"Kartik (Damodar) is the best, the purest of purifiers, and most glorious of all months. Kartik month is particularly dear to Lord Sri Krishna. This month is full of bhakta vatsalya. Any vrata, even the smallest, will yield huge results. The effect of performing a Kartik Vrata lasts for one hundred lifetimes, Kartik or the festival of offering lamps to Lord Krishna, glorifies Lord Krishna’s pastime of being bound with ropes by Mother Yashoda." (ISKCON)
I attended the NSD Food for Life prep session on Saturday at the Krishna Temple in Watford. The folks at the Temple have kindly offered the use of their kitchen facilities on National Sewa Day to prepare food for the homeless. NSD volunteers will be working alongside Temple cooks during the day and will then join the team at the Watford New Hope Trust to distribute the food.
HG Bhuta Bhavana Dasa, from the Temple, highlighted that NSD 2010 actually falls on the last day of the Hindu calendar month of Kartik - the holiest of months (Diwali falls in this month). It is said in the scriptures that any activity on this day will have 100 times the normal impact!!
Prashant added that donating time as opposed to money has a more direct impact. Often, one doesn't know where or how donated money is used..not so when donating time. So true.
Thanks to Prashant Joshi (Ernst & Young), ISKCON and all the volunteers for supporting NSD. Thanks also to Mike Smith et al at the New Hope Trust for inspiring us with all the great work they do for the homeless in Watford.
Arup Ganguly
Chairman - National Sewa Day
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