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CHIRANTANA
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In Bhagbat Gita,Lord Srikrishna
is telling Arjuna,
"Leave all the religion and surrender to me, I will
make you free from all the sins"
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We are proud to
bring this "Patrika" on occasion of 12th monthly
Oriya Bhajan Program on 18th July 1998. As you know this program
started on August 9, 1997 and since then it is being held
every month at Baltimore ISKCON temple. Lord Balabhadra, Subhadra
and Jaganath are worshiped in this temple. The temple president
Sri Nrusingha Chaitanya Das and five other priests are from
Orissa. We are thankful to Nrusingha chaitanya prabhuji and
his group in the temple for their continued support and encouragement
for the program.
The program is held at 6:00 PM on third Saturday (preferably)
of the month. Children activities like prayer, coloring etc
are integral parts of the program. Prabachan by Nrusingha
prabhuji is truly heart touching. Finally the program ends
with cordial discussions by the dinner speaker. Till now topics
disscused are: how to raise our kids in this western society,
stress management and also various developmental projects
to promote our religion.
Typical time schedule of the program is as follows.
Children Bhajan
6.00 PM
Bhajan by All the Participants
6.15 PM
Arati 7.00
PM
Prabachan 7.45
PM
Prasad sevan and discussion
8.30 PM
Everyone is welcome to attend the bhajan program. If you
have any comments or suggestions or plan to attend, please
inform us.
Bigyani and Naresh Das, (301) 498 3729
Dharitri and Prafulla Misra, (301) 384 3417
Sikha and Brahmapriya Sen, (410) 531 1943
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(Priests from Orissa are seen here in front
of Lord Jaganath in Baltimore ISKCON temple. They
are from left to right, Jagatguru Das, Niranjan
Pani, Mahashakti Das, and Sudhansu Das.)
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(Live picture of an evening oriya bhajan
program. Jai Keshav Pravu is giving prabachan)
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Missions
Promote
religious awareness among younger children
Raise
everyone's spiritualism through bhajans, music, meditation
and discussions
Establish
Oriya and Jaganath culture in multicultural society
Teach
our children oriya through group discussion and story telling
To
uphold our family culture through sharing and caring
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From
the pens of writters/poets
We all live in a world which is overly materialistic. Everyone
of us is trying to devote most of our time and energy to collect
material wealth. In this process our lives are becoming more
prosaic and many of us do not like this type of life. And
sometimes we develop disgust for our lives. Developing disgust
for own life is tragic and a gross mistake. In the process
we are becoming threats to the community where we are living
and also to the mankind. By living a healthy and fruitful
life we will be able to fulfill the desire of our creator
and will be able to appreciate the supreme creation. One of
the means to live a peaceful life is to spend some of our
time to collect spiritual wealth. Spiritual wealth comes to
a person through performing dhyan,yoga,pooja and upasana.
In my opinion pooja is the easiest of all. In any pooja we
chant mantras which brings us pleasure and peace. There are
instances of people recovering from fatal diseases by enchanting
mantras regularly. Offerings to God gives us pleasure. In
Bhagavat Geeta Bhakti Yoga it is said that
Atha chitan samadhatun na saklosi
mayee sthiran
Abhyasyogen tato mamichhaptun Dhananjaya
Abhyasopyasamarthosi mat karmparmo bhaba
Madarthmapi karmani kurban siddhi mbapsyasi
(If you cannot concentrate in me then Oh' Dhananjaya! try
to get me by practicing the means of following me. If you
fail to practice try to perform the deeds which will please
me. Through deeds also you will be able to get me.)
This tells why we should do pooja
Pitambar Sarangi, NJ
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Hare Krishna
Hare Krisna Hare Krisna Krisna Krisna Hare Hare
The music rings in my ears
And it will be for anybody who hears
It's a fascinating sound
That has been found
We use it everyday
In our own special way
Because it is good for you and me
Just as you can see.
Bagmi Das,
MD
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Your Comments are welcome
I want to write a few lines about the religious background
of our children. I found it very hard to instill the idea
of God, our religion and our culture in our children. May
be we were brought up back in Orissa watching what my parents
or relatives were doing, what festivals we see day to day
or what we read about our culture. So I took it for granted
about our Gods and religion etc. Here I see, how christian
people are regular in going to churches and get a community
feeling about their culture and religion. Since we are far
away from our culture, here we have to create our community,
arrange for our cultural programs etc. and then give our children
an opportunity to witness and hope they will probably pick
up something when they will be adults. Here anything we do
has to be in an weekend, whereas our culture in Orissa was
not like that. Our festivals come as per our panjika and not
necessarily in a weekend and we deal with that because we
were allowed to spend time for that. Or I am not thinking
right? I think whatever we are doing to build a community,
discuss our culture, talk about our Gods and Goddesses, we
must put children into practice and |
make sure they
participate in some way so that they would understand why
we are doing. But we have to communicate our children in english
language. I think it is not exactly the same way to teach
our culture and religion in english. we have no choice. And
you may say did I do what I say. The answer is no. In the
end I would say that you are highly commendable in arranging
a regious get-to-gether atleast once a month and it is continuing
with minimum corum. That is an escellent start. I saw there
was some participation of children in the activities when
we came last to the get-to-gether. If children's participation
can be increased in some way, it will be great. Wish you all
the best. Jay Gopal
Mohanty, PA
mohantyj@auhs.edu |
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I have attended the Bhajan Program at the Jagannath Temple
of Baltimore on numerous occasions in the past. It is gratifying
to note that this Program has completed several months of
continued support and encouragement from a group of committed
individuals from the State of Orissa. It is of importance
to the Oriyas and other devotees of Lord Krishna and Lord
Jagannath living in the tristate area of Maryland, Virginaia,
and Washington, D.C. to know that there are such religious
recitals happening everymonth. This provides rare opportunity
to enjoy such programs and have Darshan of the Deities. Environment
is such that it fosters active engagement of audio, visual,
and speech, all these three sensory elements to forget the
sorrows of this worldly life. It is heartening to see that
there have been concerted efforts to involve the kids in the
program gradually. I wish this Bhajan Program to sustain its
current standing and continue to attract more and more devotees
in the future. Nrusingha
Misra, MD |
About ten months ago, a handful of oriya families for the
first time gathered in the premises of the Baltimore Jaganath
temple to mark the beginning of what would later be a monthly
religious communion. The few families have been consistently
attending these evening programs to conduct these successfully.
While parents carry on singing bhajans and doing kirtan, kids
themselves engaged in small projects and activities. The kids
work will be assessed at a later time during the program by
an adult to choose a winner. Parents take active participation
in the kirtan and later on in the religious discourse. There
is a general sense of sincere involvment. This is a great
opportunity for oriyas to get to see each other once a month
at least. Families are encouraged to bring along relatives
and friends to both visit the temple and meet the oriyas.
The goal of this community excursive is to consolidate fellow
feeling amongst ourselves and to give our kids a rather direct
exposure and first hand experience to familiarize themselves
with the typical oriya Jaganath culture. This will allow them
yet another opportunity to know about their ancestral origin
and native tradition. We believe it is vital for people to
have knowledge of their roots in shaping and strengthening
their character and personality. We need our children to be
conscious of and as also aware of the background of their
parents came from in order to have better communication, interaction
and to know their rightful position in a diverse society as
the USA. We hope to have more oriyas involvement and would
like to see more families join, so we may move forward.
Lipisree Nayak, MD
Thanks to all the families for their contributions for bhajan
program. Special thanks to following families for sponsoring
the feast on different months.
Bigyani and Naresh Das
Bandita and Nrusingha Misra
Dharitri and Prafulla Misra
Gita and Sushant Mohanty
Lipisri and Srikant Nayak
Jobs well done
Congratulations to Satish Mishra for his artistic talent
which owned him first prize for three consecutive months
in children coloring contest. We also thank all our children,
Bagmi, Biju, Pallabi, Ananya, Devaki Nandan, Ramu, Subhasri,
Raju, Mrunali, Natasha, Anjana, Richa,Tasha, Sonal, Asmin
and Ritu for making this children coloring competition a
grand success.
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Thanks
We express our heartfelt thanks to the following
families who have participated in the bhajan program.
Bigyani and Naresh Das, MD
Puspa and Pratap Das, MD
Sima and Raghunath Das, MD
Upendra Das, VA
Pratap Dash, MD
Niva and Suresh Kodelikar,MD
Dipti and Rabi Mahapatra, MD
Kanchan and Anil Mahapatra, MD
Archana and Dwarika Mishra, VA
Bandita and Nrusingha Misra, MD
Dharitri and Prafulla Misra, MD
Jhunu and Indu Misra,MD
Sanjeeb and Mukta Misra, MD
Gita and Sushant Mohanty, MD
Sulochana and Jay gopal Mohanty, PA
Lopamudra and Sudhanshu Mohanty, MD
Anadi Nayak, MD
Bandita and Vinod Nayak, MD
Lipisree and Srikant Nayak, MD
Sujata and Surya Nayak, MD
Ila and Arun Ojha, MD
Kalpana and Pinakhi Panigrahi, MD
Alok Praharaj,MD
Nilam and Koneti Rao, MD
Prabhat Sahu,MD
Pitamber Sarangi, NJ
Amiya and Jayashree Pani, MD
Sikha and Brahmapriya Sen, MD
Sukanti and Surendra Ray, MD
Anusaya and Ravi Tripathy, PA
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News
Rath jatra was celebrated by Oriya people
in Philadelphia at Samarpan temple on June 28. The Jatra
was coordinated by Sri Indubhusan Das.
A Huge brick-built Budhist monastic complex,
dating back to 7th century AD, has been unearthed on a hill
slope in Jajpur district of Orissa. The remains which came
to lght in a series of excavations that began in February,
have been termed Udaygiri-2, because of their proximity
to the earlier excavated Udaygiri complex.
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Direction to temple
From I95 take I695 ( Baltimore Beltway) west
towards Towson. Take exit 13 for Catonsville, (Fredrick
Ave West). Turn left at first traffic light to Bloomsbery
Ave. After a couple of blocks the temple is on right. 200
Bloomsbery Ave, Catonsville. (410) 744 1624.
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