Hare Krishna dear devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Gurudev !!!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada !!!
Between
*October 13, 2019 and November 12, 2019* we are having Kartik/Damodar
month. This is the month in which Krishna was bound to a mortar using a
rope by his mother Yashoda. There are many pastimes during this month.
During the Damodar month, if one performs even a small devotional
service, the effects are multiplied many times. Following is a list of
some of the glories of Damodar month. The glories have been taken from
various Vedic scriptures.
1)
Just as there is no yuga equal to Satya-yuga, no scripture equal to the
Vedas, and no place of pilgrimage equal to the Ganges, so there is no
month equal to Kartika. Even unserious persons who execute devotional
service according to the regulative principles during the month of
Karttika, and within the jurisdiction of Mathura (or Vrindavana) in
India, are very easily awarded the Lord's personal service". During the
Kartika month millions of devotees worship Damodara Krishna with ghee
lamps and devotional bhajans, glorifying His playful childhood pastime
of stealing yogurt.
2)
"When one offers a lamp during the month of Karttika, his sins in many
thousands and millions of births perish in half an eye blink."
3)
"Please hear the glories of offering a lamp during pleasing to Lord
Kesava. O King of brahmanas, a person who offers a lamp in this way will
not take birth again in this world."
4)
"By offering a lamp during the month of Karttika one attains a pious
result ten million times greater than the result obtained by bathing at
Kuruksetra during a solar eclipse or by bathing in the river Narmada
during a lunar eclipse."
5)
"O Tiger among sages! For a person who thus offers a lamp burning with
ghee or sesame oil, what is the use of performing an asvasmedha-yajna?"
6)
"Even if there are no mantras, no pious deeds, and no purity,
everything becomes perfect when a person offers a lamp during the month
of Karttika."
This is just tip of the iceberg.
*What do we do?*
We
bring Damodar deity to your place and offer ghee lamps. All we need is a
small table to setup an altar. You can invite your friends and
relatives for the program so that they can also benefit. We perform a
kirtan while everyone performs arati and we have a small class for about
15 minutes. Then we take some prasadam and answer any questions the
devotees might have. The whole program does not take more than 30
minutes. This is a great way to spread mercy to your friends and
relatives.
*What do you need to do?*
You
do not have to do anything except to invite your friends and relatives
and spread the mercy. We can schedule the time to perform the program at
your convenience any time of the day during this month. We will bring
everything with us and we do this for *FREE*.
We
request you spread this word. It is only few weeks away and we would
appreciate if you could share this information with your friends and
relatives so that we can perform this at their place as well.
*PLEASE LET US KNOW IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN START SCHEDULING THE PUJA AT YOUR PLACE.*
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any further information.
your humble servant,
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