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Birthday:
April 4
Name / Initiated name
carole faye davis
Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.
108
When, where and how did you come into contact with the Hare Krishna Movement?
1996 at new govardhan after meeting rami swami in townsville and moved to do daily service at farm for as i had read a book about a blue cowherder a few weeks before and realised i had found my lifes meaning. i know have 2 children rama dasa and rani and they are also attracted. my youngest son jai jaganatha dasa passed at 5 days old in melb around the melb devotees. my faith in krishna brought me through a very auspicious time as we decided not to do surgery and let him go home. when i had 2 other children i decided that i would give them the opportunity to be around devotees, which i did. my daughter wants to go live on the farm which i would do in an instant. we are going down for janmastami 7 srila prapupada appearance day. hari bol
Name the nearest or most frequently Visited ISKCON temple/ centre and name few of the devotees whom you know.
new govardhan, iskcon melbourne, nikunja seva, chaitanya, krsna gana, rami swami, dharma, sidhi, vegavan, bhakti meg, gopal batta, raman,suratanatha.
Please describe yourself so that other like minded devotees can find you.
not yet initiated bhakti carole, friend of bhakti raeline and bhakti meg, i am known by my cleaning and peparing the arti trays service and cleaning the night clothes and ironing the dieties clothing service. my 5 day old son passed a few months before arjuna who was meg and gopal batta 5yr old son.i am isolated from association so my home is open to any initiates that are passing through as i am at my happiest when i can talk krishna conciousness. krishna gana and the boys from the festival food truck just spent 2 nights at my home and i felt ecstatic having them here
What are your expectations from this community?
to always serve the lord and to have association with likeminded souls and move back down to nsw soon so i can participate in the program and become initiated, my children are finishing there school so i dont have to uproot them but whilst there in aug and sept i will be looking into gurukul
Describe any specific service you would love to offer to Lord Krishna & His devotees?
anything that pleases. i did thoroughly enjoy cleaning behind the dieties cleaning their sleepwear and preparing the arti trays but i would also help with the shop on the farm.
Comments
Dear Devotee, Hare Krishna, dandvats. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I do wish you a very happy Krishna conscious day today on your birthday and pray for you to have Krishna conscious years in the time to come, to let all your material and spiritual desires be fulfilled and for you to have this as your last birth in this material world. Take care, Gauranga, Radhe Radhe, Hari Hari, Hare Krishna.
Krshne matri astu - May your attention always be on Krsna....
To day is Papmochani Ekadashi 2016 - April 3 (Sunday)
Tomorrow (Monday) Ekadasi Fast-Breaking time : 06:276 to 10:45 AM
Papmochani Ekadashi falls on the 11th day of fading phase of moon in Chaitra. This Ekadashi is the last one in all 24 Ekadashi fasts. The word 'Papamochani' is made with two words Paap and Mochani. 'Paap' means sin or misdeed and word “Mochani” means remover. Devotees believe that observing fast on Papamochani Ekadasi is highly auspicious. Those who observe this fast would be forgiven from their sins. Lord Vishnu is mainly worshipped on Ekadashi Fasts.
The Papmochani Ekadashi Vrat Katha
This tale is narrated in the Bhavishya Uttara Purana in the form of dialogues between Lord Krishna and king Yudhishtira.
There was a sage named Medhavi who was a great devotee of Lord Shiva. This sage used to perform deep Tapas (meditation) in the forest of Chaitraratha. This forest was full of beautiful and scented flowers. The Chaitraratha forest was also frequently visited by Indra and Apsaras. Beautiful Apsaras tried many times but could never succeed in seducing young Medhavi. One famous Apsara, "Manjughosa", also tried many ways to seduce this sage but she could not come closer to him due to the power of his sobriety that he had attained over the years.
After many attempts Manjughosa decided to pitch a tent couple of miles away from the sage and started singing. She sang so beautifully that even the Kamdev (Cupid) got excited and decided to use Manjughosha to target Medhavi. But when Manjughosha looked at powerful and attractive body of the sage, she herself got restless by lust .She again started singing seductively, Kamdev drew Medhavi’s attention towards the charm of Manjughosha through his powerful magical bows .She slowly reached closer to Medhavi and embraced him with her beautiful arms. Medhavi stopped his tapa (meditation) and got trapped in Manjughosha’s charm.
He lost his purity of mind instantaneously. He got so much attracted to her charm that he even forgot the difference between night and day.
Medhavi was charmed by her for a very long time. After living a married life for 57 years, Manjughosha lost her interest in the sage, and decided to abandon him .Tricked by Apsara’s charm Medhavi couldn’t be aware of the time he spent with Manjughosha. When Manjughosha asked Medhavi to permit her to leave, now the sage got his lost senses back and realized how he was tricked by this Apsara.
Fuming with anger Medhavi cursed her to become an ugly witch.Very said Medhavi returned back to his father Sage Chyavana’s ashram and told the whole story to his father.
Sage Chyavana asked Medhavi to observe fast on Papamochani Ekadashi, and assured him that all his sins will be removed by observing fast on this Ekadashi. Medhavi observed the fast with full devotion to Lord Vishnu and got relieved from his mistakes. Chyavana advised the same fast to Majughosha as well. Manjughosha also observed the fast and regretted for her wrong deeds and she was also relieved from her sin.
Suggestion: If you can not keep full day fasting, please eat only Ekadasi Prasadam—friuts, vegetables,no grains,etc.-- one time at lunch time only. At night ,you may drink one glass of milk. Recommended chanting on this day is atleast 25 rounds of Mahamantra—Hare Krishna,Hare Krishna,Krishna,Krishna,Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama,Rama,Rama, Hare,Hare.
Through this austerity, you can take advantage to keep your health and mind in good shape!!!
Thank you,
Your servant,
Karunanidhi Das
ISKCON,Chicago