http://www.iskcon.net.au/bhaktivaibhava/ en-us Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:01:52 GMT Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:01:52 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss UserLand Frontier v9.0.1 http://www.iskcon.net.au/bhaktivaibhava/2007/01/30 <font size="5">Welcome to our Bhakti Vaibhava homepage.</font><br><br><img src="http://servekrishna.net/images/static/bhaktivaibhava/P1010146t.jpg" height="225" width="300" border="0" alt="Kunjabihari 1t: "><br><br><font size="2">This is a picture of the presiding Diety of our Melbourne Bhakti Vaibhava course, Kunja Bihari. He is a Govardhana-sila, and He mercifully resides in our classroom during our course to benedict the teacher and the students.<br><br>The goal of studying the Srimad Bhagavatam is to be able to realize Sri Krishna through the hearing of His pastimes as they are described in the Tenth Canto. In order to hear these pastimes appropriately, one must first systematically study the first nine cantos, so that one’s heart will become properly purified. Then one can relish hearing Sri Krishna’s pastimes without any tinge of mundane attachment.<br><br>So it is most appropriate that we have Kunja Bihari as the presiding Diety of our Bhakti Vaibhava course, because many of Sri Krishna’s intimate Vrindavana pastimes take place on the side of Govardhana Hill. We thus consider ourselves most fortunate that Sri Krishna’s greatest devotee, Giriraja Govardhana has mercifully agreed to manifest within our classroom, so that we may be constantly reminded of what the ultimate goal of our studies are.<br><br>Srila Prabhupada Ki Jaya!<br><br>Giriraja Maharaja Ki Jaya!<br><br>Grantaraja Srimad Bhagavatam Ki Jaya!<br><br>Ananta koti Vaisnava Vrinda Ki Jaya!<br><br>Nitai Gaura Premanande Hari Hari Bol!</font><p></p> 1995afc651346239b2985df021f3477b Adrian