Hare Krishna!
Please accept our humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!
We are
pleased to announce that our 6th annual 64 round chanting day will take place
on Friday- 1st July 2016 from 10 am to 7.30 pm.
Scrumptious prasadam will be
served throughout the day.
Every
year over 50 devotees take part in chanting 64 rounds at ISKCON Scarborough that takes on CANADA DAY or the weekend of Canada day.
We invite
you, your family and friends to ISKCON Scarborough on 1st July to take part in
this auspicious event.
Weekend
end programs at ISKCON Scarborough:
Friday- 1st
July 2016- 10 am to 7.30 pm - 64 round chanting of Hare Krsna Maha Mantra
Saturday
2nd July 2016 - Mangala Arti
at 5 am
Sunday 3rd
July 2016 - Narayana Kavacha fire yagna-
11 am to 12.15 pm.
Further
details about chanting the 64 rounds:
When we
chant 64 rounds, we chant over 100,000 names of the Lord!
1 Hare
Krsna Maha Mantra(HKMM) = 16 names of the Lord - consisting of 3 transcendental
words of Hare, Rama and Krsna (“Hare” is internal energy of the Lord which is
non-different from the Lord, “Krsna” means all attractive and “Rama” means
reservoir of all pleasure).
1 round
in a japa mala =108 Hare Krsna Maha Mantra= 1728 names of the Lord (16 names of
the Lord in 1 HKMM X 108 times in a japa mala)
16 rounds
= 27,648 names of the Lord(16 names of the Lord in 1 HKMM X 108 times in a japa
mala X 16 rounds)
64 rounds
= 110,592 names of the Lord(16 names of the Lord in 1 HKMM X 108 times in a
japa mala X 64 rounds)
Why
chant 64 rounds of Hare Krsna Maha Mantra?
Caitanya
Bhagavat (by Sri Vrindavan das Thakur)- Antya Khanda- chapter 9 verses 116 to 125:
“As the
devotees invited the Lord (Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu) to take His meal in their
houses, the Lord took the opportunity to teach them all this topic.
When
invited to take a meal, the Lord smiled and said, “First you should become a
laksesvara [The word laksesvara is a combination of laksha (“hundred thousand”)
and isvara (“master”). In common usage it would refer to someone who possessed
a hundred thousand rupees.].
“I take
meals only in the house of a laksesvara.” Hearing this, the brahmanas became worried.
The
brahmanas offered prayers to the Lord, “O Gosaani, what to speak of a hundred
thousand, none of us possess even a thousand.
“If You
don’t accept meals from us, then let our entire household be burnt to ashes.”
The Lord
replied, “Do you know who is a laksesvara? He is someone who daily chants a
hundred thousand holy names.
“I call
that a person a laksesvara. I take meals in only such a person’s house, not in
the houses of others.”
Hearing
this merciful statement of the Lord, the brahmanas gave up their anxiety and
became joyful.
“O Lord, we
will chant a hundred thousand names. Please therefore take Your meals in our
houses. It is our good fortune that You are teaching us in this way.”
All the
brahmanas then began to chant a hundred thousand names everyday so that they
could offer food to Lord Caitanyacandra.
Importance
of Chanting the Holy names of the Lord:
Srimad
Bhagavatam: 6.3.31:
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, the chanting of the holy
name of the Lord is able to uproot even the reactions of the greatest sins. Therefore
the chanting of the saṅkīrtana movement is the most auspicious activity in the entire universe.
Please try to understand this so that others will take it seriously.
Caitanya
Bhagavat Adi Khanda 16.94 – Namacarya Srila Haridas Thakur
“Even if
my body is cut into pieces and I give up my life, I will never give up chanting
the Lord’s holy name.”
Srimad
Bhagavatam 11.5.32/Caitanya Caritamrta Adi Lila 3.52/ Caitanya Caritamrta Madya
Lila 6.103/ Caitanya Caritamrta Madya Lila 11.100/ Caitanya Caritamrta Madya
Lila 20.342/ Caitanya Caritamrta Antya Lila 20.10
In the
age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the
incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Krishna. Although His
complexion is not blackish, He is Krishna Himself. He is accompanied by His
associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.
Padyavali-
Srila Rupa Goswami:
O Supreme
Personality of Godhead, when someone desires to chant Your holy name, sins
tremble in fear, the glory of material illusion faints unconscious, Yamaraja’s
scribe Citragupta becomes happy and gazes at the chanter’s toenails with awe
and reverence, and Lord Brahma prepares madhu-parka to worship him. O Lord, what
more can we say than this?
Srimad
Bhagavatam 12.3.51:
My dear
King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality
about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Krsna Hama-mantra, one can become
free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom
Padyavali-
Srila Rupa Goswami:
May Krsna's
holy name, which is a reservoir of all transcendental happiness, the destruction
of Kali-yuga’s sins, the most purifying of all purifying things, the saintly
person’s food as he quickly traverses the path to the spiritual world, the
pleasure-garden where the voices of the greatest saints, philosophers, and
poets play, the life of the righteous, and the seed of the tree of religion, bring
transcendental auspiciousness to you all.
ISKCON Scarborough
3500 McNicoll Avenue, Unit #3,
Scarborough,Ontario,
Canada,M1V4C7
Email Address:
iskconscarborough@hotmail.com
website:
www.iskconscarborough.com
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