Om Shri Ganeshaya Namah Upcoming Events of the year 2015 Jai Guru Dev: Vedic Cultural Society of BC/Ram Krishna Mandir 8200 # 5 Road Richmond BC Phone: 604-‐275-‐9182 [email protected] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. January 13 Tuesday Lohri Festival February 17th Tuesday Maha Shivratri March 5th Thursday Purnima/Holi March 27th Friday Durga Ashtami March 28th Sri Ram Naumi Janam Utsav May 29th Friday Nirjala Ekadashi July 31st Friday Guru Purnima August 29th Saturday Raksha Bandhan Sept. 5th Saturday Sri Krishna Janmaashtami 10. Sept. 28th Monday Pitra Shraadh begins & Oct. 12th Monday Ends 11. Oct. 13th Tuesday Navratri Begins, 12. October 21st Wednesday Durga Ashtami Kanchaka 13. October 22nd Thursday Dashera 14. Oct. 30th Friday Karva Chaucturhi 15. Nov. 6th Friday Deepawali Show 16. Nov. 11th Wed. Deepawali (Laxmi pooja) 17. Nov. 12th Thursday Govardhan Pooja (Annkoot) 18. Nov. 23rd MondayTulsi Vivah 19. Dec. 12th Saturday Chn’s Xmas party 2.00 PM 20. X-‐mas Dec. 25th Friday (Hawan 10.00am) WHAT TO LEARN FROM LORD GANESHA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ELEPHANT HEAD: SUPERIOR INTELLECT CURLED TRUNK: THE SYMBOL OM BROKEN TUSK: KNOWLEDGE LARGE EARS: THE ABILITY TO SEPARATE THE REAL FROM THE UNREAL HUMAN BODY: SUPREME WISDOM LARGE BELLY: THE DUGESTION OF ALL TYPES OF EXPERIENCE: GOOD AND BAD 7. LEG ON THE GROUND: DEALING WITH THE WORLD WITH SINGULAR CONCENTRATION UPON THE SUPREME REALITY 8. FOUR ARMS: MIND (MAANASA), INTELLECT (BUDDHEE) EGO (AHANKAARA) AND CONSCIOUSNESS (CHITTA)