Sripad Bodhayan Maharaj visits Canada. - (the first trip to Montreal, Québec)

Sripad Bodhayan Maharaj is Visiting Montreal for the first time, but unfortunately for a very short time.



Here is a link to an interview:  
Sripad B.B.Bodhayan Maharaj



Here is the entire tour scheduled in Montreal, Québec:






12 AUGUST, 19H00 - 21H00

À l’École de la Mère Nature

6360 Rte de Rougemont, Ville St-Jean-Baptiste

INFO : 450-467-5418



13 AUGUST, 19H00 - 21H00

À la petite Chapelle, Mulgrave & Derry

INFO : 819-281-0811



14 AUGUST, 10H30am – 12h00

À la Chaumière Fleur Soleil

2010 Montée du 2ème Rang, Val David

Réservation : 819-322-5413



15 AUGUST, 18H00 – 20H00

Monique Baril, L’Assomption

INFO : 450-589-6472



16 AUGUST, Time ?

372 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montreal

Tel: (514) 688-3219



17 AUGUST, 19H30 – 21H30

Hindu Mission of Canada

(Sanatan Hindu Mandir)

955 Bellechasse

Montreal Québec

Tel: (514) 270-5557



18 AUGUST, 18H30 – 21H00

HOUSE PROGRAM

7559 Chemin Gascon,.Ste-Agathe-Nord

INFO : 1-877-707-2905



19 AUGUST, 19H00 - 21H00

À L'Auberge Prema Shanti

1005 Tour-Du-Lac, Val David

INFO : (819)324-2220



20 AUGUST, 19H00 - 21H00

Au Centre Bliss, 52 Rue Centre, Granby

INFO: 450-372-1366



Jay Radhe!

Haribol!

I"ll be at the Hindu mandir next Wednesday for be graced of Maharaja"s darshan.
Have a wonderful day!

Radhe Radhe

Chota Manohara das
Montreal

Haribol!

Only on that very day at Hindu Mission, the lecture will be given in Bengali though.

So Sadhupriya, for you to listen to the lecture along with darshan will be better if you go to Notre-Dame program on 16th.

Advitya-ji , nice to know that you are there with Maharaj. We had a nice program here for the last Gurupurnima, just before his tour to SF and Canada.
In the picture below he is leading the Mahamantra-Kirtana for the opining of Vyasapuja ceremony. Next to him are some of the local devotees.

From the center, there are Sri Sri Goura Radha-Govinda-Sundara, the small ones, on yours left, are Sri Sri Radharamana-ji and Sri Sri Goura Nitai and on the other side, Sri Sri Radha Syamasudara. All deities were ornamented and decorated by Revati Dasi. BDW, the temple’s name is The Golden Volcano.

The new baby onboard...

I do apologize for not mention the baby’s name. His name is Haridas, he born as the darling son of Krishna Priya and Vishnu Das, both disciples of Srila Bodhayan Maharaj.

There is something in a mother with her baby that captures anyone’s mind; God Himself was captured by that. I just tried to capture the beauty of that moment.

The father is the one playing mridanga.

Jay!

Thanks Hari Saranji for posting these beautiful pictures.

I wanted to post one of the posters for Montreal program but it din't work for some reason.

The added joy! I just heard that we are going to have another svamiji's darshan at the same time. We are going to have association of Sripad Bon Maharaj also at Hindu Mission on 17th August.

premAnande gaur haribol!

I'll be going to the Hindu Mission on Bellechasse tomorrow.

The local devotees in the picture are Gopavrindapal, in the orange t-shirt, Paramahansa das next to him, and Babhru in the green t-shirt.

Hari, do you have a shot of Giriraja?

Radhe!

Sure! Here is Giriraja-ji and his buddies.

That's what I'm talkin' about! Mahalo.

Ah! This made my day! Now it's time to make rasagullas for the program.

The program at Hindu Mission was enchanting!

Our Jagatji was also given the proper respect. He was sitting right beside Maharaj to give the English translation. We were expecting a bigger crowd though. If only the progam would have been in the week-end!

The program ended with two beautiful kirtan-s, composed by Swami Bodhayan maharaj himself which moved everyone very deeply. His beautiful way of presentation Harikatha and his sweet melody will be remembered by Montrealers until his next visit.

I have been waiting for some pictures of this program. They will be posted later on.

Maharaj is leaving for NY today.
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Here are two payars-s from the last kirtan I like to share:

marma bujhe tomrA ebAr laha go ei dharma |
nRtya-kIrtan sAr karo go chADi jJAna-karma ||7||

nRtya-rata bhakta-vRnder caraN duTi dhari |
bodhAyane karo dayA mahAmantra kari ||8||

Now I am requesting to all who can hear to accept the path of religion, chanting and dancing with the name of God, the Hare-Krishna Mahamantra. Also give up your ego and pride of your special qualities of activities and knowledge to maintain the essence of the dancing and chanting in your life.

Bodhayan Das is holding the feet of all devotees who are dancing and chanting. I am begging compassion from all of you to chant the Holy-Name of God, the Hare Krishna Mahamantra, for the rest of my life. Please bestow this blessing and deliver me.

Nitai Gaur Haribol!
Jay Radhe!

Advaitya-ji,


Thanks for sharing those nice prayers. I’m already missing his humble (exemplar) association. In his last tour in 2004, I took him to NY’s Matchless Gift, he led the Kirtan in the temple and after that we all went down to the Tompkins Square Park.

Hare-Krishna!

Here are some pictures of the program at Hindu Mission Temple. Sripad Bodhayan Maharaj, Jagatji and me singing kirtan.

I am having trouble posting the pictures again.

BMP format - 'tis big compared to JPEG!

Sorry, I converted them in JPEG. But still it didn't work.

What's the problem you're getting?

I think it's my computer which is manifesting some lIlA -s. Just taking it's own time and failing miserably.

They're probably extremely big files you're trying to uplod. Image Resize Tutorial

Anuradha-ji from Canada, asked me to post this picture in here; It depicts the very moment when Bodhayan Maharaj successfully got everyone in the room to raise their hands for chanting the Maha-Mantra Hare Krishna!

Thanks Anuradha, it was a pleasure.

Thanks Hari Saranji for posting this picture. That's a nice picture, really.

Sure, you are welcome!