Fri, July 11/08 -Montreal, Canada
Montreal is quite a party city. All festivals staged are well attended. Their annual jazz festival is the largest in the world. People stay up late in their night life. This weekend it is the ‘Just for Laughs Festival’ and our youth on the bus tour took advantage of the large gathering of people on St. Catherine’s Street. Despite the strong element of ‘raunchy’ or ‘wrecklessness’ as commented on by some of our youth, our group of youth combined with local devotee youth to penetrate like an arrow with that powerful mantra (Hare Krishna) through the cloud of attempted enjoyment. A puzzled look on the faces of some became our source of entertainment. It seems the world is searching for stimulation and certainly the cheap thrills are out there.
Anyone who has participated in a dynamic group of chanters plying through a barrage of maya (illusion) knows how safe and secure is the shelter of the name. You are truly situated in a transcendental bubble which can pop only when the vibration discontinues and we begin to contemplate the objects of the senses.
Maya is insurmountable as expressed in the Bhagavad-gita, but one who takes shelter of the source can easily overcome.
9 km.
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