Janmastami '08 Update
Transport bus will be provided after the festival at 1am to various MRT stations such as: Toa Payoh, Ang Mo Kio, Marsiling, Clementi, Bukit Batok, Jurong East and Tuas. For more information on the buses call us at 62502280.
Sadhu Sanga - Another Realization
Hare Krsna!! The following is another realization by a bhakta from Cairns, Australia. He stayed at Sri Krishna Mandir for 2 days. He wrote the following note addressed to Sundar Gopal Prabhu, the President of the Sri Krishna Mandir here in Singapore. To view full article, click here.
The Effects of Sadhu Sanga - A Realization
Dolene and Didier Huitelec, a devotee couple from La Reunion,
French colony, wanted to come to Singapore for a holiday. They were introduced
to Krsna Consciousness a year ago but they do not have much association
there as there is no temple there. The island only has a very small devotee
community. They searched in the internet for a Hare Krsna temple in Singapore.
They found the Sri Krishna Mandir website and consequently emailed us of
their arrival on the 12th of July, 2008. They had a fabulous spiritual holiday
which started off with the Ratha Yatra in the Toa Payoh stadium on the 13th
of July. By Krsna's arrangement, the house that they rented happened to
be very near to the temple. This made it very easy for them to frequent
the temple everday for mangala arati and the morning program. After they
reached their home back in La Reunion island on the 28th of July, they emailed
the temple. So instead of we describing their stay here in Singapore, we
would like to show a copy of their email below. Let us hear from their own
words. To view full article, click here.
Ratha Yatra '08
The
Singapore Ratha Yatra ’08 or the festival of chariots was recently concluded
on 13th Jul 08. It was held at Toa Payoh Stadium in its third consecutive
year running. The guest-of-honour for the festival this year, His Honourable
Mr. Inderjit Singh, MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC represented the head of state
for Singapore and performed the long standing tradition of sweeping as is
done by the King of Orissa just before the start of pulling of the chariot.
Click here for the full article.
New Nrsimhadeva Deity Installed!
Sunday,
18th May 08 marked the auspicious day of the appearance of Lord Nrsimha.
Over here at Sri Krishna Mandir, it was a cause for special celebrations
as a new deity of Lord Nrsimha was installed. The older deity made of marble,
was softened over time due to the constant abhishek (bath) of the Lord over
an extended period of time. Just prior to over a month before the festival,
the hand of the deity was broken and was temporarily sealed back in place.
It was decided that a new deity made of sturdy element brought in and to
permanently retire the old deity to the sea. The new deity arrived at Sri
Krishna Mandir a week before Nrsimha Caturdasi and is made entirely of a
compound of metal elements and weighs in at slightly over thirty-one kilograms.
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for the full article.
Sweet poison versus bitter medicine
The Hare Krishna movement is existent to convey to everyone of our eternal nature in the kingdom of God (Vaikuntha) in the company of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as opposed to our temporary life full of miseries. To benefit everyone, we make as much propaganda as possible. Click here for the full article.
First Spiritual Retreat
1st
May 2008 marked a public holiday as Singapore celebrated Labour Day. Sri
Krishna Mandir took this opportunity to stage the first spiritual retreat
to Malaysia. Eighteen devotees from Sri Krishna Mandir were joined by two
devotees from the Taman Daya temple in Johor, Malaysia. Devotees from Sri
Krishna Mandir started their journey at 8pm on 30th Apr 08 to the causeway
in Woodlands. As they approached the causeway, there was a long queue of
vehicles as expected due to Malaysians going back home for the long weekend.
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for the full article.
An example of fanaticism
Our Krishna Consciousness movement (or Hare Krishna movement)
is a completely scientific and authorized movement. Srila Prabhupada, our
beloved spiritual master, always used to say: "Religion without philosophy
is simply sentiment and philosophy without religion is mental speculation."
This Krishna Consciousness movement is the pinnacle of religion with an
invincible philosophical background. The philosophy is invincible because
it is received from the most perfect source, Krishna, the Supreme Personality
of Godhead in the line of disciplic succession of fully self-realized spiritual
masters.
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to read the rest of the article.