We started off by singing a most appropriate bhajan entitled Vaisnave Vijnapti (Prayer to the Vaisnava) by Srila Narottama dasa. We admired the fact that HH Bhakti Tirta Swami was not attached to this body and how he gave the most ecstatic kirtans when he was at Lenasia temple and the powerful class. We were fortunate to have seen HH BT Swami’s signature on his book the Beggar, some of the others were fortunate enough to receive this gift as well. Vishaka matajee shared the story of when HH BT Swami had gone to her home and we were all relishing this nectar. Krishnapada swami was another name given to Maharaj. 
We learnt how forgiving in nature Maharaj was and how broad minded he was, clearly he was ahead of the world by 10 years even more, a super genius with brilliant and innovative thinking always moving ahead. We all admired the personal attention that he gave his disciples and GitaGovinda matajee narrated a story by one of Maharaj’s disciples when Maharaj had left his body, this illustrated to us the love shared between master and disciple. 
We all enjoyed Maharaj’s “scary ride in the amusement park” his visit to the Lord Jagannatha temple in Jaganath puri, his determination to see the Lord and the Lord’s kind reciprocation for his devotees love and efforts. Devahuti matajee read one of the poems Maharaj had written, “Tomorrow I must meet Srila Prabhupada”what an inspiring and well written poem; it touched the hearts of all of us. We discussed when Srila Prabhupada embraced HH BT Swami with tears in his lotus eyes, rubbing Maharaj’s head and sincerely thanking him for his service saying that his life is successful. We also spoke about how Srila Prabhupada chastised HH BT Swami by saying that “KRISHNA IS THE DOER” we all felt this was a point we should always remember as well in our lives especially when we render any devotional service to the Lord. Chastisement from the spiritual master is an act of devoted love for the disciple to give him knowledge so that he can progress on spiritual life, so it is real mercy, in fact wonderful mercy and we all agreed that we must cultivate an attitude of joyful acceptance of chastisement. We saw that HH BT Swami had imbibed the same mood as Srila Prabhupada and Srila Prabhupada had imbibed the mood of his spiritual master so we concluded we should do the same if we want our lives to be successful and if we to please Srila Prabhupada. We saw Srila Prabhupada’s immense mercy when HH BT Swami was massaging Srila Prabhupada will oil, he spilt it but Srila Prabhupada didn’t say anything he just said to continue with the massage, such a loving mood like a father shows to his son. 
We all laughed when HH BT Swami went with an afro wig to distribute books and in the black light it glowed green and the professor said that he had never seen anything like this and HH BT Swami said, it’s his new shampoo, we admired Maharaj’s determination to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books. We also admired how he distributed books in the iron curtain at the time of the cold war in the Soviet Union and how he escaped with his life by the Lord’s mercy. All in all it was a wonderful story about a beautiful and rare black lotus that lived his life with total surrender and utmost dedication to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. We greatly appreciate Srila Prabhupada and the Lord for letting such a pure soul walk this planet and have great gratitude that some of us even had his association. We want to sincerely thank HH Bhakti Tirta swami for all of his books and wonderful lessons for advancement in our spiritual lives. Krishna consciousness is truly the path of perfection given to us freely by the selfless father Srila Prabhupada and by his mercy we can see how many souls have perfected their lives and gone back home back to Godhead. We are eternally grateful to our dear Srila Prabhupada. All glories to AC Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada!!!! All glories to HH Bhakti Tirta Swami.We would like to thank Gitagovinda for hosting book club at her home, the mood and her kind hospitality set the perfect mood leaving us all blissfulJ. We would like to also thank all the wonderful cooks for preparing lovely prasadam. We would also like to give a special welcome to our new member Kerisha matajee and thank her for joining us.
Our next book is path of perfection by HDG AC Bhaktivendanta Swami Srila Prabupada and we’ll meet on the 14 June 2010. Take care and happy reading blue lotuses.
Your servant
Hemavati Radhika dd for and on behalf of the blue lotus book club.
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