# Posted by Timothy Mcleod at 9/6/08; 12:02:13 PM to the Visitors dept.
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# Posted by Timothy Mcleod at 9/6/08; 11:19:29 AM to the Visitors dept.
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Kadamba Kanana Swami flew into Melbourne from India early yesterdaymorning.

Kadamba Kanana Swami giving class

Last night he gave an exciting class based on Bhagavad-gita ChapterTwo. The discussion was full of stories that instantly relate our experience of life today with the heart of Krishna's instruction, 'Just surrender unto Me... do not fear.'

After enlivening this morning's Mangal-arati kirtan with his heart felt prayers, Maharaja - together with BV Madhava Swami - began our celebration of Lord Nityananda's Appearance Day with a marathon kirtan. The two then gave a nectar-filled morning class, glorifying Lord Nityananda's merciful nature as the first incarnation of servitor-Godhead.

Maharaja flew out this morning - to visit other Australian temples before returning to give a weekend retreat at New Nandagram farm at the end of the month.

Madhava Maharaja led a special Harinam-kirtan in the city this afternoon, and will stay until Monday. Look forward to some devotion-filled bhajans!

# Posted by Aniruddha at 19/2/08; 10:48:52 PM to the Visitors dept.
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Bhakti Visvambhara Madhava Swami will visit Melbourne for one week from Monday February 18.

BV Madhava Swami

That means Maharaja will celebrate Nityananda Trayodasi with us on Tuesday. Come and join us if you are able!

# Posted by Aniruddha at 16/2/08; 7:00:40 PM to the Visitors dept.
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Kadamba Kanana Swami will be in Melbourne during the last week of February.

Kadamba Kanana Swami's retreat Feb '08

He'll be holding a retreat at New Nandagram on the last weekend of the month. To register please contact Kesava Prabhu on 0405 577 453 or keshava.tkg@pamho.net.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 5/2/08; 9:13:03 PM to the Visitors dept.
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# Posted by Aniruddha at 13/4/07; 7:47:18 AM to the Visitors dept.
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This entertaining and inspiring book offers a window into Srila Prabhupada's personality, his intimate thoughts and actions, his concern for every living entity, and some of his likes and his dislikes. Srutakirti's memories during his time as Srila Prabhupada's longest-standing personal servant reveal Srila Prabhupada's caring and loving nature for all future generations to appreciate.

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# Posted by Aniruddha at 30/12/06; 11:47:44 AM to the Visitors dept.
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Here's our current list of summer visitors. These aren't in any particular order other than as I thought of them. Some of these dates may be subject to change so there may be some discrepancies creep in. I'll try to notify you of any last minute adjustments.

Devamrta Swami

• Dec 1st till 8th
• Jan 20th till 23rd

• Dec 4th till 14th

• Jan 15th till 19th

• Jan 24th till 31st

• Jan 9th till 16th

• Jan 16th till 21st

• Dec 26th till 29th

Sankarsana Dasa

• Dec 30th till Jan 2nd

# Posted by Aniruddha at 4/12/06; 3:32:02 PM to the Visitors dept.
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Ramai Swami leaves Melbourne tomorrow morning after almost a fortnight's stay. Devamrta Swami arrived in Melbourne on Friday night and spent the weekend at New Nandagram with 120 young spiritual seekers. He will be with us till the seventh. Bhanu Swami arrives on Monday evening and should be with us for at least a week, if not slightly longer. We have quite a line up of visitors over the next two months. My aim is to have a list prepared and posted this week.

As you can see I have arrived back in Melbourne and should get the news posts flowing again. Travel, sadhana and engagements in India kept me extremely busy so a few things had to give. One of them was my regular blogging. I should be able to get back into the swing of things now I have my feet back on the ground.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 3/12/06; 8:18:31 PM to the Visitors dept.
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Vedavyasa-priya Maharaja arrives in Melbourne today for a week long visit. He'll be giving morning Bhagavatam classes except for Wednesday and one evening class on  Wednesday evening at 7.30 pm.

On the weekend he will be conducting a workshop in the theatre titled Ideal Grhastha Life. The weekend sessions are Saturday 10.30 am - 12.30 pm and 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm and Sunday 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 25/9/06; 8:26:26 AM to the Visitors dept.
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# Posted by Aniruddha at 13/5/06; 11:43:50 AM to the Visitors dept.
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His Holiness Prabhavisnu Swami arrives tomorrow for a five day visit. He'll be giving classes in the morning and I suspect leading the odd lively kirtana or two after greeting the Deities. We'll be preparing for our national annual general meeting which is to be held at Otford later this month. I'll be driving up to Sydney on Sunday week for the occasion.

Janananda Prabhu also rang yesterday to arrange a short visit at the end of May. He arrives on the 26th and will leave on the 30th.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 12/5/06; 9:51:00 AM to the Visitors dept.
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We’ve got an action packed few weeks coming up. Next weekend we’ve got the Bhakti Vrksa training workshops with Prema Padmini. I’ll have details of sessions up on these pages within the next couple of days.

The weekend after 24th - 26th, Devamrta Swami will be in town giving a seminar at the temple; Seeing Krsna — From Neophyte to Premi. It looks like it will be well attended. Prasadam will be served for everyone.

If you’d like to sponsor the prasadam for any of the sessions please contact Nityananda Priya 04 3394 3331or Krsna Katha 04 0245 6176.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 12/3/06; 2:09:12 PM to the Visitors dept.
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Jayapataka Swami has confirmed his arrival on Christmas Day this year for participation in Snana Yatra on Boxing Day. I don’t have his arrival details as yet but he left me a Skype voice mail telling me he is definitely going to be here.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 19/12/05; 8:14:39 PM to the Visitors dept.
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Bhanu Swami is planning a visit to Melbourne from the 23rd or 24th evening this month. I’ll confirm details later on these pages.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 12/11/05; 8:04:47 PM to the Visitors dept.
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We are going to the Zoo on Saturday. All are welcome to this trip so long as you don't have some service already scheduled for Saturday. HH Devamrita Swami will be giving commentary and a lecture.

Location: Melbourne Zoo, minutes from city within Royal Park.

The back entrance of the Zoo can be reached by Tram 55 & Trains stopping at Royal Park Station, main entrance by Tram 68.

Assembly Date & Time : 10.30 am Saturday 29th January @ Main Entrance to the ZOO (near Royal Parade). Entrance Fee $20.00 per head.

Please inform us not later than Friday 10.00 am about the number of visitors at the following contacts as it will give us an estimate of prasadam to be cooked.

Ranganathan : 0419 559 605
Koteswara Rao : 0402 646 004
Nityananda Priya Das nitin_din@hotmail.com

If devotees would like to cook items prepare enough for all guests. (Total number of visitors expected 50.)

# Posted by Aniruddha at 27/1/05; 3:47:20 PM to the Visitors dept.
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The Port Phillip Tsunami interfaith service will be held on Wednesday. The week finishes with the Big Day Out and a wedding on Sunday preceded by a catering job on Saturday. Give me a yell if you've got nothing to do and some time to kill.

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# Posted by Aniruddha at 23/12/04; 4:32:02 AM to the Visitors dept.
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He mentioned how much things had changed and he was impressed by the devotees' mood.

As always we were inspired by his classes and kirtanas.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 22/12/04; 6:17:25 AM to the Visitors dept.
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# Posted by Aniruddha at 21/12/04; 3:27:15 PM to the Visitors dept.
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I've suggested to Maharaja that we stick to a simple morning and evening program. That way most devotees can attend a class in the evening at the temple.

We might do a couple of downtown lunchtime hari-nama's depending on how many we can arrange to attend. If there are any householders on holidays next week who can participate then please let me know so we can make a decision whether to go or not.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 17/12/04; 2:18:06 PM to the Visitors dept.
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# Posted by Aniruddha at 8/11/04; 5:38:14 AM to the Visitors dept.
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While the router is working, I don't know for how long it will stay up, I might as well let you all know that we've got a couple of visitors arriving over the next week.

Kadamba Kanana Swami arrives on Sunday and stays till Wednesday.

# Posted by Aniruddha at 10/9/04; 5:28:11 AM to the Visitors dept.
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