March 2006

Gauranga Glories A newsletter for and by the young 5-12s of ISKCON, DC March, 2006

Naughty Nimai One day a mendicant brahamin came to the house of Jagannath Mishra. He was a devotee of Lord Krishna and worshipped a Deity of Bala Gopal. He desired to offer food to his Deity, so he collected ingredients to cook for Bala Gopal. As soon as he offered the food naughty Nimai started to eat the offering. “Alas! Alas! This boy has spoiled the offering,” yelled the brahamin. “Wait tell I get you Nimai,” exclaimed Jagannath Mishra in anger. “Don’t beat him. He is only a little boy,” said the brahamin. “I will cook one more time.” Sacimata took Nimai to her neighbor’s house so that he would not spoil it. The brahamin cooked and made the offering. Nimai ate it again. “Aaaaah! This naughty boy has spoiled this offering. I give up. I’m done with cooking.” Everybody in the house was disappointed. They begged him to cook a last time. “OK I will,” said the brahamin. He cooked again. This time Nimai sent every one to sleep through His mystic potency. He came to the brahamin and asked, “why are you scared of Me? I came because you called Me. I cannot resist coming to My devotee.” Then baby Nimai showed His amazing eight-armed form (Krishna’s) to the Brahamin. He then told the fortunate Brahamin, “this is a secret. Please don’t tell this to anybody. If you do, I will punish you.” The brahamin spent a few days at their home in complete ecstasy and continued his travels happily ever after. -- Story and artwork (on right) by Nimai Charan Agarwal (age 7). He lives in Gaithersburg and regularly attends Sunday Sanskriti school at the Hare Krishna temple.

Mantra for Worshipping Lord Caitanya Namo maha vadanyaya Krishna prema pradayate Krishnaya Krishna Caitanya Namne Gaura tvise namah

Nimai comes to steal the offering made by the Brahmana

Quick Quiz 1. Who is Lord Chaitanya? 2. Who were His parents? 3. What are the two main reasons Lord Chaitanya appeared in this world for? 4. Where was He born? 5. Why was He called Nimai? 6. Why did Lord Chaitanya not kill any demons? 7. Which mantra did He urge everyone to chant? O most munificent incarnation! You are Krishna Himself appearing as Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of Srimati Radharani, and You are widely distributing pure love of Krishna. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You. (Memorize)

ISKCON of Washington, DC

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GAURA CROSSWORD Across 1. Golden avatar 5. Birthplace of Lord Caitanya 6. Holy land of Lord Krishna

Down 2. Consort of Lord Krishna 3. Ever blissful 4. Mother of Lord Caitanya

Quiz Answers 1. Lord Krishna 2. Jagannatha Mishra and Sacidevi 3. To start the Sankirtana movement and understand Radharani’s love for Him. 4. Mayapur, Navadvipa in West Bengal, India 5. Because He was born under a Neem tree. 6. Because He wanted to transform them into devotees and kill their demoniac nature. 7. The Hare Krishna Maha mantra

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Just keep chanting, just keep chanting, what do we do, we chant, chant chant! Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 2

Lord Caitanya makes even the animals chant and dance in ecstatic love of Krishna in the Jharikhanda forest.

Gauranga Glories March 2006