Rishi Sunak sees Bhagavad Gita as a source of strength on Janmashtami during Tory leadership campaign – Times of India

London: Sage sunki and his wife intact The idol was praised for both spirituality and humanity during a visit to ISKCON’s Bhaktivedanta manor on the eve of the year. Janmashtami on Thursday.
Sanak told the volunteers and the pilgrims that he had received power from the Bhagavad. Gita During his quest to become the next leader of the Conservative Party. He said it was a “tough campaign” and that he was “giving him what he got”. “But in the most difficult times, what Akshata has done for me is to teach me Geeta and she has done it by phone and message. It is Geeta that has given me strength in the last few weeks,” he said.

His family has visited the manor several times and this time he was invited for a private visit.
“In an environment like this, where your guard is a little down, you really see that person – either you see a very empty political voice, or you see a human being who really wants to do something. – and I really thought we saw something very human and real, ”said Vinay TannaDirector of Communications at Bhaktivedanta Manor.
“When you meet him in person, his demeanor is inconsistent with the typical of a politician,” he said. “He didn’t seem stressed about the leadership contest. He took the time to talk to anyone. You hardly find any politician who has time from the elderly to the young and I thought he had a little humanity in him. which has actually come to the fore.”
Tanna said the couple were shown a translation of the Bhagavad Gita into English by Srila Prabhupada as well as the transcribing machine used by them, which Sunak found “fascinating”.
He was presented with a book displaying all the images of Lord Krishna, in which the temple president, His Grace Vishakha Dasi, said with an inscription: “Try not to see the Lord, but to serve Him in such a way that He gives you want to see.” The couple was touched as they have a daughter named Krishna. They also performed Gopuja as there are 62 cows in the jagir.
Tanna said, “He was in a mood of real spiritual absorption and when he was there he felt a sense of complete peace, and that was exactly what his life was like.”
Murthy didn’t speak much but Tanna said, “She had the strength to remain calm but her presence was evident.”
Akshata was mentioned many times during the conversation. shi – He finds in her a tremendous power and not only the normal kind of ‘wife power’ but she has this enormous spiritual credit that he is attracted to. There is a real sense that they are both in this together. ,