Sri Nrisingha Chaturdasi
Fast until dusk
Festival and anukalpa feast
Thursday, May 4, 2023
6-9 pm
Vyasapuja of Srila Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj
Actual date is May 4th but the
celebration will be on May 5th, 2023
Sumptuous vegetarian feast
10:30 am – 1 pm
Dear devotees and friends of the Ashram,
There will be many festivals this month. Monday, May 1st is Ekadasi. Thursday, May 4th there will be a joyful evening festival for Sri Narasingha Chaturdasi, the divine appearance day of Lord Nrisinghadev beginning at 6 pm.
This is also the appearance day of Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj’s divine successor, Srila Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj. This is the first time that we will honor him here at the Soquel Seva Ashram, under the direction of Srila Janardan Maharaj. Since Thursday is a fast day, Srila Janardan Maharaj has decided to celebrate the Vyasapuja festival on Friday when the devotees can prepare a big feast.
Srila Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj’s facebook page
About Srila Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj on SCS Math International
Please note another festival on the horizon. May 21st is the anniversary of the installation of Their Lordships Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharvika Giridharijiu here at the Soquel Seva Ashram.
I hope you will be able to join in all the celebrations and watch on Facebook if you can’t make it in person.
Yours in the Lord’s service,
Sushila Devi Dasi
On the occasion of the 85th anniversary day of the Divine appearance of Srila Govinda Maharaj, we would like to present these wonderful stories about the miraculous events that sometimes occurred around him. 
Srila Trivikram Maharaj tells the most wonderful story of the many miracles that happened during Srila Govinda Maharaj’s trip to the Krishna Shakti Ashram in Brazil in 1998 when a dead boy miraculously came back to life. 
Sripad Madhusudan Maharaj tells the miraculous story when the dead phone spoke, giving Srila Govinda Maharaj the news about acquiring the land in Vrindavan adjacent to the Sri Sri Radha Damodar Temple. 
Srila Govinda Maharaj tells the miraculous story of when Lord Shiva gave him the medicine to cure Srila Sridhar Maharaj who, due to ill health, was on the verge of departing from this world. 
Have you ever listened to Janardan Maharaj’s daily reading of Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita by Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami? Here’s the first chapter of this incredible scripture:
“We have had the supreme good fortune of knowing Janardan Maharaj for so many years in ISKCON and even beyond. Not to embarrass Janardan Maharaj, but his depth of humility is so astonishing and so deep and so inspiring. Even when he was in ISKCON he was very well known and he had temples and money and all kinds of devotees at his disposal, but when Srila Prabhupad departed and he heard about Srila Guru Maharaj, he wanted to come to Srila Guru Maharaj. He felt something in his heart so strong for Srila Guru Maharaj and he very easily just left everything behind him to come to Srila Guru Maharaj….
Watch the video from the festival on Facebook. Click here…
The Bhagavata – Its Philosophy, Its Ethics and Its Theology as edited and published by Sripad B.S. Goswami Maharaj in 1985 in a truly beautiful format. 35 pages in full colour: 
Sri Dasa-Mula: The Ten Fundamental Divine Principles as translated and published by Sripad Swarupananda Prabhu in 1990. 15 pages, 
Click on the image to view it at full size
“In the great Gaudiya Vaishnava teacher’s line, as Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati he’s renowned. Like the radiant sun in the morning sky, he appeared to rescue all souls swallowed by the all-devouring impersonal philosophy. By spreading the teachings of Lord Gauranga to sing the Holy Name of Lord Sri Krishna, he gave all the chance to dive in the ocean of love of Sri Krishna, the Supreme Person. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, my lord, divine master–at his feet do I pray to serve him forever.”
“You are all in the group of Srila Saraswati Thakur’s divine servitors, you all, all over the world. Not only our mission, so many missions manifested in this world after Saraswati Thakur and all is the divine group of Srila Saraswati Thakur’s servants. And finally the whole world has got that ecstasy of the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra…. The supreme mantram in this age of kali yuga; that comes from Srila Saraswati Thakur through his divine associates. Then everything is very glorious today.” 
“We are not moralists or sinners, scholars or illiterates. We are carriers of the shoes of the Lord’s sincere servants who are initiated into the mantra “
can, to the Santa Cruz Seva Ashram for a special feast honoring Bahulastami, the sannyas day of Srila Govinda Maharaj and Srila Janardan Maharaj, and the anniversary of the inauguration of the Pushpa Samadhi of Srila Govinda Maharaj in Soquel.
Srila Janardan Maharaj (left), Srila Bhakti Sudhir Goswami Maharaj (center) and
