By Lila Sundari Devi Dasi
Note: All patients’ names have been changed to protect their identities and the hospice’s name has been deliberately left out. Additionally, the patients’ faces in the photos have been blurred for privacy.
Many theistic persons and sometimes others turn to God for hope during desperate times. Devotees from Singapore provide spiritual care for patients for whom there is no other hope. At the instruction of His Holiness B.V.V. Narasimha Maharaj, ISKCON devotee Padma Locan Das has launched a hospice outreach at the Gita Reading Society, the local ISKCON congregation. Padma Locan Das, his wife, Renuka Devi Dasi, Vraja Lila Devi Dasi, Karuna Devi Dasi, Subhanana Devi Dasi, and Sewa Kund Devi Dasi are part of a team that routinely visits and cares for patients at a day hospice in Singapore.
A hospice is a place that provides care for terminally ill patients. A day hospice is a place that offers activities to engage the patients so they do not find life meaningless. Games and other engaging activities usually do this. What better way can there be to make life meaningful than Krsna Consciousness? Here is where the devotees come in!
Devotees have found creative ways to infuse Krsna Consciousness into the different games and activities used to engage the patients. For example, they play musical chairs with the patients. The music they play for the game includes songs such as George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord” or Boy George’s “Hare Krishna.”
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/singapore-devotees-offer-end-of-life-spiritual-care-at-local-hospice/
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