BROOME STREET TEMPLE

Temple Schedule

Eddie — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:05:02 +0000

Week of July 12th

Eddie — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:42:50 +0000

Hari Om!

Last night, Monday, we had a very nice Siva puja with Priest Prakash, who is being joined this summer by his son Pranau, who is learning all of the prayers and rituals. They are a great team!

On Wednesday we will perform the monthly cart festival for Abhayankara Mahaganapati. The utsava (festival) murti will be brought out from the temple and paraded around the perimeter of the’temple grounds’. It is a very joyful procession, please join us if you can between 5 and 6:30pm.

The cart festival will be followed by Bhakti Sangha at 6:30. This weeks topic is Srila Rupa Goswami’s Upadeshamrita, the eleven instructions on bhakti.

Friday evening is Abhayankara Mahaganapati abhisheka at 6:30 pm, kirtan at 7, Ganapati japa at 7:30/45, and aarti at 8pm.

We hope to see you there!

Best,

BST Mgmt.

Three nights per week

Eddie — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:08:32 +0000

The Broome Street Temple is officially operating three nights per week! Every Monday evening we will hold the Siva Abhisheka at 6:30 pm, and every Friday evening the Abhayankara Mahaganapati abhisheka at 6:30. On Wednesdays at 6:30 is Sri Sri Radha Damodara puja and bhakti yoga discussion with Kaustubha Das and Rasanath.

This Friday evening we will have kirtan with Nina Rao following the Ganesha puja. Priest Prakash Bhat is also available for any puja services that devotees would like to have performed.

We look forward to seeing you.

Best,

BST Mgmt.

Pujas for the week of May 31st

Eddie — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:04:47 +0000

The temple will be closed today, Memorial Day. Sri Hanuman Puja and kirtan Tuesday from 6-8pm Sri Abhayankara Maha Ganapati abhisheka Friday 5-6:30am There will be no Bhakti Sangha discussion group this Wednesday or next due to the AG and … Continue reading →

Pujas for the week of May 24th

Eddie — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:55:34 +0000

Hari Om!

This week we will be performing Siva abhisheka on Monday at 4:30pm and Ganesha abhisheka on Friday at 5am. The Bhakti Sangha discussion group and Sri Sri Radha Damodara puja will be on Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm. Thursday is the full moon day.

Bhakti Sangha

Eddie — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:44:39 +0000

The topic of this weeks Bhakti Sangha gathering, lead by Kaustubha Das and Rasanath, is:

How bhakti (devotion) develops by keeping the company of bhaktas (devotees).

Puja of Sri Sri Radha Damodara will be from 6:30-7pm, and the bhakti discussion from 7-8:30pm. All are welcome.

Prakara Utsav, Monday 4:30-6 pm

Eddie — Sun, 16 May 2010 20:47:10 +0000

Prakara, in Sanskrit, means ‘wall’ or ‘enclosure’ and refers to the walls that enclose the temple complexes in India. The temple complexes quite often have more than one wall enclosing them; at the temple of Sri Rangam in Tamil Nadu, there are seven enclosures to the temple that envelop the whole city. Madurai is another example of a multi-walled temple, as is Tiruvannamalai.

During the Prakara Utsav (utsav means ‘festival’), the deity is brought out from the sanctum sanctorum and paraded along the perimeter of the prakaras, to view the domain over which they preside. There are usually special murtis, or icons, made for this type of a festival, called ‘utsava murtis’. At the Broome Street Temple, the Prakara Utsava is performed once per month, on the fourth day after the new moon, a day sacred to Ganesh, this month the festival will be held on Monday, May 17th. It is a special and joyous festival, being the only time that the deity is brought out from the sanctum for everyone to enjoy.

Please join us if you can, for abhisheka, prakara utsava, and kirtan.

One Year Ceremony and This Week’s Programs

Eddie — Sat, 08 May 2010 14:30:18 +0000

We are very happy to have completed three days of prayers and pujas in commemoration of the one year death anniversary of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. May we remember Guruji’s words and teachings in our mind and hearts, and maintain his practices with devotion and enthusiasm.

Pujas and Gatherings This Week

Tuesday, Hanuman Abhisheka and Kirtan 6:30-8:30pm

Wednesday, Bhakti Sangha, Kaustubha Das and Rasanath 6:30-8:30 pm

Friday, Ganapati Abhisheka, 5-6:15 am

Guruji’s One Year Death Ceremony

Eddie — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:41:42 +0000

Dear Students and Friends,

This weekend marks the one year death anniversary of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. We will be observing his passage with prayers and pujas.

In the Hindu tradition, when a soul departs from the body, it remains in an intermediate state, called a preta, neither material, nor fully formed in a spirit body. The family of the departed performs offerings and prayers for twelve days in order to build a spirit body for the departed so that they can travel to the realm of the ancestors. After the 12th day, the preta becomes a pitri, an ancestor. The journey takes one year, and each month offerings are made to feed the hunger and thirst of the soul of the spirit body. The monthly offerings are called shraddha.

On the twelfth month, they reach the pitr loka, the realm of the ancestors. It is a very important day, and a very important culmination of the entire death journey. In India, Guruji’s family will be making all of the necessary and appropriate offerings to their ancestors over the next three days. We will observe here with chanting and prayers that will joyously support his final transition.

Please join us as much as you can at the following times:
Thursday 6-8 pm
Friday 6-8 pm
Saturday 5-8:30 am

Thank you very much. All of your friends and family are welcome.