Sat. Oct.4/08 - Vaughn, Ontario, Canada
It is very easy for me to be antsy, to have itchy feet and to want to get out of the inside and meet the air. After several hours of administrative work and some cleaning I slipped on those shoes and burst open the doors to encounter a better oxygen flow. And being Saturday an exhilarating flow of people. Cities like Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, and one of my favorites, New York cater to a vivacious flow of moving people on foot. I am definitely not a hermit type. I could easily handle a sole wilderness trip but cabin fever would quickly kick in and I would have to be a part of the human herd again.
After a glorious two hour walking addicts experience I was accommodated into a vehicle with fellow monks, including dear friend and visitor, Bhakti Raghava Swami to be transported to a large Punjabi gathering for chanting, dancing, and feasting. Sitting next to me and introduced to the community was Tiger Ali Singh, a world renowned wrestling master who especially made inroads particularly in Japan. He really enjoyed chanting and addressed the large crowd appreciating the family spirit. The event was a total vegetarian program.
Two of our monks from India who reside in our ashram (monastery) really get a charge out of these events. They love Saturday night. Even the ashram can appear like a cabin. They love to burst open the doors as if exploding, hop in a van and get driven to a facility where people talk, laugh, sing, dance, and not touch one drop of alcohol or eat animal dead body parts. Monks experience the real “Saturday Night Fever”
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