Narada Bulletin January 2012

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Narada Bulletin January-2012*HEBRI / UDUPI * KARNATAKA * INDIA*

HIGHLIGHTS

New Goshala at SSKBK New Varnasrama office inauguration at Hebri town Preaching Center started in Hebri town 4th Annual Varnasrama College Vegetables harvested Temple wall plastered with mud Mud blocks Visitors to SSKBK Varnasrama readings


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HIGHLIGHTS IN DETAIL

GOSEVA

NEW GOSHALA AT SSKBK

HH Bhakti RaghavaSwami Maharaj and devotees serving at Sahyadri Sri Krishna BalaramaKshetra (SSKBK) in South Karnataka, the rural base for the ISKCON Daiva Varmasrama Min-

istry (IDVM), conducted the long awaited opening of their new goshala on January 24, 2012,

naming it SAHYADRI SURABHI GOSHALA.

With the kind donation from congregational member Sri Kanthji assisted by HG Govinda

prabhu, the 1500 square feet goshala construction was completed in Jan. The Goshala can

accommodate up to 30 cows. The construction was carried over a long 6 month period due tovarious unexpected delays and interruptions caused by scarcity of labor.

Special features of the goshala include the natural ventilation made possible by restricting the

height of the surrounding wall to 4 feet and by keeping open spaces in the upper portion of

the wall making for a good air flow as well as easy supervision of the cows. The stone flooring

has been laid with a gentle slope allowing the elixir of life, GO-MUTRA (cow urine), to

flow through a specially designed canal that will carry the cow urine to its designated area

outside the goshala. Cow dung will be more easily collected & used for the kitchen Gobar

Gas, the main cooking medium at SSKBK. Six large neatly built stalls to keep grass, each hav-

ing six large iron rings make it convenient for feeding and tying the cows and bulls. An addi-

tional feature is the back section of the goshala which will become the new Pancha Gavya Of-

fice storing various Sahyadri Surabhi Products produced by devotees. Dry grass for cows will

be stored in a specially constructed false ceiling atop the Pancha Gavya Office making it espe-

cially convenient during the heavy monsoon season at SSKBK.

The breed of cows maintained at SAHYADRI SURABHI GOSHALA is known as Malanadu

Gidda, some of whom are of the Kabethi type from Udupi with special eyes. Malanadu r e-

fers to mountain range with heavy rains and gidda refers to their small size. These cows

easily graze in the local forests and thus can be more easily accommodated and cared for than

larger cows. Their milk is of such high quality that Udupi Krishna accepts only milk from this

particular breed. At present SSKBK protects 18 such cows along with a pair of Hallikara ox

team, Bala & Krsna, who are the main tillers for six acres of paddy land at SSKBK which cov-

ers, in total, close to 15 acres.

The devotee served the cows with fresh laddus made from muri and jaggery, followed by an

abundance of grass. As the cows entered their new home amidst the chanting of the holy


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names, Sucaru prabhu from Indonesia who came to attend the Varnasrama College smeared

their bodies with the auspicious hand mark of turmeric mixed with water. All the cows also

received a new bell placed around their neck. Mahaguna prabhu, another student from Indo-

nesia performed the arati and Bhakta Miho from Bulgaria joined in the kirtan with all the res-

ident local devotees. The cows appeared happy and content on this auspicious opening of

their new dwelling.


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One part of the cow dung collected, goes for making cow dung cakes for cooking and yajna

and the other part goes for gobar gas and compost making.

PREACHING

NEW OFFICE OPENS AT HEBRI TOWNAn office of the ISKCON Daiva Varnasrama Ministry and Sahyadri Sri Krishna Balarama

Kshetra promoting Rural development based on cow protection, Vedic agriculture and Ruraltechnologies was inaugurated on 1-1-2012 in the town of Hebri, Syndicate Bank complex,Karkala taluk, Udupi District with the blessings of His Holiness Bhakti Raghava Swami, in-itiating Guru of ISKCON, The International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

The project is functioning on a 15 acre land at Bangaragudde Village, Hebri. The office wasinaugurated by Honorable MLA of Karkala Taluq, Udupi District, Sri H.Gopal Bhandary bylighting the lamp.

Other prominent dignitaries present were HG Sri Rama Dasa- Project Director forSahyadriSri Krishna Balarama Kshetra [SSKBK], Hebri, HG Raya Ramananda Dasa- Office ManagerISKCON Office, Hebri, HG Krishna Chandra Dasa- Liaison officer SSKBK, Sri Subramanya Range Forest Officer, Hebri, Sri Naveen Ballal- president, Sri Ananthapadmanabha TempleTrust, Hebri, Sri Ramakrishna Achar, Trustee Sri Anandpadmanabha Temple,Hebri and otherprominent citizens.

The office will cater to the public in disseminating the knowledge of Vedic agriculture, RuralTechnologies, Cow Protection and Utilization, Organic seed Banks, Panchagavya Products,Vedic Books, Pooja Paraphernalia etc.

PREACHING CENTER STARTSIN HEBRI TOWNA preaching center was started in Hebri town by SSKBK and is coordinated by HG SmitaKrishna prabhu and other brahmacaries. More than ten big books and 50 small books are be-

DAIVA VARNASRAMA MINISTRY OFFICE - HEBRI


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ing distributed during Nagar Sankirthan. Weekly Sunday feast program and Nagar Sankirtanprograms are being conducted at this center.

House program was conducted by HG Krishnachandra prabhu and HG Venugopal prabhu.Many locals attended the function which included kirtan, lecture on Bhagavad Gita followedby prasadam.

Yearly bhajan program that was conducted in Bangaragudde Ananthapadmanabha bhajanMandir was attended by Devotees from SSKBK. Various kirtan groups participated in thenight out kirtan. Devotees from SSKBK performed kirtan and honoured prasadam. Devoteesalso attended a similar program at Sri Anandapadmanabha temple at Peradoor. Devotees dis-tributed books and were gifted presents and offered Prasadam.

NAGAR SANKIRTAN - HEBRI


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School programat Netaji Tutorials was conducted by HG Krishna Chandra das. Around eigh-

ty students attended the program. Later few students visited SSKBK and took darshan of SriSri Goura Nitai and took the guided tour of the farm.

Saturday ManipalBhaktivedanta youth BYSpreaching programs led by HG Smita krishnaprabhu and other devotees are continuing weekly with very good response from the youthstudents. The youth from Manipal regularly visit SSKBK and voluntarily render various ser-vices in the farm.

SAMSKARAS

Harinam diksha and Upanayan samskara were held in the temple hall at SSKBK. HH Bhakti

Raghava Swami Maharaj gave Harinam diksha to Bh Devaiah whose initiated name is Deva-loka das and Brahmin diksha to HG Venugopal Das. A fire yajna followed both the samskaras.

DEVOTEES PERFORMING KIRTAN ANANTHA

PADMANABHA TEMPLE PERADOOR


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Advaita Acarya appearance day was celebrated with pomp. Devotees decorated the templewith flowers and fasted until noon. HH Bhakti Raghava Swami Maharaj delivered a lecturefollowed by Kirtan, Arati and prasadam.

GURUKULA

Spoken Sanskrit, Brahma Samhita, and Mrdanga classes are given to the gurukula students.

A24 hr time table has been made for the gurukulis.The gurukula student and the teachers

are advised to strictly follow thenew time table.


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4th

ANNUAL VARNASRAMA COLLEGEHG Sucaru prabhu, HG Mahaguna Prabhu, and HG Gopal Govind prabhu from Indonesiaand Bhakta Miho from Bulgaria arrived for Varnasrama College in mid January 2012. After

the one week orientation program students are taking courses inSurya Namaskar, Yoga andtheory on Varnasrama, from Bhagavatha purana. Students are also getting practical training inorganic agriculture, village technology, nursery and bhakti yoga.

VEGETABLES HARVESTED

Sump tank which collects water delivered from the Persian wheel is being extended to storemore water for agricultural purposes. Vegetable production has been increased by bringing

more land into cultivation and the usage of organic cow dung based manure. Many varietiesof vegetables were planted and harvested. Sweet potatoes, ladies finger, tapioca, tomatoes,cabbage, pumpkins, cucumbers, radish, spinach were sown and harvested. Ten Kilos of tur-

mericwas harvested.


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TURMERIC

SQUASH

PINEAPPLELADIES FINGER


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Work to construct a canalto direct water from the agricultural well to the Green house nur-

sery and other fields are also in progress. Wildbushes werecleared tofree the space for trees

andplantations.

Individual square meter garden are also made by different devotees. Each devotee takes careof his own field to produce different vegetables. Devotees were guarding the fields all night toprotect the plants when they are tender from preys.


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TEMPLE WALL PLASTURED

The temple walls were plastered with cow dung and mud and decorated with natural paint-ings making them look very beautiful.


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Extension of temple garden has been started by leveling the high areas and by planting moreflowering plants.


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MUD BLOCKSMore than one thousand mud blocks were made by hand. This will be used in the construc-

tion of Kutirs and Grihasta housing. Soil that contains a little content of clay is first selected

and then mixed with water thoroughly by stamping and are left for one day. Later on it isfilled into moulds and dried in the sun.

VISITORS TO SSKBK

HG Venugopal prabhu from Vrindavan, HG Ramlakshman prabhu, HG Sridhar prabhu , HG

Krsnachndra prabhu from Bellary, HG Nitaichand prabhu from Udupi, Mathajis Pallavi, Ka-vitha, Sunitha, Prapulla, Ramya, Shyamala, Abhishek pr from Tumkur, Bh Navin, Bh Nirad prand HG Ganesh prabhu, HG Swarup Damodar prabhu from Russia, HG Mahanidhi prabhufrom Bellary, HG Atul Krishna Prabhu from Belgaum, HG Parampara Prabhu from Udupi, HGSankirthan pr & family, Bh Srininvas Prabhu & family, Swathi Mathajifrom Mangalore, HGTattva Darshan Prabhu & HG Rathayatra Prabhu from Kollur, HG Prema bhakti Prabhu fromMangalore, HG Gopendra Prabhu from Vrindavan, Bh Suvin from Hebri, Hebri college stu-


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dents Annappa, Suresh and Sandeep, Ram, Naresh, Abhay, Shreya from Manipal, Miho fromBulgaria, HG Prthu Prabhu and HG Rupa Sanatan Prfrom USA, HG Srivatsa Pr and congrega-tion from Mangalore, HG Prabhu Nityananda Pr, HG Pangajangri Prabhu,and Bh AnishfromMayapur, HG Ratikeli Devi and family from Bangalore, HG Sriram Prabhu and family fromNellore, AP, Sri Ramkishan and family from Bangalore, HG Hariguru prabhus parents from

Kuwait.

VARNASRAMA READINGS

yas tv indriyi manas

niyamyrabhate 'rjuna

karmendriyai karma-yogam

asakta sa viiyate

TRANSLATION

On the other hand, if a sincere person tries to control the active senses by the mind and be-gins karma-yoga [in Ka consciousness] without attachment, he is by far superior.

PURPORT

Instead of becoming a pseudo transcendentalist for the sake of wanton living and sense en-joyment, it is far better to remain in one's own business and execute the purpose of life,which is to get free from material bondage and enter into the kingdom of God. The primesvrtha-gati, or goal of self-interest, is to reach Viu. The whole institution of vara andrama is designed to help us reach this goal of life. A householder can also reach this desti-nation by regulated service in Ka consciousness. For self-realization, one can live a con-trolled life, as prescribed in the stras, and continue carrying out his business without at-

tachment, and in that way make progress. A sincere person who follows this method is farbetter situated than the false pretender who adopts showbottle spiritualism to cheat the in-nocent public. A sincere sweeper in the street is far better than the charlatan meditator whomeditates only for the sake of making a living [Bg 3.7]


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Prepared by HG Raya Ramananda Das

Edited by Bhakta Srinivas (Mangalore)

Please visit our websites for more information on Varnasrama developments.www.sahyadriksetra.com

www.iskconvarnasrama.com

www.varnasrama.orgFor Hebri Goshala, GoSeva or Temple construction sponsor, please contactHG Sri Rama [email protected]

Ph: 919642330011or

HG Raya Ramananda [email protected]
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