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Every Sunday at 5:30 pm

Sunday Lectures

July   6    - Can we be Spiritual without being Religious? – by Danavir Goswami, a visiting guru,

                   swami, founder of Rupanuga Vedic College and author of over 20 books on spirituality.

July 13    - Thoughts on Choosing a Spiritual Path – by Gangeya das

July 20    - On the Road to Better Relationships – by Gangamantri das

July 27    - Travel to India Free! The Himalayas & Beyond Slide Show, Part II – by Sandamini devi

The Sunday festival starts at 5:30 pm with a musical mantra meditation. The lecture follows at

6:00 pm and at 6:30 pm an ancient arati ceremony is performed. A sumptuous vegetarian meal ($3)

is served at 7:00 pm. All are welcome! For more information, call 792-0630.

 

July Events

Celebrate July 4th at Govinda's - Special Menu

We'll be serving from 11:30 to 2:30 and 5:00 to 9:00 pm on Friday, July 4th.  For menu details, please

see our printed flyers or click here.

 

Los Angeles Ratha Yatra (Festival of the Chariots) Sunday August 3rd

(No regular Tucson Sunday festival, but feast served at 7:00 pm)

The LA Times said “it is the biggest religious festival west of the Mississippi”.  The New York Times

called it “a spiritual Barnum and Bailey's circus”.  With over 50 different tents, booths and 3-D displays,

two stages with all-day live entertainment, and every type of vegetarian snack imaginable, the

Los Angeles Ratha Yatra is a wonderful experience for the whole family. There is even an area set

aside for kids with puppet shows, face painting, arts and crafts, etc.

 

There are three chariot carts, full sized and crafted to the exact details of the original carts in Puri, India.

The LA Times calculates that close to 200,000 people see the carts as they roll down the board-walk

along Venice Beach. The parade starts at 10 am, is about an hour long and ends at the Venice Beach

Pavilion, where the stages and displays are set up. The whole show goes on until 5:30 pm.

For more information and driving directions, see the festival web site.

 

If you would like to join our Tucson devotees on our visit to Los Angeles, please see the printed

posters at Govinda's or click here.

 

Announcements                                

* Wednesday evenings 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

    Bhagavad-gita class (a light meal follows)

    Call 792-0630 for details.

* Monday, July 7^th at 6:30 pm a DVD on the Vedic Cosmos and Q&A with Danavir Goswami.

   A light dinner follows at 8 pm.

 

Quote of the Month – Bhagavad-gita As It Is  by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami   

“The real cause of one's difficulties in the hard struggle for life may be found in one's forgetfulness

  of his relationship with the Supreme Lord. When a man is fully conscious of his relationship

  with Krishna, he is actually a liberated soul, although he may be in the material tabernacle.”

     - Chapter 2 Text 6 Purport