Toronto, Ontario
A Plug-In for Drama
We arranged for an appreciation party for
those who acted and danced so well for our opening of the year 2017. The production called “Mr. Puri” highlights
the events of a monk who strolled into the sacred town of Vrindavana, where he
met young Krishna. So, with today’s blog
entry, I’ll refrain from extolling the glories of walking, but copy a letter
penned by our guru, Srila Prabhupada, to a student in New York. It’s about the power of drama. (Dec. 22/1971)
“I am especially pleased to hear that our
KC drama program is being developed by you nicely. We have got unlimited stock for such dramas,
so go on in this way, improving more and more, and Krishna will give you direction
so that one day, very soon, all your dreams will come true and you will be
acting our KC dramas on Broadway.
Everyone enjoys play-acting, only there is at present a dearth of proper
material for elevating the general mass of people to the proper standards. Practically, the whole world is going to
hell. There is no decency, no gentleman
anywhere. So we have to portray to the
people of this fallen Age of Kali-yuga what is the right standard for their
behavior. When they see that, Oh, here
is such nice activity, such nice people, they will automatically become
changed, simply we have to engage their senses in the right taste. So this drama-playing is very good
presentation for attracting their attention and displaying Krishna
Consciousness very beautifully. Make everything very simple, without too much
fancy costumes, and the real message will come out very nicely.”
May the Source be with you!
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