This week at Hare Krishna Valley we constructed the outer sheeting for the summer hot house in which we will grow many of our summer vegetables such as tomatoes, eggplant, basil, etc. However, the day after we attached the sheeting a wind came along and loosened it, meaning that we will have to attach...
On the weekend we held our second Vegetarian Cooking Retreat with Kurma dasa for this year. Twenty-two wonderful guests attended to learn the art of vegetarian cooking in the Bhakti-yoga tradition. Bhakti-yoga refers to the “science of devotion”, and it is the form of yoga practiced in the Hare Krishna movement. In other words,...
This week at Hare Krishna Valley there was a lot happening. The house which my wife and I are living in is off the grid, not being connected to mains electricity or gas. In order to generate more power to run a 12 volt fridge, four more solar panels were installed on the roof...
We had another successful home programme in Geelong on Friday night which was attended by around 20 guests who enthusiastically chanted Hare Krishna and listened to a lecture about the importance of accepting a spiritual master in devotional life. We then chanted 1 round of the Hare Krishna Mantra together on meditation beads, and...
After the marathon for the last few months in preparing the new Temple room at Hare Krishna Valley, we celebrated the appearance day of Krishna’s beloved consort Srimati Radharani at the Melbourne Temple. My wife, Veda priya, spent most of Tuesday preparing a flower outfit for our Deities of Sri Sri Radha Vallabha, which...
So finally the big day arrived, and we placed our presiding Deities, Sri Sri Gaura Nitai on Their new altar. The festival was held on Sunday, and around 110 devotees and guests attended this lively event. We performed an Abhishekh, which is a bathing ceremony in which we pour various auspicious ingredients over the...
at Hare Krishna Valley we engaged in the celebration of Lord Krishna’s birthday, which was held at the Hare Krishna Temple in Melbourne. We all travelled to the festival in order to experience 2 days of ecstatic devotional service in honour of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna. We also celebrated the...
By Keshava Dasa. After many weeks of hard work preparing for our Bhakti Yoga vegetarian cooking retreat with Kurma, the weekend for the retreat finally arrived. 23 guests attended to learn the ancient art of Vedic vegetarian cooking with our world famous Hare Krishna chef, Kurma. The weekend began with an introduction on Friday...
