One day a young girl was taking darsan of the Deities. She asked me if the Deities had clothes that are red and yellow. i answered they didn't. That same day the seamstress asked me for a suggestion for a new outfit. When i told her about that she went straight to work. She added a little orange. Krsna's dhoti is yellow and has roses embroidered. This one is called, therefore, out of the mouths of babes.

Is there any thing said by the dressing up along with the parties and parades all hell'seve, Halloween? While the next day, all saiints day, is almost completely ignored?
This evening while watching one of the parades i saw someone dressed as Siva. That reminded me of the fact that Siva and his bhutas and pretas circle the earth at sunrise and sunsst.
Which reminded me further of how once Srila Govinda Maharaja had been out and encountered some Kali worshipers. At that time he was staying with Srila Prabhupada and at the direction of Srila Guru Maharaja, he was studying Bhagavad-gita from Srila Prabhupada. At one part of a conversation Srila Prabhupada and Srila Govinda Haharaja had, Srila Govinda Maharaja said he couldn't come with anything to change their minds. Srila Prabhubada asked "couldn't you have said something like Kali garlands Herself with the skulls of Her followers and stays around cremation grounds. Her followers may want tolive like that but the followers Krsna don't.They want to live with Krsna who stays around cow pastures and drinks the cow's milk, eats cheese and cream. Isn't that a nicer life? The pure devotees derive great satisfaction and bliss enlivening one another anc conversing about Krsna,

When the devotees saw the nightdress the Deities are wearing tonight, they asked meif it is tiedyed. Which led me to name this one 'the greatful 'dvipa" .....yes each outfit has a name. Justdon't tell the seamstress,it would cause her head to spin too much.