{"id":505,"date":"2012-12-05T20:57:31","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T02:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omahagita.org\/content\/?p=505"},"modified":"2012-12-12T05:57:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T11:57:30","slug":"omaha-gita-jayanti-celebrations-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omahagita.org\/content\/omaha-gita-jayanti-celebrations-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Omaha Gita Jayanti Celebrations 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1) All the shlokas<\/span> and translations will be read from the world famous ‘Bhagavad Gita As It Is<\/em><\/strong>‘ by Srila Prabhupada,<\/span><\/em>the founder acharya<\/span>\u00a0of ISKCON. This book\u00a0will be available for purchase at this event. And also,<\/span>available for purchase anytime at Indian Grocery Store near Hindu Temple(<\/span>13021 Arbor St, Omaha, NE 68144). Please get your copy today!<\/p>\n

\u00a02)<\/span>If you want Gita books in bulk quantities, please contact Bhaskar @402-214-8243. It’s a good idea to distribute\u00a0Gita books to your friends and family as a holiday gift. It brings all auspiciousness in everyone’s life!<\/div>\n
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Schedule:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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8:00 AM: Start of Bhagvad\u00a0Gita\u00a0Recital at BalVihar hall.<\/div>\n
10:30 AM: Continue Recital \u00a0in front of Radha Krishna’s sanctum in the temple.<\/div>\n
8:00 PM: Conclusion of recital in temple.<\/div>\n
8:15 PM: Archana, Aarthi<\/div>\n
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Gita Mahatmaya from Padma Purana<\/strong><\/p>\n

(1)<\/strong><\/div>\n
gita-sastram idam punyam yah pathet prayatah puman<\/strong><\/div>\n
visnoh padam avapnoti bhaya-sokadi-varjitah<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u00a0If 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.<\/em><\/div>\n
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(2)<\/strong><\/div>\n
gitadhyayana-silasya pranayama-parasya ca<\/strong><\/div>\n
naiva santi hi papani purva-janma-krtani<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u00a0If 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.<\/em><\/div>\n
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(3)<\/strong><\/div>\n
maline<\/span> mocanam<\/span> pumsam<\/span> jala<\/span>–snanam<\/span> dine dine<\/strong><\/div>\n
sakrd-gitambhasi snanam samsara-mala-nasanam<\/strong><\/div>\n
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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.<\/em><\/div>\n
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(4)<\/strong><\/div>\n
gita sugita kartavya kim anyaih sastra-vistaraih<\/strong><\/div>\n
ya svayam padmanabhasya mukha-padmad vinihsrta<\/strong><\/div>\n
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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.<\/em><\/div>\n
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(5)<\/strong><\/div>\n
bharatamrta-sarvasvam visnor vaktrad vinihsrtam<\/strong><\/div>\n
gita-gangodakam pitva punar-janma na vidyate<\/strong><\/div>\n
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One who drinks the water of the Ganges attains salvation, so what to speak of one who drinks the nectar of Bhagavad-gita?\u00a0Bhagavad-gita<\/span>\u00a0is the essential nectar of the Mahabharata, and it is spoken by Lord Krishna Himself, the original Vishnu.<\/em><\/div>\n
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(6)<\/strong><\/div>\n
sarvopanisado gavo dogdha gopala-nandanah<\/strong><\/div>\n
partho vatsah sudhir bhokta dugdham gitamrtam mahat<\/strong><\/div>\n
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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.<\/em><\/div>\n
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(7)<\/strong><\/div>\n
ekam sastram devaki-putra-gitam<\/strong><\/div>\n
eko devo devaki-putra eva<\/strong><\/div>\n
eko<\/span> mantras tasya namani yani<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
karmapy ekam tasya devasya seva<\/strong><\/div>\n
Let there be one scripture only, one common scripture for the whole world \u2014 Bhagavad-gita. Let there be one God for the whole world \u2014 Sri Krsna. Let there be only one hymn, one mantra, one prayer \u2014 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 \u2014 the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.<\/em><\/div>\n
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