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Celebrations of Nrsimahdeva’s Appearance Day

Programme

Lord Nrsimahdeva’s Appearance Day

Tuesday, 4 May 2004

***Fast until dusk***

5.30pm Bhajans (chanting)
6.00pm Class on the Pastimes of Lord Nrsimahdeva
6:45pm Pushpanjali- (an offering of flowers followed by Arati (offerings)
7.30pm Vegetarian Feast

Sponsorship opportunities are available on Saturdays and Festivals. For further details Please contact Mukunda Hari das on Tel 07 3379 5455 and Rajvidya das on 07 3716 0376.

Nirjala Ekadasi – A special fast

Ekadasi is the goddess of the eleventh lunar day of the waxing and waning moon. Anyone who fasts from grains on this day is relieved of their sins and immediately promoted to the spiritual world.

If you’ve broken an Ekadasi fast, you can fast on Nirjala Ekadasi (which falls on Monday, 31 May 2004) and gain the benefits of all the Ekadasis in the year.

The fast is very austere: a complete fast from food and drink. Arjuna’s brother Bhima was renowned for his voracious appetite and found it difficult to fast on Ekadasi. He asked his grandfather, the great sage Srila Vyasadeva, if it’s possible to return to the spiritual world without having observed all the rules and regulations of the Ekadasi fasts.

He was advised to observe this rigid Nirjala Ekadasi fast, which is in effect from sunrise on Ekadasi to sunrise the next day. According to Srila Vyasadeva, by observing the fast very strictly, we can achieve the results of observing all twenty-four Ekadasi fasts throughout the year.

The fast should be broken between 6.30am and 10am on 1 June.

Brisbane Temple

95 Bank Road , Graceville (07) 3379 5455 www.iskcon.org.au

How to find us

Brisbane Refidex UBD map reference 178 J14

By train Take the Ipswich line to Graceville Station (west side). Bank Road is opposite the station by the shops. Follow the road to the end, bearing left. Continue to the end of the road to the Temple.