Srila Prabhupada is coming!

Haribol friends....

Book after book ... Srila Prabhupada never ceases to amaze us...

From his writings to the dear memories captured of him by devotees... We are left relishing the sweet nectar that our Blue Lotus Book Club has afforded us yet again

Yesterday evening we discussed “Srila Prabhupada is coming” by Mahamaya Devi Dasi…

What a beautiful life story that she tells with tender care and brutal honesty..

One cannot help but appreciate and admire her for having done so.

Her journey from Sin to Surrender was awe-inspiring.. she grabbed Krishna Consciousness with so much passion and enthusiasm that allowed her to overcome the darkest of times

“Try out Krsna Consciousness for just one lifetime.. What do you have to lose??”… she was told..

and so she did and gained her true purpose in life

Srila Prabhupada saved her soul… and through her story ... he continues to save us.. What a great motivational book to urge devotees to serve Krsna no matter the circumstance

We truly hope to see you at our next book club on the 16th of Feb to discuss

"Nectar of Instruction"

Hari Haribol!!!!

Your servants,
Sunaina
on behalf of The Blue Lotus Book Club

:o)

Transcendental party preparations

As you all know our beloved Lord Nityananda's party is taking place on the 7th of Feb, that’s just a weekend away and guess what?? We planning the party! From the prasadam, to temple program, to EVERYTHING!.



It’s a great opportunity to offer a really, really nice day to the Lord, if we please Lord Nityananda we'll automatically get the mercy of Lord Caitanya :o) Lord Nityananda is described as being eternally joyful and the devotees pray to Him saying that we are always unhappy but because You, Nitai, are always very happy, please make us very happy too! Haribol!

So on that note let us try our best to offer our very best to this Supremely Joyful Personality of Godhead!

So far different devotees have been heading up different areas:
Prasadam - Gita Govinda and Kandarpa
Devotee Welcome – Sunaina and Syamarani
Décor – Hemisha
Banners – Sitala

For the past 2 youth groups we’ve been doing a lot of cutting and pasting and (this last youth group) a lot of messy, fun painting!


With these creative geniuses, the banners are coming along nicely and I can’t wait to put them up!

2009 here we come!

Welcome to a new year!

Youth group ended last year with a fab Christmas Party. Check out the pics from the Christmas Party in the blog post below

Last Saturday was the first youth group gathering of the year and so we discussed what each one of us are going to do for Gaura Nitai in the year 2009. Each person was given a log sheet to track if they have done what they have promised and then at the end of the year or sometime during the year we can see how we are doing.


The idea is that we have SO much to be thankful to Gaura Nitai and so for 2009, every day/week/month, we want to do something for the Lord. It can be something simple like offering a flower every day, chanting one round, reading a book, coming to youth group every week … the opportunities are unlimited!

If you have not attended, it is not too late to get log sheets from me and to start your offering of love :o)

Next youth group this is what we going to do:

"Whacha gonna do?"
Kirtan,
Skit and Discussion,
Game of Cricket,
More Kirtan
End

Time: 4PM
Date: 10 Jan 09
Venue: Temple

See you all there!