Hare Krishna everyone!!
Sri Rama Navami celebration was very encouraging for the devotees. Despite being a week day, the attendance was about a hundred. Most of them were new faces. And surprisingly, six of them were Chinese!!!
All the people liked the Hare Krishna kirtana, the abhisheka, the class and of course the Prasadam. When asked how they liked the festival, many of them replied that it was like a really rejuvenating experience. They seemed to feel full of vitality despite a tiring day of work.
The festival was especially blissful to the devotees as a result of seeing so many souls witnessing the transcendental event. This is the sole happiness for the preacher - to see others happy in the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna or Lord Ramacandra.
One can be happy only in the association of God, Krishna because our position is to be with Krishna, serve Him with love and devotion in the kingdom of God, Vaikuntha. We have come far away from Him to enjoy on our own. This we have been doing since time immemorial. This much-hyped quest for happiness in this material world is nothing but a struggle for existence. Everyone is only embarassed by the ever-entangling network of misery. If we just turn our face back to God, we will begin to feel blissful again. As Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to say:
"I have gotten the Lord of My life and soul, for whom I was burning in the endless fire of lusty desires."
So this explains the rejuvenating experience of the new witnesses of the Sri Rama Navami.
So by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna, everything is all slowly falling in place. The Singapore Yatra is beginning to evolve in the true line of Lord Caitanya's movement ever since Srila Prabhupada is the centre without any deviation.
Hare Krishna to all, thanking you for your attendance!
