1. Sri Rama Navami at Sri Saumyakasi Sivalaya – Sat. Apr 13, 2019
Sri Rama Navami will be celebrated at Saumyakasi Sivalaya on Sat. Apr. 13, 2019. Plan to participate in the special pujas on this occasion, with friends and family and receive Lord Rama’s grace and blessings. The Details are as under:
12:00 Noon: Special Arati for Sri Rama Navami
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM: Sri Rama Raksa Stotra Parayana and Puja followed by Arati/Prasada
Sponsorship: Sri Rama Raksa Stotra Puja – $21 per family
Sri Rama Astottara Arcana – $11 per family. Sri Rama Astottara Arcana will be performed on request any time during the temple hours.
Temple Timings: 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM
2. “Krishna Leela” Dance Recital – entire program now available on a USB Drive
We are happy to announce that the entire program of the beautiful dance recital, can now be purchased at CMH. This will be on a convenient USB Drive, engraved with the title, “Krishna Leela”, and can be purchased for $30.
You may sign up for your purchase this Sunday, in the Dining area, so we know how many to order.
We urge members to buy original USBs for themselves and refrain from making copies. Remember all proceeds go to CMH and let us stay honest.
3. Swamini Supriyanandaji’s visit to CMH Mon-Wed Apr. 22-24, 2019
Swamini Supriyanandaji, head of Hong Kong center and author of children’s story books, will be visiting Houston. Please mark your calendars to benefit from this wonderful opportunity.
The program will be as follows:
Apr. 22 – 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Pravacana by Swamini Supriyananda
Apr. 23 – 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Seminar/Workshop for Shishu Vihar Program
April 24 – 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Workshop contd.
For futher details please click here chinmayahouston.org
This seminar is focused on curriculum for children of ages 2-4. All interested teachers, parents, and grandparents of little children will immensely benefit from this seminar.
Pravacana and Seminar are open for public. If you know anyone interested in Chinmaya Mission activity for this age group, you can encourage them to participate.
More details about the program will be available in coming weeks.
4. Gita Chanting Competition (GCC) for Bala Vihar children on May 4, 2018
On the occasion of Pujya Gurudeva’s birthday, we conduct Gita Chanting Competition for our Bala Vihar children every year.
This year the competition is on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 and will be held on Saturday, May 04.
All related details for GCC are now available on our website. On line registration is available.
https://chinmayahouston.org/gcc2019
GCC Classes
To prepare for the Competition, Gita Chanting Classes are being offered for Balavihara children every Sunday at Chinmaya Prabha from February 10th to April 28th. Please bring a printed copy of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 to the class.
Class schedule is given below. Children are required to attend classes for their respective session.
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Group 1 & Pre KG, – 2
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Group 2 Grades 3 -5
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Group 3 & 4 Grades 6 – 12 |
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Morning Session (7:45 AM to 8:30 AM) |
N 105 (KG classroom) |
N 104 (Grade 2B Classroom) |
N 103 (Grade 2A Classroom) |
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Afternoon Session (10:30 AM to 11:15 AM) |
S 112 (Grade 4 Classroom) |
Grade 3 |
Grades 4 and 5 |
S 107 (Grade 3 classroom) |
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S201 (Grade 8 Classroom) |
S202 (Grade 6 Classroom) |
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For a map to the class room please click here
5. Jnana Yajna at CMH by Swami Ramakrishnananda – Aug. 18 – 23, 2019
We are happy to announce that this year, Swami Ramakrishnananda ji will be conducting the Jnana Yajna at Chinmaya Mission Houston. Swamiji has a unique and jovial style of communicating with his audience, which makes his discourses very entertaining and enlightening, be it Vedanta, Gita, Bhagavatam, Ramayana or even a course in Easy Sanskrit.
The schedule for the pravacanas will be as below:
- Aug. 18 – Aug. 23 Krishna – The CEO
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
(episodes from Bhagavatam and Mahabharatam)
- Aug. 19 – Aug. 23 Brahma Sutra Adhyasa Bhasyam Time: 7:00AM –8:30 AM
(Theory of Superimposition)
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this special Jnana Yajna in the Summer of 2019.
6. Remember to use AMAZONSMILE – CMH receives .5% of member purchases, as donation
As announced, please note, that CMH has now been registered with the AmazonSmile program. This means that every time a CMH member buys through AmazonSmile, at this link < http://smile.amazon.com/ch/76-0287512, CMH receives .5% of our member purchases towards donations.
For your convenience this link has now been provided on our CMH website https://www.chinmayahouston.org/
We encourage all members to save the above link in their “Favorites” and use this link for future purchases. This change does not cost members anything extra, but will most certainly help with CMH finances.
7. Satsanga Timings Sun. Apr. 07, 2019
7:45 AM – 8:30 AM Adult Chanting & GCC Class
8:35 AM – 10:15 AM Satsanga I for adults & Bala Vihar grades Pre-KG-12
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM Language, Bhajana, GCC & Orchestra
11:20 AM – 1:00 PM Satsanga II for adults & Bala Vihar grades Pre-KG-10
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Hindi Language Classes for Session II Bala Vihar
No Slokathon classes from Feb 10 to Apr 28, 2019
To prepare children for the Gita Chanting Competition (GCC), we will have Gita classes instead of Slokathon, from Feb 10 to Apr. 28, 2019. Slokathon children will attend GCC classes.
Please note Bhajana classes are held every other Sunday.
8. Sri Saumyakasi Sivalaya
Temple timing:
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9:00 AM – Noon 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM |
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| Saturday and Sunday |
8:30 AM – 2:00 PM | ||
| 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
Annual Sponsorship of Pujas at Saumyakasi Sivalaya
To seek the Lord’s grace throughout the year and/or on special occasions like Birthdays and Anniversaries, and to have the priest perform Arcana and Arati on your behalf in the temple, please fill out the annual sponsorship form.
Puja Schedule:
Everyday Arati
7:30 PM
Every Monday Rudrabhisekam
7:00 PM
Every Pradosa day Rudrabhisekam
7:00 PM
Every Saturday Sri Sivasahasranama Puja
9:00 AM
Every Caturthi day Ganesa Puja
6:30 PM
Every Purnima day Sri Satyanarayana Puja
6:30 PM