We started our meeting firstly by doing Damodara aarti and we each offered a lamp to Lord Damodara and Mother Yashoda in this auspicious month of Kartik. The lamp shone light into our hearts and filled it with love. We were all happy and cozy discussing our book of the month The Teachings of Lord Kapiladev son of Devahuti by Srila Prabhupada. This was one of the most interesting books we have read. Srila Prabhupada was ever merciful because he advised us of yet another incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Kapiladev. He specifically distinguished between the original Lord Kapiladev and the imitation Kapila who later appeared in India. Sitala shared 3 interesting points with us and Kandarpa Manjari Matajee said that Chapter 14 was her favourite and also shared the story of how the old lady called for God’s help to carry the heavy load of wood likewise we are always asking for the Lord’s help for material matters ignorant to the fact that this will increase our attachment and trap us even more! Vishaka Matajee liked how Srila Prabhupada clearly compared the philosophy of the west and Vedic philosophy. GitaGovinda matajee shared with us how if one dresses the Lord up beautifully we also become beautiful and mentioned how this point was raised in one of our previous meeting in another of Srila Prabhupada’s books so this was a lovely reminder.
Aarti Matajee had a good question regarding why Lord Kapiladev’s incarnation is not as well known as His others and GitaGovinda Matajee answered that because it is based on Sankhya Philosophy. Nayan Matajee and I liked the last three chapters as we found them to be most interesting and informative. We also distributed bookmarks to our precious blue lotuses. The entire book was captivating and all of us were highly impressed by the expert manner in which Srila Prabhupada had written his purports. We all felt very fortunate to have read this book. We all were deeply grateful to Srila Prabhupada building this ISKCON home for us where we get answers to all our questions and they are always concrete answers based on scripture where the exact text can extracted and by reading his books we can directly associate with him. All glories to Srila Prabhupada our hero. The next book we will be reading is Vraj Lila.
For and on behalf of the Blue Lotus Book Club
Your servant
Hema
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