Invitation to New Year Eve program on Dec 31st 2008 at 7:30PM

Dear Devotees,

 

Wow!! it is time for New Year again. It has been a long year with lots of fun, ups and down.

 

Let us all collectively say good bye this year in a krishna conciousness mood and welcome the New Year with a estatic bhajans and kirtans.

 

We invite all of you for the festival, and bring along your friends and dear ones.

 

Program includes sumptous dinner feast(7:30PM), bhajans/kirtans, discourse(By a special speaker), and lot of fun. Any input/ideas are appreciated.

 

Special guest to the program is HG Vrindavan prabhu, who is renowned scholar, preacher, mentor, and intiator of pittsburgh krishna programs. He is very dear to many of the pittsburgh devotees and been guiding spirit for of all us.

 

Address:

345 Lorlita Ln

Pittsburgh, PA 15241

Contact: Vanamali Gopal Das at 412-725-3442(cell) or 412-401-1308(cell) or 724-941-4012(home).

 

Directions:

follow route 19 south,

pass southill village mall(on your left), upper st clair high school(on your right) etcc..

take left onto Boyce Rd,

Immediate right onto Old Washington Rd,

continue onto Hays Rd, pass two stop signs

Left onto Lorlita Ln

My house on your left just before stop sign.

 

 

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Thank you

Vanamali Gopal Das.

 

 

 

Correction - "BG 8th Chapter review - Attaining the Supreme" on Sunday, Dec 28th 5:00PM (Carriage Park)(PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE)

PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE CHANGED TO CARRIAGE PARK.

PLEASE NOTE THE PROGRAM TIME CHANGE - 5PM

 

"avyakto 'ksara ity uktas tam ahuh paramam gatim
yam prapya na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama" 
                                                                                                                        ………Bhagavad-Gita 8.17

Translation:

"That supreme abode is called unmanifested and infallible, and it is the supreme destination. When one goes there, he never comes back. That is My supreme abode."

 

"BG 8th Chapter review - Attaining the Supreme" 

 

Hear what Krishna in Bhagavad-Gita has to talk about this subject. This is your opportunity to get the divine knowledge of Bhagavad-Gita and make your life sublime.

   

When: Coming Sunday

Where:  400 Camelot Ct, Pittsburgh, PA 15220

What time: 5.00pm – 7.30pm

Contact: Raj Pr at 510-789-3906

 

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Dinner will be served at the meeting.

 

Thank you very much,

Pittsburgh Congregation Team

"BG 8th Chapter review - Attaining the Supreme" on Sunday, Dec 28th 5:00PM (Dormont Hall)(PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE)

PLEASE NOTE THE PROGRAM TIME CHANGE - 5PM

 

"avyakto 'ksara ity uktas tam ahuh paramam gatim
yam prapya na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama" 
                                                                                                                        ………Bhagavad-Gita 8.17

Translation:

"That supreme abode is called unmanifested and infallible, and it is the supreme destination. When one goes there, he never comes back. That is My supreme abode."

 

"BG 8th Chapter review - Attaining the Supreme" 

 

Hear what Krishna in Bhagavad-Gita has to talk about this subject. This is your opportunity to get the divine knowledge of Bhagavad-Gita and make your life sublime.

   

When: Coming Sunday

Where:  Dormont Hall , 1444 Hillsdale Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15126

What time: 5.00pm – 7.30pm

Contact: Vanamali Gopal Das at 412 725 3442

 

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DIRECTIONS: from Carriage park,

Turn right at Mcmonagle Ave

Turn right at Banksville Rd/US-19

Slight left at Dormont Rd/DWight Ave

Turn right at Hillsdale Ave , Left at ESPY Ave , Immediate right into parking lot.

 

Dinner will be served at the meeting.

 

Thank you very much,

Pittsburgh Congregation Team

"Sri Vrindavan Dham Darshan " on Sunday, Dec 21st 5:00PM (Dormont Hall) (PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE)

PLEASE NOTE THE PROGRAM TIME CHANGE - 5PM

Dear Friends,

 

Hare Krishna!

 

You are all cordially invited to these weekends special Sri Vrindavan Dham Darshan. You will get the opportunity to visit Vrindavan Dham, the pastime place of lord Krishna with the help of PowerPoint presentation.

 

This is a golden opportunity for you to visit holy places in India while seated in Pittsburgh.

 

When: Coming Sunday

Where:  Dormont Hall , 1444 Hillsdale Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15126

What time: 5.00pm – 7.30pm

Contact: Vanamali Gopal Das at 412 725 3442

 

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DIRECTIONS: from Carriage park,

Turn right at Mcmonagle Ave

Turn right at Banksville Rd/US-19

Slight left at Dormont Rd/DWight Ave

Turn right at Hillsdale Ave , Left at ESPY Ave , Immediate right into parking lot.

 

Dinner will be served at the meeting.

 

Thank you very much,

Pittsburgh Congregation Team

 

 

This Friday (12/12/2008) Satsang Invitation

Dear Friends,

 

Hare Krishna!

 

We have His Grace Shyamsundar Prabhuji back with us after almost a couple months. Prabhuji will share with us his experiences during his trip and also continue the discussion on Srimad Bhagavatam. He is eagerly waiting to see all of you.

 

Please take the opportunity and join us for the satsang.

 

Program details:

7.00 PM – 7.30 PM: Dinner 

7.30 PM – 7.40 PM: Kirtan

7:40 PM - 8:45 PM: Srimad Bhagavatam, Question and Answers

8.45 PM – 9:00 PM: Japa

 

Venue:

1895 Pioneer Drive

Sewickley, PA , 15143

Phone: (412) 367-1854

 

Directions:

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=1895+Pioneer+Drive,+15143&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title

 

I would appreciate it if you can reply with your interest if you are coming.

 

Thank you very much

Special Prayers to those affected by the Recent Attacks in Mumbai

Prayer is always good for the upliftment of our own consciousness and the consciousness of all living entities towards a more spiritual outlook in life and a more benevolent attitude toward our fellow human beings regardless of caste, creed, or religion.
We are planning to hold special prayers for the upliftment of the consciousness of those affected by the attacks in Mumbai and any members of the congregation that may have relatives or friends who may have been affected at
5:30 PM, Sunday, December 14th, 2008
at the Dormont Community Hall,
1444 Hillsdale Ave. Dormont PA 15216

Please contact Gopal at 412-725-3442 with any questions

Please join us in prayer and let as many of your friends and relatives know so that they may also assist us in this endeavor.

Celebrate the most auspicious festival - Shree Krishna Janmashtami in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Sept. 6th 2008

Join us to Celebrate the most auspicious festival - Shree Krishna Janmashtami in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Sept. 6th 2008

6:00pm – Bhajans

6:30pm – DISCOURSE

7:15pm – Abhishekam**

7:45pm – Kids Drama/Dance Event

8:15pm – Aarti

8:30pm – Free Dinner Prasadam

** Abhishekam Sponsorship – Your entire family to offer Abhishekam directly to Sri Sri Radha Krishna and receive a special Gift. Please RSVP as soon as possible by contacting us.

VENUE: Covenant Community Hall, 1630 Greentree Rd, Pittsburgh 

CONTACT: Vanamali Gopal [ 412-725-3442 | vbgummadi @ yahoo.com ]
Laxman [ 412-427-5538 | laxmanpgh @ gmail.com ] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

Summer Camp in New Vrindaban

Dear Friends,

New Vrindaban dham, the home of Palace of Gold in West Virginia is organizing a 2 & ½ day Summer Camp (Gopal's Summer Camp) for kids of ages from 5 till 15. The activities in the camp include: Gardening, Hiking, Milking cows, farm chores, dramas, Kirtans with Camp Fires and sumptuous healthy meals prepared from organic vegetables grown at the farm.

The kids will get a deeper understanding of Vedic culture as they attend classes, work on craft projects, play and join in the temple programs. This will provide an ideal opportunity for children to develop teamwork skills. The camp ground is located on the beautiful Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia.

The sessions will be conducted by experienced musicians, story tellers and tutors who have had over 25-30yrs of experience.

DATES: August 15th, 16th ,17th, 2008.

Children need to be come by Thursday night and are ready to leave by Sunday afternoon. Exceptions will be considered.

A detailed information packet along with the registration form will be sent in a few days.

If you are interested, please contact us immediately.

Contact: Annapurna Manchella – 412-719-2564, Email - manchella@gmail.com

Thank you.
Gopals Garden Camp - Committee

Special Program with HG Govind Prabhu, HG Gauranga Prabhu and HG Radheshyam Prabhu on Friday July 18, 2008

"FAITH IN GOD - STEPPING STONE TO SPIRITUAL SUCCESS" - how to develop it?

Join us for an exciting evening with HG Govinda Prabhu, HG Gauranga Prabhu and HG Radheshyam Prabhu, sadhus from ISKCON Mumbai & Pune. These great souls are on their yearly tour of the US and will be visiting Pittsburgh on July 18th, to enlighten all of us in the subject of practicality of spiritual life in todays day and age. They have been speaking extensively for last 10 years addressing the modern problems of stress, relationships, love and also management techniques, based on the ages old Vedic Scripture.

PLEASE DONT MISS OUT ON THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND BENEFIT.

There is a saying "When opportunity knocks, people complain about the noise". Dont let this chance go away.

Date: 18th July, 2008

Time: 6.30pm

Venue: Dormont Hall 1444 Hillsdale Avenue Dormont, PA 15216 http://www.boro.dormont.pa.us
FREE Dinner served

The program will include kirtans, lecture and Dinner prasadam.

Please direct any questions to:

Vanamali Gopal Das - 412-725-3442

Laxman at 412-427-5538