'KRSNA LEELA'

'The Divine past times of our Dark Lord'

A Dance Ballet presented in Indian Classical Dance

'The Supreme Lord and His transcendental abode are both eternal and the combined association of the Supreme Lord and the living entities are the perfection of human life.'

Krsna Leela is part of Natya Ananda's out reach programs.  A project to give dancers from Port Elizabeth an opportunity to perform and extend their understanding of the Art form. The choice of Krsna Leela was because of a communities love for Sri Krsna, but now, Krsna Leela has a life of its own, chosen to be the gateway for the appreciation of the Indian Arts in collaboration with the intense love, worship and devotion for the Lord Krsna Himself.

Krsna Leela is to have an experience of the Lord via His past times in Vrindavan. He will allow us to understand why we have specific experiences with Him. Be it Karmic or His will, each divine experience is by His will only. This level of understanding is the journey to Godhead and on this path we experience His love, playfulness, innocence, divinity and true form of Paramatma

Krsna Leela is a direct interpretation of the Srimad Bhagvatam's message of Sri Krsna's birth, His youth, and all His wonderful proofs of His divine nature and the superhuman feats of defeating all kind of demons up to the great Mahâbhârat war at Kurukshetra. In this brilliant story Krsna's vision has been for all of mankind to be empowered towards a better quality of life and the realisation of our true form, ultimately to master the practice of 'Bhakthi Yoga'

'We're all parts of Krishna-as drops of ocean water are tiny samples of the ocean. The more we know about Krishna, the better we understand ourselves, and the easier it is to see what our ultimate purpose is.'

Krsna Leela also allows us to see spiritual practices for a specific age in cyclical time, give a glimpse of life in the spiritual world, and how these experiences are meant to liberate devotees. It also showcases the creation and control of the material worlds. Through the love of Krishna & Radha and the love between Krishna and the milkmaids, the divine play (Leela) between reality (consciousness) and illusion (form), purusha (soul) and prakriti (primordial nature), divinity and humanity is represented.