On Tuesday evening March 14 2017, resident of Gita Nagari Baru including of the cows assemble at Bhadravan Forest, we would do opening ceremony of Pasraman Sandipani Muni. In Indonesia there is system for education known as Pasraman. The word “Pasraman” is has the same meaning with Ashram in Sanskrit, that mean a place for doing traditional education. After long time GNB has planing to have a place for traditional education and finally we realize it yesterday.
Around 4 a.m. HH RP Bhakti Raghava Swami and HG Kisora Krishna Das came to Bhadravan..and the ceremony was started by doing Go Puja where Guru Maharaj did the arati. Then Guru Maharaj gave explanation about the important of Pasraman, Guru Maharaj said that Our Acharya Srila Prabhupada has big desire that we can establish Gurukula for teaching our children to develop their Concious become Krishna Concious. The system in the Pasraman is almost similiar with the system in Gurukula, so Guru Maharaj told that GNB made a history that GNB had a Pasraman. Before cut the ribbon of the Pasraman Board name, Guru Maharaj invite the devotees to chant Maha Mantra Hare Krishna three time loudly and after that Guru Maharaj cut the ribbon followed by sound of ceng ceng, mridanga and sanka, it was signed that Pasraman Sandipani Muni has already opened.
Guru Maharaj announced to all devotees that in the Pasraman Sandipani Muni will be started by three main subject. The first subject is Bhagavad-Gita, will be taught by myself. The second is martial art by HG Trivikrama prabhu, and the third is agriculture and home industri by HG Jatayu prabhu. In this ocasion Guru Maharaj as a a founder of Pasraman Sandipani Muni gave donation is about 5 Million rupiah.
The teachers of Pasraman gave speech to the devotees and they invite to the devotees can sent their son to study in Pasraman and also they asked for support from all the resident of GNB so the Pasraman will be run well.
Not so long the big rain fell and all devotees moved to head village office to hear the first class in this Pasraman given by HH RP Bhakti Raghava Swami and HG Kisora Krsna prabhu.
We are very happy that we already had Pasraman in GNB now and we will offer it to Srila Prabhupada.
Hare Krishna
Reported by Krishna Prema Dasa
