Minister Receives Bhagavad-Gita

It was 10am on the Sunday of 27th March 2008 when a crowd gathered on the street beside the building where Sri Krishna Mandir is situated. Residents from adjacent condominiums were also waiting by their windows, observing the proceedings. An air of excitement lingered in the air as everyone awaited the arrival of Health Minister, Mr Khaw Boon Wan.

The Health Minister graced the Geylang Serai District as part of the ministerial community visit. As Geylang Lorong 29 was one of the stopovers for Mr Khaw, Sri Krishna Mandir decided to take this opportunity to distribute a copy of the Bhagavad-Gita As It Is to the minister. His Grace Raghupati Prabhu delivered the two copies; one in English and the other in Mandarin. Mr Khaw graciously accepted the two copies of the Bhagavad-Gita As It Is. To fulfill the order of our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, we at Sri Krishna Mandir, have to actively preach and distribute his transcendental books describing and glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna.

It is the mercy of Lord Sri Krishna that such a prominent head of state of Singapore was able to receive the transcendental instructions of a pure devotee in the line of disciplic succession.

Jai Srila Prabhupada!

Spiritual Retreat in Malaysia

Hare Krishna!!

We have planned a spiritual retreat on the 1st of May, 2008 to Malaysia.

So we'll be moving in the night before and put up at the Sri Krishna Mandir at Taman Daya. We'll be having a mangala-arati on the 1st of May and after the solid morning program, we'll be heading to the Kota Tinggi waterfalls. From there, we'll pay a brief visit to the to-be farm community at the Kota Tinggi, and will head straight to the Desa Ru beach. There we'll have a kirtana following which we shall partake of prasadam. We'll spend some time at the beach and head back to Singapore in the evening.

This trip is a great way for serious candidates to get away from the hustle-bustle of a metropolitan and fully be with the devotees for a whole 24 hours and experience spiritual life.

Once the Kota Tinggi farm gets kicked off, that will be a valuable feather in the Yatra's cap.

Hare Krishna!!

A change in the Sunday Program

Hare Krishna! To all devotees, well-wishers and visitors,



There will be a slight change in the kirtan schedule on Sunday.



The arati will start as usual at 6pm along with kirtan. With the completion of the arati at about 6:30pm, the kirtan will be stopped and a Hare Krishna bhajan will begin and it will last until about 7:15pm.



After this it is as usual - Bhagavad Gita lecture and Prasadam.



Kindly note that these changes will be in effect from the 27th of April, 2008.



Hare Krishna!

Rama Navami was a blissful event

Hare Krishna everyone!!





Sri Rama Navami celebration was very encouraging for the devotees. Despite being a week day, the attendance was about a hundred. Most of them were new faces. And surprisingly, six of them were Chinese!!!





All the people liked the Hare Krishna kirtana, the abhisheka, the class and of course the Prasadam. When asked how they liked the festival, many of them replied that it was like a really rejuvenating experience. They seemed to feel full of vitality despite a tiring day of work.





The festival was especially blissful to the devotees as a result of seeing so many souls witnessing the transcendental event. This is the sole happiness for the preacher - to see others happy in the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna or Lord Ramacandra.








One can be happy only in the association of God, Krishna because our position is to be with Krishna, serve Him with love and devotion in the kingdom of God, Vaikuntha. We have come far away from Him to enjoy on our own. This we have been doing since time immemorial. This much-hyped quest for happiness in this material world is nothing but a struggle for existence. Everyone is only embarassed by the ever-entangling network of misery. If we just turn our face back to God, we will begin to feel blissful again. As Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to say:



"I have gotten the Lord of My life and soul, for whom I was burning in the endless fire of lusty desires."



So this explains the rejuvenating experience of the new witnesses of the Sri Rama Navami.

So by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna, everything is all slowly falling in place. The Singapore Yatra is beginning to evolve in the true line of Lord Caitanya's movement ever since Srila Prabhupada is the centre without any deviation.

Hare Krishna to all, thanking you for your attendance!

Rama Navami 2008

We will be celebrating the Rama Navami, the Transcendental Appearance Day of Lord Ramacandra, on the 14th of April, 2008 (Monday). The program timings are as follows:

• 7:00pm - Arati and Kirtan
• 7:45pm - Abhishek
• 8:15pm - Lecture on Lord Ramacandra
• 9:15pm - Prasadam

We invite everyone to attend this great festival and get blessings of Lord Ramacandra.

Thank you!

Hare Krishna!!