Dark life in the locked cell of prison is really a hellish experience. Prisoners remain repentant on the misdeeds of their past lives and fully frustrated thinking on dark future. But Bhagavad Gita can bring a horizon of light and hope in their life as it describes that this material world is also a jail with continuous miseries headed by Birth-Death-Oldage-Disease and by worshipping and satisfying Lord Krishna, the President of whole creation, we can get a nice lifestyle free of sinful activities and break free of this prison of Material world.
That is why on 25th May, 2018 Friday, Srimad Bhagavad Gita and Krishna Prasad were distributed among prisoners of Cox’s Bazar Central Jail under the supervision of the Chittagong Divisional Committee of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in collaboration with Sri Sri Radha Damodar Mandir , Cox’s Bazar. Divisional Secretary of ISKCONChittagong H.G. Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was present as the chief guest at the Gita Distribution Ceremony. The special guests were Jail Super Bazlul Rasid Akanda, Jailer Shahadat Hossain, Deputy Jailer Arpon Chowdhury, ISKCON Chittagong divisional assistant secretary and President of Sri Sri Radha Damodar Mandir (ISKCON), HG Radha Govinda Das Brahmachari, President of Nandankanan ISKCONTemple HG Pandit Gadadhar Das Brahmachari, ISKCON Grihasta Council Secretary HG Balaram Karuna Das, ISKCON Nandankanan Joint SecretaryHG Mukunda Bhakti Das, Cox’s Bazar ISKCONNamhatta Director HG Amal Hari Gaur Das, Loka Paban Sankirtan Das, Nilambar Ram Das and others. Around 50 male and female prisoners enjoyed this program and were happy to receive Bhagavad Gita & Sri Krishna Prashadam.
Iskcon Founder Acharya Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada compiled “Bhagavad Gita As It Is” which is real commentary in the Disciplic Succession coming from Lord Krishna. Now it has been translated in 110 languages and distributed all over the world . The guests stressed on the point that the human society can only be happy by following the instructions given by Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita. To establish religion and save humanity, Lord Krishna appeared in the prison of Kamsa at Mathura. So to save us Lord Krishna has appeared on this Jail as Bhagavad Gita.At one stage of discussion, the prisoners were filled with emotion, shed tears and repented for their previous sinful actions. They determined not to engage in sinful activities again. It is worth mentioning that , ISKCON has been working to make every prison in Bangladesh a genuine place of rectification by abiding the instructions of Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna as mentioned in Bhagavad Gita.
Your Servant
Mukunda Bhakti Das
Joint secretary
ISKCON Nandankanon,Chittagong. BD
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