Life comes from life and not from the dead matte r. This is the message of Srila Prabhupada and its the universal truth. The ever first living entity is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna. In Bhagavad Gita 10.8 Krishna informs that everything is emanated from Him. Krishna is the original father of everything. Therefore human beings, in whatever color or race they may be, are in absolute terms the children of one Supreme Person, the creator of everything, that is Krishna. Life came from Krisha as the revealed scripts life Bhagavad Gita As It Is say. So the birthday celebrations should be dedicated to the one who gave the birth, the Lord, as a token of thanks giving and not particularly for the pleasure of one who is born. This type of perception is given in the Vedic culture, so the birthday celebrations focuses on keeping the Lord in the center of everything. Please come on 18th February to Naamhat Dhaam in Boxtel. I will be 15 then and would like you all be p...