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(Organização sem fins lucrativos para ajudar crianças carentes, idosos e mulheres)
Queridos Devotos de todo o Brasil, por favor, aceitem nossas mais humildes reverências.
Escrevemos em nome de Sripad BV. Vishnu Daivata Swami, que é responsável por um grandioso projeto de Srila Gurudeva. Este é um pequeno artigo explicativo sobre o funcionamento do Gurukula de Srila Gurudeva localizado em Bangalore, Índia.
Atualmente, há cerca de 20 crianças carentes recebendo todo tipo de cuidado neste ashram, o que inclui não somente alimentação, educação e cuidados médicos, mas também instrução espiritual, amor e afeição. As crianças da atualidade estão severamente afetadas pela influência doentia da sociedade, como vícios, crime e má companhia. Elas são desprovidas de um ambiente familiar saudável. Há um aterrorizador número de mais de um lakh (100.000) de crianças em tal situação, apenas em Bangalore. Fornecemos falicidades médicas para tais crianças, objetivando dar-lhes um futuro saudável. Auxilie-nos a construir um destino melhor para elas. Ajude-nos. TORNE-SE UM INSTRUMENTO DO PLANO DIVINO!
PARA DOAR VIA INTERNET, EM APENAS UM CLIQUE:
Acesse o site http://bhaktistudies.ning.com/ e no final da página, do lado direito há um botão laranja escrito DONATE. A doação é feita em segundos, com cartão de crédito, de maneira completamente segura.
CONHEÇA O GURUKULA:
A Shri Ranganatha Gaudiya Matha está localizada em um belo e atrativo cenário, e tem cerca de 8 acres de terra. O local está cercado pelos locais sagrados visitados por Shri Vyasadeva, Shri Vyasa Tirtha, Shri Brahmanya Tirtha, Shri Shripada Raja, Shri Durvasa Muni, Shri Ramanujacharya, Shri Shrimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja, nosso amado Gurudeva Shrila Gurudeva Om Vishnupada Shri Shrimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja e outros importantes Vaishnava acharyas.
A Missão: Dar suporte a uma nova jovem geração para prover soluções completas, consistentes e perfeitas para os problemas sociais, morais, econômicos, éticos, políticos, sociais e espirituais no local, em nível nacional e internacional.
Objetivos:
1. Abrigo para crianças pobres e mulheres
2. Samskara Kendra (Centro de Educação e Cultura)
3. Tratamento médico e orientação
4. Alimentação para meninos abandonados
5. Treinamento em ofícios específicos e arte
6. Desenvolvimento pessoal
7. Proteção às vacas
8. Cuidados para pessoas idosas
9. Restauração de templos antigos da Índia
10. Pesquisas em Ciência Védica
Fornecemos as seguintes facilidades:
1. Escola de primeira classe de sistema inglês
2. Alimentação saudável e vegetariana gratuita
3. Roupas, lençóis e agasalhos durante o inverno
4. Cuidados médicos, dentários e oftalmológicos, dentre outros
5. Livros, cadernos e outros materiais educacionais
6. Horta orgânica e preparações com derivados de leite das vacas Indianas.
7. Visitas patrocinadas para muitos lugares sagrados na Índia, como Navadvipa, Vrindavana, Devarayana Durga, Nama-chilume.
O Senhor Krishna diz no Shrimad-Bhagavad-gita:
na hi jnanena sadrsam
pavitram iha vidyate
tat svayam yoga-samsiddhah
kalenatmani vindati
Neste mundo, não há nada tão sublime e puro quanto conhecimento transcendental. Tal conhecimento é o fruto maduro de todo o misticismo. E aquele que se comprometeu na prática do serviço devocional desfruta de tal conhecimento dentro de si no devido tempo.
Atualmente temos o plano de concretizar os seguintes projetos:
1. Hospital e clínica
2. Escola (até a décima série)
3. Recepção (Loja / Sala privada para o Maharaja falar com os funcionários)
4. Dormitório para mulheres e homens (30 lugares para cada)
5. Quarto para convidados (3 quartos separados para casais/ 3 quartos para membros individuais com banheiro incluso)
6. Orfanato (capacidade para 100 crianças)
7. Casa de Idosos (20-30 casais)
8. Gosala (para vacas)
9. Painéis solares para aquecimento de água
Hospital multi-disciplinar de npivem mundial para avançar na vida espiritual. Parama-Gurudeva Om Vishnupada 108 Shri Shrimad Bhakti-prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja nos inspirou a construir tal hospital para os membros pobres da sociedade, o que os ajudará imensamente.
Viste o site: http://www.vaikunt.org/RanganathaGaudiya/
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A draft proposal for an audio-visual presentation to establish the superiority of our Vedic model of the universe over that of modern science (and indirectly, inspiring anyone who watches it with the desire to go to that perfect world).
Primary goal: To attract scientists and ordinary people alike to a presentation of the Vedic model of the universe, based on the Srimad Bhagavatam (5th Canto) and Sri Brihad-bhagavatamritam, presented through a simulated journey to the spiritual world. By establishing the superiority of the Vedic model, we aim at making the Bhagavatm and the Brihad-bhagavtamritam widely acceptable as standard academic text and reference books, defeating atheistic and impersonalist scientific theories, establishing bhakti as a scientific theistic philosophy far superior to any other philosophy or theology, and generally attracting scientists (and thereafter ordinary people) to the philosophy and practice of bhakti.
Secondary goal: To acquire an additional piece of land (3 Acres) and to construct a Vedic Planetarium (along with a temple/asrama/guesthouse complex).
Location: The location of our asrama (Sri Ranganatha Gaudiya Math) is ideally suitable for this project. This location is becoming a tourist attraction spot, with Nritya-gram (a luxury resort hotel) within short walking distance away, a 50 acres Safary Zoo coming up right next door to our asrama, Eco Resort village (another fancy resort) just opened and a Science City project (100 acres) being constructed, both within 2 kilometers of the asrama's entrance. The Government Film Institute is nearby, and the outer ring-road of Bangalore is planned to pass just a couple of kilometers away. Bangalore city is considered the software capital of the world and we can get technical support there. Since we have been here (just over a year) we have seen the whole area rapidly developing and transforming right before our eyes.
The persons behind the project: BV Dandi Maharaja spent 12 years in college and university education, and completed his D. Sc. (which is higher than a Ph.D) in a record time of 3 years (it usually takes between 5 and 12 years). He has been keeping up with the latest scientific theories and collecting evidence in favour of the Vedic view, such as the evidence on the Ramayana bridge to Sri Lanka. He single-handedly secured this countryside asrama and raised the lakshmi to purcase it. Since then he has been developing the site and has started a Gurukula here. BV Vishnu-daivata Mj. has been working on the English translation of Sri Brihad-Bhagavatamritam and can be consulted on this subject. Jaya Gopal dasa is an expert computer graphics artist and has already produced one pioneering picture-diagram of the universe (under Tridnndi Mj. guidance). Dau Dayal dasa (BA Hons. UCL) has just finished compiling Sri Slokamritam and can now give his full attention to this project. If we can get Srila Gurudeva's blessings and support for this project, we will no doubt be successful in our aspiration to render this little service at his lotus feet.
Mission statement: One may hazard a guess that the advantageous location of the proposed project, the background qualifications of the devotees involved, and the conjunction of these two factors, is not a coincidence, but is due to Guru and Krishna's arrangement. Therefore we see it as a sign that we are meant to use this opportunity to further the mission of Mahaprabhu, as a service to Srila Gurudeva and under his guidance. This was also Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami "Prabhupada's" desire. In a conversation with George Harrison in 1976 he emphasized his desire for the construction of a Vedic Planetarium as an important aid to re-educating and transforming the misleading and concocted views of the sceintists. (The word 'science' in old English means 'Knowledge of God' and 'nescience' therefore means 'ignorance of God').
Funding: Although money is a secondary consideration and Krishna can make anything happen if our desire is dovetailed with His, we can raise money through (1) Treatment courses in Ayurveda, (2) Selling plots to Western devotees wishing to build a home or a resort cottage on the land, and (3) fund-raising collection in the West. BV Dandi Mj. has the experience of raising the money and managing the construction of a sizable temple in New York.
The Scientific versus Vedic explanations of observable reality:
Scientists now conjecture that the universe is made of innumerable galaxies. To support their "Big Bang" theory of an expanding universe, they say that our planetary system is moving within the Milky Way galaxy just like a flying 'frisbee' at the speed of 330 kilometers per second through space. However, from an ordinary observation we know that even a mundane military jet plane exceeding the speed of sound (less than one km per second) produces a 'G force' that greatly impairs the normal functioning ability of the pilot. How are the scientists reconciling this? The Vedic view is that the universe revolves at a much lower speed around the pole star (Dhruva loka), and that the sun revolves around the 14 planetary systems of this one universe. There is only one sun per universe, and the multitude of stars are the abodes of various sages and saints, each having his own star. The Milky Way is not a galaxy at all but the akasa Ganga coming down through the hole in the covering shell of the universe pierced by Vamanadeva. What the scientists observe as galaxies are the remnants of the celestial Ganga entering this universe through the holes in the covering of the universe made by Vamanadeva. Since Vamanadeva comes 1000 times in each day of Brahma, there are innumerable such "galaxies."
Contrary to the expanding universe theory, we observe that things on this planet actually shrink over time. People of previous ages were bigger (there is a footprint of Bhima nearby which is three times the size of an adult footprint), our forefathers had a much longer life-span, and had better brains and higher consciousness. The measurements given in the sastra for mountains and for distances such as that between mainland India and Sri Lanka are considerably bigger than those we observe today. This may be due to the cycle of yugas or to the natural shrinking of the atoms as part of the fact that matter is temporary and always being destroyed. (Whether this is due to the effect of Kali yuga or to the fact that matter as such is always decaying and shrinking, we will have to consult Srila Gurudeva). According to Vedic astrology, the size of the universe itself is fixed and it has a given size (CC Madhya 21.84 pt: Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, one of the greatest astrologers of his time, gives information from the Siddhanta-siromani that this universe measures 18,712,069,200,000,000 x 8 miles. This is the circumference of our universe).
Srila BV Swami Prabhupada declared very strongly that man could not have possibly gone to the moon. There is now mounting evidence that the whole trip to the moon was a hoax, set up for political reasons. Public opinion surveys in the US have shown that more than 50 percent of the American people now have serious doubts that moon landing. (see the documentary "The Moon-landing Hoax.")
We now know that Darwin was wrong and his theory of evolution is no longer taken seriously by the leading lights of the academic world. We also know that Newton's theory is not so good since there are observable things it cannot explain. Sceintists now speak of something they label "Intelligent Design", meaning that everything in the universe has been designed very intelligently, nothing is due to chance. In other words they admit that there is an intelligence behind the universe, just as there is an intelligence behind something like a watch. Intelligence doesn't float in space, it is a personal quality. It means there is a person behind the creation just as there is a watch-maker behind the watch. (see the documentary "The Origin of Life"). Moreobver, did you know that Einstein was wrong and that he failed to really explain the universe? In order to make his theory consistent, he denied the existence of ether (space), one of the five basic material elements. A contemporary of Einstein by the name of Godel once challenged the former to a philosopical-scientific debate. He took one of Einstein's basic equations and worked it through to what turned out to be an illogical, absurd conclusion. Einstein checked the sequence of equations but couldn't find any fault with the sequence itself, which means that his original equasion was faulty. Einstein was well-known, well-connected and well-established while Godel was relatively a nobody. Einstein dismissed this case by saying "Let's just ignore this Godel with his strange conclusions." Trying as hard as he could, he could not successfully develope a "Unified Field Theory", that is, one theory that explains everything, both the macro universe and the micro structure of the atoms. At the end of his life he was a very unhappy person. Godel, however, formulated a theory known as "The Incomplete and Inconsistent Theorem." He claimed that any theory presented by any scientist, any explanation of this material world and material phenomena, is bound to be incomplete and inconsistent. This is an admittance that we (either as sceintists or as conditioned souls) can never figure it out completely (after all the material energy maya is called the deluding potency of Krishna). It means that we are not the controllers and enjoyers, that we are not at all independent. The repercussions of Godel's theory were devastating for his contemporaries, especially for the physicists and mathematicians, since they assume that mathematics and physics are "closed-ended" systems that can be comprehended and explained fully by an observer who is completely independent of the system he observes (unlike language which is an "open-ended" system, allowing for creative individual input, and therefore doesn't have a final set of rules, or grammer, that is capable of explaining everything possible within language). The scientific community of the time was morose and depressed since their life-work of research seemed futile and not very meaningful in the light of Godel's Theorem. Therefore, what they did was to dismiss and ignore Godel's theory as unscientific and irrelevant. However, thousnds of Ph.Ds and research scientists nowadays are in disarray. There are major problems with their theories and basic assumptions about the nature of the universe. There are many things that they simply cannot reconcile or explain away. The blind leading the blind. Still they promise that soon, one day, they will give us the full explanation (Srila BV Swami Prabhupada called this "The blank cheque promise"). However, the mental speculation of the empirical scientists seems to have reached a saturation point. A new theory is being put forward every couple of years, replacing the previous so-called theory, and making it clear that they are just mentally concocting new theories without actually realising the Truth or having a grasp on Reality. Therefore they strongly believe that everything is relative and there is no Absolute Truth. Most of the observations made by the scientists can be adequately and consistently explained by the Vedic model. If we can show that our "theory" can provide a stronger and more complete expalanation of observable reality, the scientists are bound to eventually accept it.
According to sastra, one who knows the truth does not change his philosophical conclusions. According to the Srimad Bhagavtam (2nd sloka) "The highest truth is reality distinguished from illusion for the welfare of all" and that indeed is the knowledge presented by the Bhagavatam. We are aspiring to present scientists and ordinary people with the knowledge of the Bhagavatam, presenting a model of the universe which explains everything, the totality of both material and spiritual worlds, in a complete and perfect way. It accounts for everything we observe, clearly distinguishing reality from illusion. This model is the ultimate "Unified Field Theory." It has its origin not in the mind of any scientist or any human being and is not the result of mental speculation. It is not man-made knowledge but is perfect knowledge that descends from the perfect world, through perfected sages, and presented in perfect literature, free from the mistakes and defects of mortal, conditioned souls. We are humbly extending an invitation to all scientists and any interested persons to take a look at a picture of the universe (or a model of reality) which can answer all questions, allay all doubts, and inspire any individual with a higher taste, the desire for elevation to the spiritual world through the process of bhakti. As it has been said, this is a journey without a beginning to a goal that has never changed. Hare Krishna.
The Vedic view of the Universe:
The Spiritual world:
GOLOKA VRiNDAVANA - Svayam Bhagavan Vrajendra-nandana Krishna, Lila-purushottama, and Vrishabhanu-nandini Srimati Radhika; Krishna has the ego and attire of an dolescent cowherd boy; three pure rasas and two mixed. Prema-rasa nishtha, Pure Madhurya (Aisvarya is completely covered); path leading to Goloka Vrindavana: Suddha-raga bhakti.
[in a parallel prakoshta - SVETADWIPA - Gaura lila, Sri Sacinandana Gaurahari, Prema-purushottama]
MATHURA - Mathuresa Krishna, son of Vasudeva; ego and attire of a Kshatriya prince; both dvibhuja and caturbhuja. Mixed Aisvarya and Madhurya.
1st Catur-vyuha: Vasudeva - Sankarsana. path: Vaidhi-misra-raga bhakti.
DWARAKA PURI - Dwarakadisa Krishna, son of Vasudeva, Kshatriya king.
Suhrid-rasa nishtha, Aisvarya predominant over Madhurya. 2nd Catur-vyuha: Pradyumna-Anirudha. path: Vaidhi-misra-raga bhakti.
AYODHYA - Ramacandra, Maryada-purushottama, Sita-Rama-Lakshmana-Hanman. Seva-rasa-visesha nishtha; path: Vaidhi-bhakti in dasya-rasa.
VAIKUNTHA - Lakshmi-Narayana. Aisvarya predominating. Bhagavan is cutur-bhuja. Seva-rasa nishtha. path: (1) Vaidhi-bhakti in dasya-rasa, and (2) Mukti: salokya, samipya, sarupa, sarsti.
SIVA-LOKA - at the bottom of Vaikuntha. path: worship of Lord Siva (in the mood that he is non-different than Lord Narayana). Consort: Parvati.
Borderline region between the spiritual and material worlds (tatastha):
SIDDHA-LOKA/MUKTI-LOKA - on the shore of the Viraja river (causal ocean) at the bottom of Siva-loka. Neither material, nor spiritual, borderline (tatastha). path: jnana yoga, jnanis whose goal is impersonal liberation (sayujya, nirvana) desiring to merge into the impersonal brahman effulgence emanating from the toes of Krishna. From the point of view of bhakti, this amounts to spiritual suicide since it extinguishes one's individuality and desire to serve Krishna. (note: This destination is not higher than the Paramatma realisation below, but parallel to it).
VIRAJA RIVER or CAUSAL OCEAN - Karanodakasayi Vishnu. The tatastha (borderline) region between the material and spiritual worlds. path: Ashtanga yoga, realisation of the Paramatma (Supersoul in the heart). Again, this is neither material nor spiritual: no service, no ananda. Karanodakasayi, or Maha-Vishnu (a five times removed expansion of Krishna) infuses His potency into maya (Durga devi) thus creating the material world and then impregantes the conditioned jivas through His glance into their respective material bodies (see separate diagram). Innumerable universes emanate from the pores of His skin with every exhalation and are drawn back into His body with each inhalation (Bigger than the biggest).
The Material world:
Composed of innumerable, egg-shaped universes of various sizes, floating in the material sky or held on the hoods of Sesha-naga. Just as Maha-Vishnu is the supersoul of the entire material creation, the second purusha-avatara, Garbodakashayi Vishnu is the supersoul of each individual universe. He lies at the bottom half of the universe in the ocean created by His own sweat, in a state of samadhi (yoga-nidra) and is being served by His consort, Lakshmi. The third purusha-avatara, Kshirodakasayi Vishnu, is the supersoul in the heart of every living being. He also resides inside each atom, holding it together (Smaller than the smallest).
Each universe is completely enclosed by a thick shell of seven layers, each layer is successively ten times thicker than the previous one. The following is a description of the seven layers of one universe and their predominating deities, going from the topmost, external layer, to the bottom, inner layer.
The Seven Layers:
1. Mahat-tattva (seed form of the material elements) - Vasudeva-rupi Vishnu
2. Ahankara (collective false ego) - Sankasana-rupi Vishnu
3. Ether (or space) - Anirudha-rupi Vishnu
4. Air - Pradyumna-rupi Vishnu
5. Fire - Surya (sun)-rupi Vishnu
6. Water - Matsya (totoise)-rupi Vishnu
7. Earth - Varaha (Boar)-rupi Vishnu
The seven upper planetary syatems:
1. Satya-loka - the abode of lord Brahma, the secondary creator of each universe. (the universe lasts as long as Brahm's life, 100 years or ?)
2. Tapa-loka - the abode of the four Kumaras: Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and Sanata-Kumara.
3. Jana-loka - the abode of the Nava-Yogendra, the nine anceint sages (re. King Nemi, 11th Canto of SB).
4. Mahar-loka - the abode of Bhrigu Muni and other sages.
5. Svarga-loka - the abode of the Demigods, headed by Indra, the king of Heaven.
6. Bhuva-loka - the abode of the Pitri-purusha, the forefathers (Manvantaras?)
7. Bhu-loka - Planet earth and the seven Dwipas (not visible to material vision) - the abode of human beings and other living entities.
The seven lower planetary systems:
8. Atal-loka - abode of Bala demon
9. Vital-loka - abode of Hatkesvara Siva
10. Sutal-loka - abode of Bali Maharaja (guarded by Vamana avatara)
11. Talatal-loka - abode of Maya demon (protected by Siva)
12. Mahatal-loka - Kaliya serpent and demoniac sons of Diti
13. Rasatal-loka - Demons
14. Patal-loka - Vasuki serpent
Thus there are 14 planetary systems altogether, each comprising a group of planets or stars.
Below these 14 is Naraka-loka, Hell, the abode of the Yamadutas, Yamaraja's agents whose job is to punish and prepare sinful jivas for their next life.
The Process of Creation (and the sequence of the appearance of material elements):
Karanodakasayi (Maha) Vishnu lies in the Causal Ocean (also called the Viraja River). He infuses Maya (Durga) devi with His potency and this gives rise to the (1) Mahat-tattva (the seed form of the material elements). This gives rise to to the (2) Ahankara (collective form of false ego). Three kinds of Ahankara result from this, according to the three modes of nature: Sattvik, Rajasik and Tamasik. From Sattvik ahankara comes the Mind. From Rajasik ahankara come the (3-7) Jnanendriya (5 organs of perception) and (8-12) Karmendriya (5 organs of action). From Tamasik ahankara come the (13-17) Panca-bhuta, the 5 material elements: space, air, fire, water and earth, and their corresponding (18-22) Tanmatra, the 5 sense enjoyment objects: sound, touch, sight, taste and smell. The 23rd element is the Mind (mana), 24th is Intelligence (buddhi), 25th is the individual false ego (Ahankara) thinking that the self (the sense of "I") is independent of God, that "I am the doer and things related to this body are mine"). 26th is Citta (heart) or consciousness, the symptom of the soul, which is not a material element although it may be covered by the subtle material elements of ego, intelligence and mind and results in material consciousness. The 27th element is the Paramatma, the supersoul who sits in the heart of the jiva as witness and permitter, and also as the caittya-guru (the guru in the heart who manifests externally as the Guru when the jiva becomes eligible for bhakti). Therefore the process of bhakti is to spiritualize one's consciousness, under the guidance of a bona fide Guru, and transform it back to its original spiritual nature, Krishna consciousness, the awareness that one is a loving servant of Krishna and that one's real happiness lies in rendering loving devotional service to one's eternal object of love, Sri Krishna. Hare Krishna. Nitai-Gaura Hari bol.
Sources: Srimad Bhagavatam, 5th Canto; Sri Brihad-bhagavatamritam; Sri Caitanya-Caritamrita, Madhya chapters 20-21; Sri Brahma-samhita; Jaiva Dharma.
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Hare Krishna Prabhu!
My name is Swami BV Vishnu Daivata. Please keep in touch with me. We have great plans to help poor people in India. If you come to Bangalore again, please make it a point to visit our Vedic Ashrama and Gurukulam.We also plan to open a free Ayurvedic Hospital for poor people.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Swami B.V. Dandi Maharaja
B.Sc. (Hons) B.E. (IISC, Bangalore) M.S. (IIT Chennai) D.Sc. (Washington University), P.E. (USA), CISSP
bvdandi@gmail.com
Swami BV Vishnu Daivata Maharaja
B.E. (VJTI Mumbai), M.Tech. (IIT Kharagpur)
vishnudaivata@gmail.com
http://www.purebhakti.com
http://www.pbwebcast.com
Learn Free Sanskrit at http://www.bhaktistudies.com
http://bhaktiuniversity.com/bhakti/
Invitation to visit the most beautiful place on the earth
Shri Ranganatha Gaudiya Matha
Near Nritya Grama Kutira, Heserghatta,
Bangalore 560 088 (INDIA)
Phone: 080-28466760
9900885241
Email: vishnudaivata@gmail.com
Websites: http://www.rangagaudiya.com
All requested to visit Sri Ranganatha Gaudiya Matha in Heserghatta in Bangalore. We are located near Nritya Grama founded by Pratima Bedi.
Driving directions:
Please take Tumkur road upto 8th mile. Turn right on to the Heserghatta Main Road at the Black Reliance building. Keep on driving for another 15 Kms till you reach Heserghatta. Please follow the directions to the Nritya Grama Kuteeram.
The following interesting sites are located near our Matha.
1. Bhima's footprints : Bhima killed one demon and his footprints were imprinted here.
2. Sri Vyasadeva's 5000 years old cave
3. Sri Laksmi Nrisimha temple, Deity installed by Sri Durvasa Muni
4. Sri Venugopala Deity installed by Pandavas
5. Taj groups village resort known as Taj Kuteeram
6. Dance Village founded by Pratima Bedi
7. Heserghatta Lake
Ashrama shall provide prasadam if you call ahead of time. Some siteseeing assistance shall also be provided.
We also have a gurukul. Overnight staying facility is also available.
Objectives
1. Train, develop and research material to remove dissatisfaction and unhappiness in all walks of life.
2. Demonstrate Agriculture based on native cows.
3. Reverse the trend of migration from rural to urban areas
4. Boost the immunity of the people, plants, trees and the earth.
5. Explain the real goal of human life.
6. Train the decision makers in all the prominent sectors from the abovementioned objectives to work in a stress-free frame of mind.
7. Create an Ayurvedic sanctuary to disseminate consistent and complete health solutions.
8. Demonstrate above objectives by building the self-sufficient communities.
9. Demonstrate harmonious living between plants, earths and humans; thus, reversing the suicidal tendency in the society.
10. Nurture the empowered, young generation based on the above objectives to understand, explain, demonstrate and practice a new, complete and content way of life.
11. Encourage study of Sanskrit, research in and study of ancient literature with a view to arrive at their proper appraisal and promote advancement of Indian cultural philosophical traditions embodied in India’s cultural heritage.
12. Establish and promote the cultural affinity in the world.
Encourage research in and study of scriptures with a view to establish spiritual affinity in the world.
13. To produce, print, publish, circulate and distribute such literature in print media in the form of books, periodicals, journals, circular letter and through other medias such as audio/video tapes, multimedia in all languages to remove dissatisfaction and unhappiness in all walks of life.
Details of the Project
Spiritual Sanctuary
We want to create a spiritual sanctuary for the local, national and international devotees. We want to build a grand temple for their Lordships Shri Shri Radha Vinoda-bihari and Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Vedic Gurukula
We have already started a Vedic gurukula (residential Vedic school) for young boys. We admit boys from all families irrespective of their economic status.
Ashrama for Girls and Women
We also want develop a separate ashrama and school for girls and women, who would like to lead a spiritual life and advance in Krishna consciousness.
Ashrama for Elderly devotees
We want to develop an ashrama (residential facility) for elderly devotees.
Ashrama facility for the national and international devotees
We want to facilitate the devotees from all over the world. They can practice and contribute to this International spiritual and holistic community and lead a Krishna conscious life.
Medical Clinic
We want to open Shri Chaitanya cikitsalaya (a medical clinic) for ailing devotees and villagers. Good health is very essential for the practice of Krishna conscious devotional life. We want to provide free Ayurvedic, Homeopathic and Naturopathy treatment for everyone irrespective his or her economic status.
Preservation of the Indian breed of cows
We want to create a small go-shala (cowshed) for Indian breed of cows. The Indian cows are characterized by the high level of immunity from the diseases. Moreover, their intestines are the reservoirs of good bacteria. These bacteria are very useful for the agriculture. The cow urine and cow dung contain these bacteria. Thus, we want to demonstrate that an Indian breed of cow can supply fertilizer for up to 30 acres of land. This fertilizer can double or triple the agricultural output.
The cow urine of the Indian cows is the panacea for almost all diseases except death. We want to preserve these cows, who are like our dear mothers.
The milk of a healthy Indian breed of cow is perfect nourishment. This milk boosts one’s immunity to diseases.
Organic Nature-based farming
The agriculture based on chemical fertilizers and insecticides adversely affects the human body. Therefore, we aim to create a garden for the cultivation of flowers, fruit, vegetables, grains and other crops that will satisfy the needs of our Krishna conscious community. We shall sell the excess produce in an open market. We shall use the profit to make our community economically self-sufficient. The use of cow-urine and cow-dung based fertilizers and insecticides shall reverse the deterioration of the soil. Moreover, this shall also demonstrate the importance of cow protection to the world.
Free Spiritual Food for All
Sri Krishna’s prasadam is a perfect remedy for the satisfaction of body, mind and soul. We want to distribute sumptuous prasadam to all the devotees who visit our temple. Srila Prabhupada said that we must make sure no one in the 10-mile radius of our temple ever goes hungry.
Book distribution and Hari-nama festivals
The books of Srila Gurudeva and Srila Prabhupada are the lighthouses for the people who are deluded by the illusory potency of the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna. We want to translate all of Srila Gurudeva’s books in the local languages and distribute them everywhere at a confessional rate. We want to give Srila Gurudeva’s books to the schoolchildren. We also want to increase the distribution of the holy name of Lord Sri Krishna. The scripture says that the sound of the holy name of Sri Krishna is very powerful. It frees one from all the misfortune.
Cooperation with other Vaishnava sampradayas
All the Vaishnava sampradayas worship Lord Sri Krishna or His other manifestations. We want to develop a friendly relationship with other Vaishnava sampradaya members. Thus, we want to engage our combined energy towards achieving our common goals.
Preservation and Maintenance of the Holy Sites (Tirthas)
The holy sites such as Sri Vyasa-deva’s cave, Sri Bhimasena’s footprints, and Sri Venu-gopala temple are very important for the Vaisnavas. These holy sites are full of devotion. They represent the spiritual heritage of India. We want to preserve and maintain these holy sites in the best possible way. We also want to broadcast the glories of these holy tirthas to the world.
Preaching in Villages
Villages near Bangalore are very important for us. Ninety percent of India’s population lives in the villages. Therefore, we want to educate the rural population about the importance of Krishna consciousness movement and its benefits.
The people behind this project:
Dr. Swami B.V. Dandi
B.Sc. (Hons) B.E. (IISC, Bangalore) M.S. (IIT Chennai) D.Sc. (Washington University), P.E. (USA), CISSP
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Swami B.V. Vishnu Daivata
B.E. (VJTI, Mumbai) M.Tech (IIT Kharagpur)
Sri Ranganatha Gaudiya Matha,
Heserghatta, Near Nritya Grama Kuteeram,
Bangalore – 88
Phone: (080) 28466760
Email: vishnudaivata@gmail.com
Website: http://www.rangagaudiya.com
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Swami B.V. Vishnu Daivata is an international preacher of bhakti-yoga. He has traveled all over USA preaching the science of obtaining peace and overall welfare of the mankind.
Swamiji has completed his post-graduate degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur. He was worked with many prominent corporations such as Walt Disney, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Pepsi-cola, Citicorp Software, ITC, Dun and Bradsheet, Cambridge Technology Partners, Hasbro Inc, IBM, and EMC Corporation.
Swamiji has received the renounced order of life (sannyasa) from Om Vishnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja, who is the foremost devotee of Lord Krishna. Srila B.V. Narayana Maharaja has authored more than 100 books on bhakti-yoga and he circumambulated the globe more than 26 times through his preaching tours.
Swamiji is currently translating the most profound book on the science of bhakti-yoga known as Sri Brhad-bhagavatamritam of Srila Sanatana Gosvami. This book explains in detail the structures of the material and spiritual universes, the moods of the residents of those universes and the path to reach those higher abodes.
Swamiji is also currently assisting in setting up the school for poor children and a friendly home for the elderly people. Swamiji’s dear and close colleague is Dr. Swami B.V. Dandi Maharaja who is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Technolgy and University of Pennsylvania. Swamiji wants to establish a school for more than 1000 poor children in every large city of India. In Heserghatta, Swamiji also desires to open a free Ayurvedic Hospital for the poor people. He desires to build a grand temple of Sri Sri Radha Krishna in the same location.
Swamiji has plans to create a Vedic planetarium in Heserghatta, Bangalore. This planetarium shall explain the real structure of the universe that is based and backed by the Vedic authorities. Swamiji has realized the follies of the traditional science. Therefore, he has taken a decision to explore the wisdom of the Vedic scriptures and sages, who received the knowledge through the descending process (avaroha-pantha).
Swamiji will soon resume his world tour for preaching the science of bhakti-yoga. He plans to travel to New Zealand, Australia, USA, Russia, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Nigeria, Brazil, Denmark, Japan, Pakistan, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Fiji, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad, UK, Holland, Ukraine, Bosnia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, UAE and so on.
Swamiji message is simple:
Take initiation from Om Vishnupada 108 Srila Narayana Maharaja.
Chant Hare Krishna maha-mantra day and night.
Do not eat meat, fish, eggs, onions and garlic.
Do not gamble.
Do not take intoxication, wine, tobacco etc.
Do not have illicit sex.
Do steal or cheat others.
Do not give trouble to other living entities.
Always the neck beads of Tulasi and put on the tilaka of gopi-chandana.
Observe Ekadashi twice a month by not eating grains and beans.
Never criticize, complain and stop chanting.
Control the desire for three Ws (wine, women and wealth).
Control the desire of three Ms (men, money and marijuana).
Spend at least 50 percent of your profit in business to spread the knowledge of Krishna consciousness.
We are all spirit souls and parts and parcels of Sri Krishna. Therefore, we are brothers and sisters.
To help poor children:
Mail a check or DD in the name of :
Bhaktiprajnana Charitable, Medical and Educational Trust
Shri Ranganatha Gaudiya Matha
Near Nritya Grama Kutira, Heserghatta,
Bangalore 560 088 (INDIA)
Phone: 080-28466760
PURPORT
Because of the yajna performed by Marutta, everyone was pleased, especially the brahmanas and ksatriyas. Brahmanas are interested in receiving contributions as priests, and ksatriyas are interested in drinking. All of them, therefore, were satisfied with their different engagements.