Iskcon London Community News February 2012

February 2012 Highlights

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news Russian Bhakti-Vriksha Event

Book Distribution

Govindas Restaurant

Radhas Boutique

Outreach

Nityananda Trayodasi

Youth Preaching

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Nityananda Trayodasi The auspicious occasion of Nityananda Trayodasi, the appearance day of Lord Nityananda, fell on Sunday 5th of Februrary.

Despite inches of snow the night before, devotees flocked to the temple and participated in the day long festivities.

Ramcharan dasa gave long discourse on the glorious pastimes of Lord Nityananda in the morning and in afternoon Sachi Kishore dasa gave another wonderful class which included a very entertaining drama from the temple brahmacaris.

Other highlights included abhisek of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, a sumptuous feast cooked by Shyam dasa and Gopi Bhava devi dasi and, as always, devotees danced long into the night to the wonderful kirtan of Radha Londonisvara dasa.



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Youth PreachingFebruary was another eventful month for youth preaching activities. The main highlights are outlined below.

University Preaching

Mantra Jam!This month the Krishna Conscious Society at SOAS came together to launch a new project to introduce kirtan on a massive scale at SOAS.

We are planning to participate in a major culture show at SOAS scheduled for March, with the aim of enhancing awareness of our Society and the thrills of kirtan which they have been experiencing.

To this end, the team visited the temple to make sweets which were then sold at SOAS to raise funds to finance the event.

This project has instilled a stronger sense of togetherness and belonging within our KC Society, encouraging the students to take on responsibilities and at the same time increasing their association and familiarity at the temple.

Nityananda TrayodasiAnother major event this month has been the celebration of Nityananda Trayodasi at the temple.

Some of the students were able to attend this festival, enjoying the feast and becoming completely absorbed in the evening kirtan in the temple room, which for some was completely mesmerising as it was their first real exposure to the power of congregational kirtan on a large scale. Imperial Hindu SocietyThe Imperial Hindu Society invited us to participate in a religious ceremony which was attended by over 25 students.

This event allowed us to build stronger relationships with the students at Imperial, and gave us to opportunity to introduce to a new base of students the fundamental principles of devotional service. Alongside the above highlights, the usual Gita Sutras and Cooking Workshops were maintained. The Gita Sutras topics covered this month were Love Defined (for Valentines Day), Facebook & the False Ego, and the Inner Voice.



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KC Lounge

This month the KC Lounge was privileged to have the association of Tribhangananda dasa, who hosted a hugely entertaining and lengthy Q&A session for the benefit of the attendees.

We also explored various topics like the Modes of Material Nature as well as some of the topics explored for the university Gita Sutras programmes.



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Russian Bhakti-Vriksha EventThe Russian Bhakti-Vriksha group of ISKCON London made a special effort to distribute Srila Prabhuapadas

books on Trafalgar Square during the annual Russian Maslenitsa festival.

Even though the team were not very experienced in book distribution they managed to distribute almost 150 of Srila Prabhupadas books collecting just above 350.



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Name Days LakshmiBook

PointsBig

Maha Big Hard

MediumMedium

HardSet Small

Bhaktin Reda 1 4.00 0.75 3

Aditi DD 1 17.00 4.00 2

Bhaktin Louise 1 14.00 4.75 1 3 5

Gaura Kishore & Sital Conselle Smart Box

1 42.00 6.25 5 15

Narottamananda Dasa 1 35.00 9.00 6 24

Virabhadra Dasa 1 30.00 10.00 5

Bhn Hetal smart box 1 31.00 10.00 10 20

Maidenhead Nama Hatta 1 40.00 10.00 1 4 2

Hittesh & Jyotsna 1 40.00 12.50 50

Bhakta Ben 2 30.00 14.00 7

Bhava Bhakti Counselle Smart Box

4 62.00 17.75 20 31

Bhakta Kalpesh 1 40.00 22.00 11

Anonymous 4 55.00 25.25 20 61

Bhakta Shiv 1 67.00 25.25 12 5

Sastra-dhan Sponsorship 1 113.00 35.00 35 70

Sharada DD 1 278.00 37.00 1 14 1 30

Bhava Bhakti Conselle Cans 1 171.00 60.00 95 50

WW South 4 253.00 63.50 1 15 27 76

Sachi Kumar Nimai das 9 182.00 66.25 265

Bhakta Alexey 5 142.00 69.00 33 2 8

Uddhava Damodara Dasa 9 166.00 69.75 26 17 37

Bhakta Laurie 12 523.00 219.00 87 90

HDG AC Bhaktivendanta Swami Prabhupada

2 706.00 236.20 22 87 44 2 1 39

Bhakta Pasha 15 569.00 254.75 105 46 87

Sundara Nitai das 16 1,677.00 479.00 1 103 78 3 926

Book DistributionDuring the month February we collected 5,287, distributed 2,853 books for 1,760.95 book points.

The scores were as follows:



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Govindas RestaurantGovindas collected 47,354.60 for February, of this amount: catering 150.00 and books 100.50.

*********************************************************Govindas February takings: 47,104.10

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29 working days 1,632.92 per day average 3,166.62 more compared to February 2011

Radhas Boutique Radhas Boutique collected 5,657.23 in February.

OutreachDuring the month of February Jai Nitai dasa carried out the following outreach activities:

2nd: Travelled to India to attend the ISKCON Leadership Sanga and GBC meetings in Sridham Mayapura, India.

19th: Started teaching a devotional practice course for six students.

29th: Attended a Westminster Faith Exchange meeting with Bhava Bhakti devi dasi.



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Classes7.30am Bhagavatam or Caitanya Caritamrta 1.00pm Introductory Talk6.00pm Bhagavad Gita (except Sunday)

Sunday Programme3.30pm Bhajans4.15pm Dhoop Arati4.30pm Introductory Talk5.30pm Sunday Feast6.00pm Questions & Answers7.00pm Gaura Arati

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