By Yadurani Devi Dasi
A group of devotees from Radhadesh, Belgium, recently attended the World Peace Forum conference in Luxembourg and Germany for two days. The meeting was attended by MPs, diplomats, academics and other professionals. The general mood among the meeting’s participants was very open and friendly. We have been invited to these meetings for the last 3 years.
The main topic was the current refugee crisis in Europe. Representatives of different projects described their work and got responses.
On the first day we chanted for 20 minutes for the delegates and distributed nearly 100 burfis. On the second day devotees started the general program with a bhajan and then we played a 10 minute video presentation by HH Sivarama Swami on the topic of the ISKCON Hungary response to the refugee crisis.
Mr. Rodhe Dominique, the head of the World Peace Forum, was visibly very happy with the video. He asked us to thank Sivarama Swami for personally addressing the conference. Later, various delegates expressed their deep appreciation for Maharaja’s talk. One gentleman said that for him Maharaja’s talk was the highlight of these two days. We offered him the Bhagavad-gita and he was very happy to receive it. Another man, a refugee from Syria who participated in the meetings, was very moved by the video, and thanked Maharaja for “making the Syrian people smile”.
The second day devotees came from Goloka Dhama, Germany, with some prasadam (supremely delicious sandeshes). When we told the organiser, he announced to the delegates that “the Hare Krishnas have brought some sweets from their temple in Germany and everyone is invited to take”. And they did. Very quickly.
The devotees from Goloka Dhama have been invited to provide meals for the World Peace Forum in 2016.
The World Peace Forum is an assembly of very sincere souls who work very hard and even risk their lives for the betterment of human society. On the way home the devotees discussed our impressions. The main one was that we feel very fortunate to come in contact with Srila Prabhupada’s teachings which deal with the root of all problems. We felt happy to meet and share Krishna consciousness with them.
Hare Krsna,
Your servant,
Yadurani dd.
http://worldpeaceforum.org/events/luxembourg-peace-prize-2015/
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