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Oct
3
Tue
ŚB 5.18.30
Oct 3 @ 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM
ŚB 5.18.30

Speaker: Kamalini Devi Dasi

Text 30:
O my Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who have assumed the form of a tortoise. You are the reservoir of all transcendental qualities, and being entirely untinged by matter, You are perfectly situated in pure goodness. You move here and there in the water, but no one can discern Your position. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. Because of Your transcendental position, You are not limited by past, present and future. You are present everywhere as the shelter of all things, and therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You again and again.
Oct
4
Wed
ŚB 5.18.31
Oct 4 @ 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM
ŚB 5.18.31

Speaker: Puskara Prabhu

Text 31:
My dear Lord, this visible cosmic manifestation is a demonstration of Your own creative energy. Since the countless varieties of forms within this cosmic manifestation are simply a display of Your external energy, this virāṭ-rūpa [universal body] is not Your real form. Except for a devotee in transcendental consciousness, no one can perceive Your actual form. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
Oct
5
Thu
Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the USA
Oct 5 all-day

Presentation by Mahesh Prabhu

mahesa

Oct
6
Fri
ŚB 5.18.32
Oct 6 @ 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM
ŚB 5.18.32

Speaker: Bhrigupati Prabhu

Text 32:
My dear Lord, You manifest Your different energies in countless forms: as living entities born from wombs, from eggs and from perspiration; as plants and trees that grow out of the earth; as all living entities, both moving and standing, including the demigods, the learned sages and the pitās; as outer space, as the higher planetary system containing the heavenly planets, and as the planet earth with its hills, rivers, seas, oceans and islands. Indeed, all the stars and planets are simply manifestations of Your different energies, but originally You are one without a second. Therefore there is nothing beyond You. This entire cosmic manifestation is therefore not false but is simply a temporary manifestation of Your inconceivable energy.
Oct
7
Sat
CC Ādi 6.86 – 97
Oct 7 @ 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM
CC Ādi 6.86 - 97

Speaker: Ramananda dasa

Text 86:
“I am a servant of Lord Caitanya, a servant of Lord Caitanya. I am a servant of Lord Caitanya, and a servant of His servants.”
Text 87:
Saying this, Advaita Prabhu dances and loudly sings. Then at the next moment He quietly sits down.
Text 88:
The source of the sentiment of servitude is indeed Lord Balarāma. The plenary expansions who follow Him are all influenced by that ecstasy.
Text 89:
Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, who is one of His incarnations, always considers Himself a devotee.
Text 90:
Another of His incarnations, Lakṣmaṇa, who is very beautiful and opulent, always serves Lord Rāma.
Text 91:
The Viṣṇu who lies on the Causal Ocean is an incarnation of Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa, and, accordingly, the emotion of being a devotee is always present in His heart.
Text 92:
Advaita Ācārya is a separate expansion of Him. He always engages in devotional service with His thoughts, words and actions.
Text 93:
By His words He declares, “I am a servant of Lord Caitanya.” Thus with His mind He always thinks, “I am His devotee.”
Text 94:
With His body He worshiped the Lord by offering Ganges water and tulasī leaves, and by preaching devotional service He delivered the entire universe.
Text 95:
Śeṣa Saṅkarṣaṇa, who holds all the planets on His heads, expands Himself in different bodies to render service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Text 96:
These are all incarnations of Lord Kṛṣṇa, yet we always find that they act as devotees.
Text 97:
The scriptures call them incarnations as devotees [bhakta-avatāra]. The position of being such an incarnation is above all others.
Oct
9
Mon
ŚB 5.18.33
Oct 9 @ 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM
ŚB 5.18.33

Speaker: Radhesa Prabhu

Text 33:
O my Lord, Your name, form and bodily features are expanded in countless forms. No one can determine exactly how many forms exist, yet You Yourself, in Your incarnation as the learned scholar Kapiladeva, have analyzed the cosmic manifestation as containing twenty-four elements. Therefore if one is interested in Sāṅkhya philosophy, by which one can enumerate the different truths, he must hear it from You. Unfortunately, nondevotees simply count the different elements and remain ignorant of Your actual form. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
Oct
10
Tue
Fasting for Indira Ekadasi
Oct 10 all-day
Paksa vardhini Mahadvadasi
Oct 10 all-day
ŚB 5.18.34 – 35
Oct 10 @ 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM
ŚB 5.18.34 - 35

Speaker: Girigovardhana Prabhu

Text 34:
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Dear King, the Supreme Lord in His boar incarnation, who accepts all sacrificial offerings, lives in the northern part of Jambūdvīpa. There, in the tract of land known as Uttarakuru-varṣa, mother earth and all the other inhabitants worship Him with unfailing devotional service by repeatedly chanting the following Upaniṣadic mantra.
Text 35:
O Lord, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You as the gigantic person. Simply by chanting mantras, we shall be able to understand You fully. You are yajña [sacrifice], and You are the kratu [ritual]. Therefore all the ritualistic ceremonies of sacrifice are part of Your transcendental body, and You are the only enjoyer of all sacrifices. Your form is composed of transcendental goodness. You are known as tri-yuga because in Kali-yuga You appeared as a concealed incarnation and because You always fully possess the three pairs of opulences.
Oct
11
Wed
Break fast 06:25 (sunrise) – 10:20 (1/3 of daylight) LT
Oct 11 all-day
ŚB 5.18.36
Oct 11 @ 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM
ŚB 5.18.36

Speaker: Abhirama Prabhu

Text 36:
By manipulating a fire-generating stick, great saints and sages can bring forth the fire lying dormant within wood. In the same way, O Lord, those expert in understanding the Absolute Truth try to see You in everything — even in their own bodies. Yet you remain concealed. You are not to be understood by indirect processes involving mental or physical activities. Because You are self-manifested, only when You see that a person is wholeheartedly engaged in searching for You do You reveal Yourself. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
Oct
12
Thu
ŚB 5.18.37
Oct 12 @ 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM
ŚB 5.18.37

Speaker: Govinda Datta Prabhu

Text 37:
The objects of material enjoyment [sound, form, taste, touch and smell], the activities of the senses, the controllers of sensory activities [the demigods], the body, eternal time and egotism are all creations of Your material energy. Those whose intelligence has become fixed by perfect execution of mystic yoga can see that all these elements result from the actions of Your external energy. They can also see Your transcendental form as Supersoul in the background of everything. Therefore I repeatedly offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
Oct
13
Fri
ŚB 5.18.38 – 39
Oct 13 @ 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM
ŚB 5.18.38 - 39

Speaker: Gauda Chandra Prabhu

Text 38:
O Lord, You do not desire the creation, maintenance or annihilation of this material world, but You perform these activities for the conditioned souls by Your creative energy. Exactly as a piece of iron moves under the influence of a lodestone, inert matter moves when You glance over the total material energy.
Text 39:
My Lord, as the original boar within this universe, You fought and killed the great demon Hiraṇyakṣa. Then You lifted me [the earth] from the Garbhodaka Ocean on the end of Your tusk, exactly as a sporting elephant plucks a lotus flower from the water. I bow down before You.
Oct
21
Sat
Durga Puja
Oct 21 all-day
Oct
23
Mon
Ramacandra Vijayotsava
Oct 23 all-day
Sri Madhvacarya — Appearance
Oct 23 all-day
Oct
24
Tue
Fasting for Pasankusa Ekadasi
Oct 24 all-day
Oct
25
Wed
Break fast 06:31 (sunrise) – 10:20 (1/3 of daylight) LT
Oct 25 all-day
Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami — Disappearance
Oct 25 all-day
Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami — Disappearance
Oct 25 all-day
Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami — Disappearance
Oct 25 all-day
Oct
27
Fri
Last day of the third Caturmasya month [PURNIMA SYSTEM]
Oct 27 all-day
Oct
28
Sat
(urad dal fast for one month)
Oct 28 all-day
Fourth month of Caturmasya begins [PURNIMA SYSTEM]
Oct 28 all-day
Laksmi Puja
Oct 28 all-day
Last day of Asvina (Padmanabha) Masa
Oct 28 all-day
Sri Krsna Saradiya Rasayatra
Oct 28 all-day
Sri Murari Gupta — Disappearance
Oct 28 all-day
Oct
29
Sun
First day of Kartika (Damodara) Masa
Oct 29 all-day
Nov
1
Wed
Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura — Disappearance
Nov 1 all-day
Nov
5
Sun
Bahulastami
Nov 5 all-day
Nov
6
Mon
Sri Virabhadra — Appearance
Nov 6 all-day
Nov
8
Wed
Fasting for Rama Ekadasi
Nov 8 all-day
Nov
9
Thu
Break fast 06:38 (sunrise) – 10:23 (1/3 of daylight) LT
Nov 9 all-day
Nov
12
Sun
Dipa dana, Dipavali, (Kali Puja)
Nov 12 all-day