Sunday Lectures, Kirtans • 2025

Achyut - Sunday Kirtan - 1.5.2025

As we explore the power of unity in Krishna's service, discover how focusing on a shared purpose can strengthen our community, deepen our devotion, and help us serve Hari with love and harmony.

Anasuya Devi Dasi - Sunday Love Feast - United in Purpose Serving Hari Together - 1.5.2025

HH Bhakti Vasudeva Swami - Special Sunday Love Feast - Bhagavad Gita As It Is 18.18 - 1.12.2025

Join us this Sunday for 'Mastering the Mind' as we dive into the wisdom of Bhagavad-Gita 2.67, exploring how controlling the mind can lead to inner peace and spiritual growth.

Pariksit Prabhu - Sunday Love Feast - Mastering the Mind (ZOOM) - 1.19.2025

Beginning this Sunday, we will be diving into the profound prayers by Lord Chaitanya: Sri Siksastakam! The first verse of the Siksastakam emphasizes how chanting Krishna's name purifies the heart and leads to transcendental bliss and knowledge. There's much more to it!

Text 1
ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha--davagni-nirvapanam
shreyah-kairava-chandrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam
anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamritaswadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krishna-sankirtanam

Glory to the Sri Krishna Sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.

Anasuya Devi Dasi - SLF - Sri Siksastakam Verse 1 - Cleansing the Heart - 1.26.2025

We explore the 2nd verse of Sri Siksastakam. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu reveals the boundless power of the Holy Name to bestow all blessings.

Text 2
namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-shaktis
tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah
etadrishi tava kripa bhagavan mamapi
durdaivam idrisham ihajani nanuragaha

O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names like Krishna and Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them.

Pariksit Prabhu - SLF - Sri Siksastakam Verse 2 - Potency of the Holy Name - 2.2.2025

Jitamitra Govinda Das - Sunday Kirtan - 2.9.2025

We explore the power of humility and tolerance in chanting. In the third verse of the Siksastakam, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu teaches us to chant with a heart as humble as a blade of grass and more tolerant than a tree. Let's dive deep into how these qualities unlock the path to spiritual advancement.

Text 3
trinad api sunichena
taror api sahishnuna
amanina manadena
kirtaniyah sada harih

One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.

Anasuya Devi Dasi - SLF - Sri Siksastakam Verse 3 - Humility & Tolerance - 2.9.2025

We explore the profound wisdom of the Siksastakam prayers! In the fourth verse, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu reveals the essence of selfless devotion--renouncing material desires and seeking only pure, loving service to the Supreme. Discover how this timeless bond with the Divine transcends the cycle of birth and death. We're fortunate to have a special guest, His Grace Dronacarya Prabhu from ISKCON Philadelphia.

Text 4
na dhanam na janam na sundarim
kavitam va jagad-isha kamaye
mama janmani janmanishvare
bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki twayi

O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service birth after birth.

Dronacarya Prabhu - SLF - Sri Siksastakam Verse 4 - Desire for Devotional Service - 2.16.2025

Discover Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s heartfelt plea for deliverance from the cycle of birth and death, and his deep longing for Krishna’s mercy in the fifth verse.

Text 5
ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram
patitam mam vishame bhavambudhau
kripaya tava pada-pankaja-
sthita-dhuli-sadrisham vichintaya

O son of Maharaja Nanda [Krishna], I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet.

Pariksit Prabhu - SLF - Sri Siksastakam Verse 5 - Seeking Shelter at the Lord's Feet - 2.23.25

We explore Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's heartfelt longing for ecstatic devotion in the 6th verse. A powerful expression of love so pure it brings tears, trembling voices, and spiritual ecstasy-where the soul transcends all boundaries in the chanting of the Lord's holy name.

Text 6
nayanam galad-ashru-dharaya
vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira
pulakair nichitam vapuh kada
tava nama-grahane bhavishyati

O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up, and when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name?

Anasuya Devi Dasi - SLF - Sri Siksastakam Verse 6 - Longing for Ecstatic Devotion - 3.2.2025

We delve into the seventh verse of the Siksastakam, which reveals the devotee's intense love and sorrow in separation from the Lord. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu compares each moment without the Lord's presence to an agonizing eternity, highlighting the profound devotion and longing for the Divine.

yugayitam nimeshena
chakshusha pravrishayitam
shunyayitam jagat sarvam
govinda-virahena me

O Govinda! Feeling Your separations I am considering a moment to be like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.

Pariksit Prabhu - SLF - Sri Siksastakam Verse 7 - Feeling the Lord's Separation - 3.9.2025

Vraja Gopi Vishaka - Sunday Kirtan - 3.16.2025

Explore the sanctity of the temple as a sacred embassy of the spiritual world. Discover how the temple serves as a gateway to transcendence and divine connection.

Anasuya Devi Dasi - Sunday Love Feast - Embassies of the Divine - 3.16.2025

Manoharini Vrinda - Sunday Kirtan - 3.30.2025

BG 14.26

māṁ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa
bhakti-yogena sevate
sa guṇān samatītyaitān
brahma-bhūyāya kalpate

One who engages in full devotional service, unfailing in all circumstances, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.

Pariksit Prabhu - Sunday Program - Always Stand by Righteousness - 3.30.2025

Explore the profound legacy and teachings of our beloved founder-acharya and the bond he shared with his dedicated followers.

Jitamitra Govinda Das - Sunday Love Feast - Srila Prabhupada and His Disciples - 4.13.2025

We dive into the fearless devotion of Prahlad Maharaj, the young saint who stood tall with unshakable faith in Lord Narasimha! In honor of Narasimha Chaturdashi, let’s reflect on the power of pure devotion, no matter one’s age.

Anasuya Devi Dasi - Sunday Love Feast - Little Saint Mighty Faith - 4.27.2025

Manoharini Vrinda - Sunday Kirtan - 5.18.2025

Vraja Gopi Vishaka - Sunday Kirtan - 5.18.2025

Iskcon of Harrisburg Sunday Schedule
Kirtan:  4:30PM - 5:00PM
Discourse:   5:00PM - 6:15PM
Guru Puja:   6:15PM - 6:30PM
Maha Arati & Narasimha Arati:   6:30PM - 7:00PM
Dinner Prasadam: 7:00PM - Onwards
6200 Bedford St.
Harrisburg PA 17111

Sunday Lectures, Kirtans • 2025

ISKCON of Harrisburg