inform you of the promotion of our special program, Gita For Everyone – easy, practical and fast method to systematically introduce and train new people in the teachings of Bhagavad-gita As It Is. For more information on the program, follow the link: https://iskconcongregation.com/programs/gita-for-everyone-program/

The CDM offers a comprehensive training on Vaisnava Counseling in the following program: https://iskconcongregation.com/programs/vaisnava-life-counseling/

Feel free to contact us for more information and to book your place to take this life-changing course!