Acyuta Gopi

Prema Mala Acyuta Gopi

"No one has to tell a roseTo spread its fragrance. We are sparks of splendor. Time to do what comes naturally. Rise and shine." ***Winner of the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the Spirituality Category!***Prema Mala is a journey through the heart and the various feelings found there. A compilation of poems, prayers and meditations based on teachings in the Bhakti tradition, this is a book that, hopefully, will not only be read, but ingested, taken into the heart and breathed into the soul. There are moments of triumphant connection and moments of despair that bond the reader and writer until they become linked in a sacred ritual of sorts with Supreme Love at its center. Writer and reader become a part of one soul tribe, each story and thought acknowledging that all of us, are in this together, attempting to navigate this great thing called life. With poems and stories on everything from yoga to spirituality, to despair and even struggles with race, this is not just one writer's story, but it is the story of the soul striving to make the ultimate offering of love to Love.*******The author is a kirtan singer, that is, a singer of sacred devotional songs, in the tradition that approaches the Divine through love and especially love directed to Krishna, worshipped as the Supreme Personification of God. The book consists of poems and stories retold from the sacred books of her Vaishnava tradition. What makes this work special is her ability to communicate the depth of her love to the reader - a very beautiful book.--Next Generation Indie Book Awards Judge