"Whoever constructs or HELP to construct a Vishnu Temple will protect 8 generations of Fathers, Grandfathers & forefathers from falling into hell" - Vamana Purana
One should gently scratch the body of a cow, offer her a mouthful of green grass and reverentially circumambulate her. If cows are maintained nicely and comfortably, Lord Gopala will be pleased...... (From Gautamiya-tantra)
The 11th of March 2012, marks an unforgettable day for the children, parents and teachers of Sugam Karnatica. Around 9:30 a.m. in the morning, they stepped into the auspicious land of the cows known as Gokulam Farm which is located at Genting Highlands, Pahang.
Around 100 children and a few parents and teachers of Sugam Karnatica visited the farm. The program started off with H.G. Simheswara Prabhu’s speech about the glories of cows and the Gokulam farm. His Grace explained about our seven mothers namely a wife of a guru, a Brahmin’s wife, our mother, a nurse, Mother Earth, the queen and not forgetting mother cow.
His Grace also told the incident where during the Ponggal Festival, our ISKCON kids were very thrilled to be with the cows especially Chandrika, the new-born calf. Besides, when the ice-cream man was there, majority of them did not buy the ice-cream regardless of the sunny weather. The children of Sugam Karnatica were also asking whether they can stay in the farm.
After that, H.G Goloka Chandra Prabhu did a slide presentation about the cow farm in Hungary, where there were devotees staying there as permanent residents. He also explained about ISKCON Malaysia’s future plans of having a cow farm like that in Malaysia. Then, Prabhu had a question and answer session with the children about cows and he also told how to please them.
Then, H.G Simheswara Prabhu suggested the children, teachers and parents to bathe the cows and feed them fresh green grass. His Grace brought them to the cow barn which is situated on the hill of Gokulam Farm. A cold breeze was blowing towards us.Then, he told them to take a handful of fresh grass to feed the cows. They fed the cows as Mulakaranam Prabhu took their pictures. After that, they bathed Surabhi and Jalangi with water. The children took turns to do so. Definitely Lord Krsna would be pleased to see them bathing and feeding the cows.
After some time, Nandalal Prabhu demonstrated on how to make cheese out of cow’s milk. Some of them told me that the cheese was finger licking good. As the children were enjoying their prasadam, suddenly one of the cows came to ‘share’ the prasadam. Out of fear, the children were running around screaming and Mulakaranam Prabhu was busy taking their photos. It was a hilarious moment.
Finally, Simheswara Prabhu had a quiz session with the children. Prabhu asked some questions such as; what is the name of Krsna’s brother? The children are supposed to guess the name and point out the picture of the particular cow with that name, which was pasted on the board. Those who answered the question correctly win a gift provided if they chant the mahamantra correctly. If they failed to do so, they were ‘punished’ to dance or sing. When time was over, they had to bid farewell. Anyway, they were looking forward to visit our ISKCON Malaysia’s farm again.
..and our young news correspondent, Sanglish
Many children thought my family and I are staying in the farm with the other devotees because they were very surprised to see that we had so much love for cows and in return the cows are very close to us. In my point of view, I think it must be great to stay in the farm. It is because Gokulam Farm is a very peaceful and beautiful land which is far away from the busy cities. A day with Krsna’s best friends like the cows, will always remain an unforgettable memory which will be cherished in our hearts forever……..
Hare Krishna. Devotees are welcomed to attend a Ponggal celebration on Sunday, January 15 from 10AM onwards at our new Gokulam cow farm at Janda Baik, Bentong, Pahang. Buses will leave at 8.30AM from Sri Jagannatha Mandir, ISKCON National temple at Kuala Lumpur. Call Sacimata mataji (012-3075750) to book your bus seat. There are also nice streams and a waterfall at Janda Baik. All the reason to attend with your family for a weekend escapism from city life.
Programme schedule
10.00AM: Welcome address & class
11.00AM: Offering of ponggal followed by Bhoga Arati
11.30AM: Feeding cows
12.13noon: Prasadam served for all
this is all they need - grass & care and in return they give us all we need - Milk
Guna Niddhi pr getting used to our new farm Gokulam, as named by HH Bhaktivrajendranandna Swami Maharaj
Kitchen and new cow barn under construction
Land for cows for now and a sizeable farm community to follow soon
Hare Krishna. Today's free prasadam distribution and book distribution was at a very old Tamil school at Sentul located just behind the La Salle Sentul. This school even has an altar room for kids to daily make prayers before attending classes. We distributed 26 Krishna Story Hard Bound and 309 small and medium size literatures and served out prasadam vegetarian meals to 350 students, teachers and staffs of the school. The headmistress requested us to come back and conduct the Damodara programme. Coming up next is in November for a maha programme at the Vivekananda Schook Jalan 222 just after Assunta Hospital on the same road where 1000 kids are waiting for the mercy of Lord Krishna in the form of books and prasadam. And there is good chance they will even get the merciful darshan of His pure devotees Srila Jayapataka Maharaj & Srila Bhakti Vrajendra Nandana Maharaj on the same day. Thanks to our volunteer crew of Rasa Parayana, Mayapur Candra, Kasi Misra, Raja Sham, Pandian, Balakrishnan, Nandalala, Sri Kantha, Sharuben, Guna Niddhi, Tirtha Gauranga, Mulakaranam, Santi Vardana Caitanya and Siva Caitanya prabhus & Vallabhi, Gaurangi, Malini Priti, Jay Sri, Sanglisha and Kavita. And of course the Gaurana Bramachari Sankirtan team of Hari Gaura, Gokul Damodara, Ganesh & Seva Niddhi prabhus.
Hare Krishna.This is inform everyone that there has been changes in SJMKL Management.
The change was instituted by Co-GBCs of Malaysia, HH Srila Jayapataka Swami and
HH Srila Prabhavisnu Swami.
The change is the top management office is not the Presidential Council
anymore.
That body has been disbanded when the members resigned.
The top management is now the Office of Temple President. The new Temple
President is HG Kripa Sindhu Krishna Prabhu (Brahmacari).
HG Kripa Sindhu Krishna Prabhu has been a member of ISKCON since 1988 when HG
joined the Brahmacari ashrama. He is from Pelam Estate, Malau, Kedah - a place
which has produced so many stalwart devotees.
Kripa Sindhu Krishna Prabhu is a world class kirtaneer [mentioned by HH Srila
Lokanatha Swami] and has been with ISKCON Kuching for past 17 years. Under his
able guidance the temple is now fully recognized by Sarawak State Government
which gave State and Federal monetary grants and land to ISKCON Kuching.
Recently he completed building the a great hall adjacent to ISKCON Kuching
temple.
HG Kripa Sindhu Krishna Prabhu has also traveled to many western countries like
France, Switzerland, Italy, Hing Kong, New Zealand, Australia, Sri Lanka,
Thailand, Brunei, Sabah, and Indonesia preaching the message of Lord Caitanya
and distribute books there.
In 2008, HG Kripa Sindhu Krishna Prabhu completed Bhakti Sastri Degree at
Mayapur Institute of Higher Education with honors.
We request all devotees to fully cooperate with our new Temple President to
spread the mission of Srila Prabhupada.
your servant,
santi vardhana caitanya dasa
Assistant General Secretary
ISKCON Malaysia
Kripa Sindhu Krishna dasa prabhu (left) leading kirtan at the 2011 Cameron Highlands Ratha Yatra
IT WAS a Deepavali celebration with a difference for 70 teachers and around 1,200 pupils at SJK (T) Vivekananda, Petaling Jaya recently.
Not only were they treated to a sumptuous vegetarian meal, they also received free books under the Sastra Dana and Anna Dana Programme, jointly organised by Bhaktivedanta Books Trading Malaysia Sdn Bhd, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Malaysia and Food For Life Society Malaysia.
Two separate programmes were held for pupils in the morning and afternoon sessions.
The morning session started off with HG Kripa Sindhu prabhu guiding the schoolchildren in singing the Hare Krishna Maha Manthra.
Pupils tucking into their meals during the event.
ISKCON Malaysia president HH Bhakti Vrajendranandana Swami then presented the school with a set of books including Bhagavad-Gita As It Is.
Pupils and teachers at the school also received books. A total of 70 Krishna Story books and 1,300 titles were distributed on the day.
The pupils and teachers were then treated to local delights such as nasi lemak, fried noodles, corn jelly and side dishes by members and volunteers of Food For Life Malaysia.
The school’s teachers and pupils thanked the company and societies for organising the event.
“The objective of this event was to create awareness especially among schoolchildren on the importance of sacred literature and to live based on its teaching, which guides us to lead a decent life,” said Food For Life Society Malaysia representative A. Vimala.
“The programme wouldn’t have been successful without the encouragement and support of ISKCON Malaysia general secretary HG Simheswara prabhu. We are also grateful to our donors and well-wishers,” she added.
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