Sweeter than honey

Lord of the Universe

The Vedas inform us that in the spiritual world there is competition for pleasing God or Krishna. Of course, this kind of competitive spirit is in a good transcendental nature, unlike the most common type of competititve consciousness we would witness in the material world. In this transcendental mood, we celebrated the 'First Annual Jagannath Cooking Contest' in glorification to the Lord of the Universe. It happened on Friday, and it was really a sweet gathering. And wow!...how much bhakti (love) was placed in those preparations!!

Dhara devi dasi won the first prize with her homemade Burfi (a delicious milk sweet), on second place was this most tasteful lasagna with peas, eggplant and riccotta cheese and on third place Gopa's unforgettable sweet balls made out of grinded dried fruit, nuts and coconut. They are my special favorite. I let my soul be absorbed in the taste of extatic Jagannath prasadam!