The colour saffron :o)

Last Saturday we celebrated the last youth group for the year. The theme was “The colour saffron”

Everyone was to come wearing at least one item that was the colour saffron. This was to show our appreciation in a very, very small way to Srila Prabhupada, our dear spiritual masters and practically anyone who are our teachers.

We had our year-end ‘party’ out in beautiful Rose Park, starting of with 3 miniature kirtans then a sharing of each persons special moment with Srila Prabhupada or any spiritual master, which was very nice as we come to appreciate these wonderful people even more by hearing others appreciation for them!

We then played a game in which each team of pairs had to find 5 things in common with each other in 30 seconds…things got more difficult as we joined teams and swapped people around. Really funny as some of the things in common were 10 fingers and 10 toes!

We had prasadam which Sunaina coordinated and to which everyone contributed – thank u all!

And then we spent half an hour deciding whether to play touch rugby or volley ball ;o) and finally decided on volley ball.

Then it was time for desert – ice cream or more like milkshake cos it was left in the sun and then another 2 kirtans plus Nrsingadev pranams before a final game of rugby.

All in all a relaxed day of sharing, caring and just having fun! Thank you everyone for the past year ….Until the New Year you all!!

The life and passing of a pure, humble and dedicated devotee...

Hare Krishna

Blue Lotus Book Club: Vraja LiLa

What a beautiful, touching and inspirational true story that captures the life and passing of a pure, humble and dedicated devotee.

All Blue Lotus Book Club members felt they could relate to Vraja Lila and her personal struggles and accomplishments.

She was a 19 year old devotee, who was diagnosed with Leukaemia a few years before her passing.

She, together with her godsister make their way to Vrandavana, where we hear all about Vraja’s journey, personal struggles with life, death and spirituality.

Despite the challenges Maya presents,

Vraja accomplished so much in her spiritual life that even her own Guru Maharaja as well as other devotees felt blessed to have met here and inspired by her courage and spiritual devotion.

Some of the comments out of Book Club:

Vraja Lila teaches us how to Love and serve our Guru Maharaja. Makes us look at the Spiritual Father / Disciple relationship in a new light
Even though the book takes us through the passing of Vraja... one can’t help feeling that she was so lucky because at the moment of leaving her body, she had the support and chanting of devotees and the guidance of her Maharaja
We were touched by the love shared between Vraja and her god sister Gandharvika Giridhari who gave up her life and moved to Vrandavana with Vraja to assist and support her.

There were so many awe-inspiring lessons to learn and we highly recommend you get your hands on a copy and hope to see you at the next book club

Your Servants,

Blue Lotus Book Club!!! :)