Omaha Gita Jayanti Celebrations 2012
Notes:
1) All the shlokas and translations will be read from the world famous ‘Bhagavad Gita As It Is‘ by Srila Prabhupada,the founder acharya of ISKCON. This book will be available for purchase at this event. And also,available for purchase anytime at Indian Grocery Store near Hindu Temple(13021 Arbor St, Omaha, NE 68144). Please get your copy today!
2)If you want Gita books in bulk quantities, please contact Bhaskar @402-214-8243. It’s a good idea to distribute Gita books to your friends and family as a holiday gift. It brings all auspiciousness in everyone’s life!
Schedule:
8:00 AM: Start of Bhagvad Gita Recital at BalVihar hall.
10:30 AM: Continue Recital in front of Radha Krishna’s sanctum in the temple.
8:00 PM: Conclusion of recital in temple.
8:15 PM: Archana, Aarthi
Gita Mahatmaya from Padma Purana
(1)
gita-sastram idam punyam yah pathet prayatah puman
visnoh padam avapnoti bhaya-sokadi-varjitah
If one properly follows the instructions of Bhagavad-gita, one can be freed from all the miseries and anxieties of life. One will be freed from all fears in this life, and one’s next life will be spiritual.
(2)
gitadhyayana-silasya pranayama-parasya ca
naiva santi hi papani purva-janma-krtani
If one reads Bhagavad-gita very sincerely and with all seriousness, then by the grace of the Lord the reactions of his past misdeeds will not act upon him.
(3)
maline mocanam pumsam jala–snanam dine dine
sakrd-gitambhasi snanam samsara-mala-nasanam
One may cleanse himself daily by taking a bath in water, but if one takes a bath even once in the sacred Ganges water of Bhagavad-gita, for him the dirt of material life is altogether vanquished.
(4)
gita sugita kartavya kim anyaih sastra-vistaraih
ya svayam padmanabhasya mukha-padmad vinihsrta
Because Bhagavad-gita is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one need not read any other Vedic literature. One need only attentively and regularly hear and read Bhagavad-gita. In the present age, people are so absorbed in mundane activities that it is not possible for them to read all the Vedic literatures. But this is not necessary. This one book, Bhagavad-gita, will suffice, because it is the essence of all Vedic literatures and especially because it is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
(5)
bharatamrta-sarvasvam visnor vaktrad vinihsrtam
gita-gangodakam pitva punar-janma na vidyate
One who drinks the water of the Ganges attains salvation, so what to speak of one who drinks the nectar of Bhagavad-gita? Bhagavad-gita is the essential nectar of the Mahabharata, and it is spoken by Lord Krishna Himself, the original Vishnu.
(6)
sarvopanisado gavo dogdha gopala-nandanah
partho vatsah sudhir bhokta dugdham gitamrtam mahat
This Gitopanisad, Bhagavad-gita, the essence of all the Upanisads, is just like a cow, and Lord Krishna, who is famous as a cowherd boy, is milking this cow. Arjuna is just like a calf, and learned scholars and pure devotees are to drink the nectarean milk of Bhagavad-gita.
(7)
ekam sastram devaki-putra-gitam
eko devo devaki-putra eva
eko mantras tasya namani yani
karmapy ekam tasya devasya seva
Let there be one scripture only, one common scripture for the whole world — Bhagavad-gita. Let there be one God for the whole world — Sri Krsna. Let there be only one hymn, one mantra, one prayer — the chanting of His name: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Let there be one work only — the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
